RIC Centre Lunch&Learn: Strategic Partnerships and Alliances

RIC Centre is hosting a Lunch & Learn workshop on "Strategic Alliances and Partnerships".

One item that seems to be frequently missed in small and mid-sized business growth strategies is the concept of building your business through alliances, more commonly referred to as “strategic” alliances, and creating a “plan” to make the alliance or partnership actually happen. Strategic alliances have proven to be a very successful way to access new markets, new clients or pursue a new idea, with the main objective being to increase profitability.Some common questions that entrepreneurs may have regarding this include:

• What is a strategic alliance and who might be involved?
• Can it benefit my business?
• What legal document do I need, if any?
• What are my risks?
• Where do I start?

It is Louis' goal to use this Lunch&Learn to briefly respond to these questions and hopefully, plant a few seeds about potential strategic alliances for your business.

Date: Monday, June 22, 2015
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Venue: Xerox Research Centre of Canada (Pake Auditorium)
Address: 2660 Speakman Drive, Mississauga, ON L5K 2L1

Moderator:

Louis Sapi, CEO and Managing Partner of HS & Partners LLP

Louis graduated from the world renowned Schulic School of Business in 1986 with an MBA and obtained his Chartered Accounting designation in 1985. He established his Chartered Professional Accounting practice as a sole proprietor in 1986 where today he is the managing Partner & CEO of HS & Partners LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants.

Aside from the C.P.A firm, Louis has been very engaged in life. He has been entrepreneurial and philanthropic having owned numerous business interests, participating in many charitable endeavors, authoring numerous articles and books and speaking at various events and conferences over the years. He has also sat on numerous boards in the private, public and charitable sectors.

Louis founded the Affinity Financial Group of companies (1991 to 2002); a diverse group of financial service companies including, merchant banking, insurance, and investment planning and asset management. He is currently the majority owner and chairman of The Office Mover, a Toronto based Service Company and leads several investment syndicates involved in the mining and telecommunications sectors.Louis is also President of Belair Capital Markets (Ventures) Inc. He has extensive experience with corporate finance, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, corporate auditing and accounting, sophisticated tax planning and structuring, and business consulting.

He is a proud member of World Presidents Organization (WPO) and continues in various Investment banking projects, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Real Estate, and Management Consulting.

Please note: The Lunch&Learn series are free for incubator tenants and graduates (because of the RIC Incubator Program fee structure). The event has a minimal $10 fee for all other clients to cover the lunch component of the workshop.

For more information, please contact:

Amarpreet Kaur
Communications Officer, RIC Centre
T: 289-373-3050 x 201
E: communications@riccentre.com