Metro Business Opportunities is dedicated to the development of Business and Social Enterprise in St. John's and Mount Pearl. Through advisory, lending, and training programs, MBO's knowledgeable team helps potential and existing entrepreneurs of all ages with idea generation, business start-up, and successful growth.
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Metro Business News
Metro Business Opportunities has many current and past clients located in this historic commercial district, so we experienced the cycles of downtown St. John’s. Whether your business is already operating downtown, you are considering opening there, or you are exploring commercial lease options, there are always steps you can take to mitigate your risk.
The St. John’s Tool Library will soon begin hammering away at expansion plans thanks to their new partnership with Metro Business Opportunities and the financing provided by their Support loan program. The Tool Library will use the Social Enterprise development funds to expand their inventory of equipment and grow their membership base.
Raised by an entrepreneurial mother and a bodybuilding father, Leah Tracey had the seeds of Lemon and Lime Health Shoppe sown inside of her since childhood. However, it wasn’t until she was laid off from her retail job that Leah was able to seize her opportunity to become an entrepreneur.
With years of experience in the lash industry, best friends Dianna Dwyer and Kristie Lawlor decided to start a new business by pooling their resources, clients, knowledge and skills to open House of Glam, Newfoundland and Labrador’s first dedicated lash studio. They saw an opportunity to change the eyelash game in the province by teaming up to provide a higher standard of safety, training and products.
MBO is proud to help launch a new Social Enterprise that will make it easier for residents and visitors alike to choose local products and services, and live a more sustainable lifestyle. The Guide to the Good will act as an online directory, offering consumers an easy to navigate database of local, social, and green companies.
Our Business Students for Social Goals have been diving deep into the concept of Social Enterprise. Please join them during Small Business Week (October 14th to 21st) as they host a series of public events to raise awareness of local Social Enterprise.
MBO is excited to announce our partnership with the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, which will see them starting a new Social Enterprise. MBO is providing the start-up financing for this Online Learning Portal, which will offer e-learning classes and training related to hearing loss and noise awareness across the province and the world.
Business Students for Social Goals is a joint initiative of Metro Business Opportunities and the College of the North Atlantic that will introduce the concept of Social Enterprise to business students and give them first-hand experience in Social Entrepreneurship.
SafetyNL offers their training services at fair market prices, generating revenue to support their organization and its community programming. By engaging in Social Enterprise, SafetyNL has benefitted from financial independence, the ability to hire core staff, increased fulfillment of their mandate, and valuable contributes to society.
Returning home to St. John's, Newfoundland, Danielle Aubut found limited training programs and opportunities for circus-arts performers. She's countered this by opening Cirque'letics, offering a wide variety of fun, challenging, and entertaining circus and aerobatics-based fitness classes - bungee dance, aerial arts, tumbling classes, doubles trapeze, and more.
Upcoming Events
As an Entrepreneur, you have to get your message across. Deliver will help you craft your message and communicate confidently. Each Deliver workshop is different, so you can attend one session, or attend them all!
Many business owners are experts on their own business but may not have all the business know-how to manage and lead the business effectively. In this session, business owners will learn the basics of business operations and gain valuable management skills required to successfully run and grow a business.
Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner who wants to build a thriving team of employees? Then you don’t want to miss this informative lunch-n-learn session! Join Chad Decker of People Stuff Inc. to learn about maximizing Employee Engagement. You’ll leave with new insights and an easy to implement process for team success.