Introducing Governmentese Exciting Changes Coming to the Gazette - NOW GOVERNMENTESE Hi Everyone, I’m making a couple of exciting changes to the Alberta Grant Gazette. First, it’s now called Governmentese. The dictionary defines “governmentese” as “jargon held to be characteristic of government officials.” Grants are government money. You [...]
Don't Give Up in Grants Hello Everyone, I'm always trying to teach you about government grants. Do you know where all grants begin? Take a guess? Answer: election platforms. When candidates are running for office, they say, "I want to do X." Once they win, the elected politicians look at each other [...]
Say-do Ratio in Grants Hello Everyone, One of the best pieces of grant advice that I've received is called the "Say-Do Ratio," which is the percentage of things you do that you say you're going to do. Ideally you want to get to 100%. If you commit to something [...]
June Grant News Hello Everyone, The big grant news this week is the virtual Alberta Innovates Summit taking place today and tomorrow. You can grab a ticket and learn about grants. Emissions Reduction Alberta is dropping a total of $40 million for businesses in food, farming, and forestry. The grant [...]
Ontario Small Business Grants This grant blog addresses the following topics: Small business grants in Ontario are presented in the following categories: Agriculture, Indigenous, and technology Two secret gems Other Ontario small business grants and startup resources Do small business grants exist for startup companies? Yes. Are there many? No. Where are they? Further [...]
Honesty Never Gets Old Small Business Tip QUICK INTRO - I now have a YouTube channel. Please subscribe if you want to learn how to win government grants! Take care! Dave Hello Everyone, Many who visit my website want to start or grow a business. You can get a [...]
Grant Resource Have you ever thought about launching (or relaunching) a business with grants? I received a question earlier this week from one of my readers. She was opening her retail business up and wanted to know if she could get a grant. It's a grant lesson for all of us, and I [...]
This grant blog addresses the following topics: Why few small business grants exist for startups Small business grants presented for startups in the following categories: agriculture, Indigenous, and technology Two secret gems Other small business grant resources for starting a business Do small business grants exist for startup companies? Yes. Are there many? No. [...]
Employee Grants Employee Grants A Grant Mystery I'm going to show you something really cool this week. In my book 100 Golden Grant Rules, I write about Grant Delivery Agents (GDAs). Don't worry if you've never heard of them. Here is all you need to know: GDAs deliver grant money ON [...]
A Massive Mistake to AVOID in Grants Video Tip I received a call this week from a company working on a grant application. The person said, "we only have a week to get it in." This situation is a common challenge in grants. To avoid this stress, you [...]
