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Canada-India Acceleration Program Newsroom
Welcome to the CIAP Newsroom! We create content aimed at supporting female entrepreneurship and women-owned businesses in Ontario. Our program aims at helping Canadian businesses expand to emerging markets, such as India. We, therefore, provide a lot of key information on the Indian cultural landscape, including business culture and emerging sectors and cities.
India Internet Adoption: How Canadian Startups Benefit
In an emerging market a high internet adoption rate signifies an societal benefit as it transitions from a resource-based to a knowledge-based economy.
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Canadian Business Opportunities in India: Outsourcing and Emerging Sectors
Research has shown that India’s economic growth could double in size within the next decade. This represents a huge opportunity for Canada-India partnerships and Canadian businesses looking to grow in general.
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International Digital Marketing: Startups Expanding to India
Expanding your startups into India more effectively by utilizing digital tools for marketing purposes. Here’s a toolkit we’ve curated to assist you.
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Top Women in Business: 2021 Canadian Tech Leaders
As the number of women entrepreneurs grows each year, there are always new and upcoming business leaders we can learn from for our entrepreneurial endeavours to inspire and shape our startup journey. Despite 2020 being a rocky year, there are many women tech leaders emerging from the storm in 2021. Many are leading the way […]
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CIAP + LEAD ANGELS: Finding Funding for Your Business Expansion to India
It’s easy to get overwhelmed when confronting a large undertaking such as expanding to a new market, especially if one may not be very familiar with said market. In order to make this more approachable, let’s break down the key stages of our Soft Landing and Investment phases.
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Conducting Business in India: 4 Considerations for Canadian Startups
There are many considerations for Canadian startups when planning and preparing for your Indian expansion. Taking a closer look at some of them will allow you to better position your business for success once entering a new market.
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Top Emerging Indian Cities Series: Vadodara
For a company that is looking at global expansion, whether in India or elsewhere, it’s prudent to conduct thorough research beforehand. This may allow you to discover other market entry avenues outside of the obvious, such as Vadodara.
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Introducing the CIAP 2020-21 Cohort
The Canada-India Acceleration Program is dedicated to helping female-led Canadian businesses expand to emerging markets, like India. Let’s welcome the 2020-21 Cohort for the Canada-India Acceleration Program. Take a look at these amazing female entrepreneurs. CIAP has once again teamed with Accenture to deliver the 2020-21 ScaleCamp. Accenture will help deliver a world-class virtual experience with […]
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Top Emerging Indian Cities Series: Coimbatore
Explore the core sectors of Coimbatore, one of the top emerging cities in India to see whether your business could be successful in expanding to its market.
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Is Your Startup Ready: Self-Evaluation Checklist
Our program is designed to help female-led businesses expand to emerging markets, such as India. We do everything in our power to make sure your startup is properly prepared for international expansion.
If you’re looking at expanding your business to India but aren’t sure if your startup is a fit for our program, we’ve prepared a self-evaluation checklist you can go through.
Ask yourself 8 quick questions and determine if you could be a part of our next cohort.
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