Greetings! 

Welcome to our August 2012 Newsletter. We have lots of great events coming up over the next month  including our Business Canvas Workshop and Entrepreneurial Women - unleashing brilliant ideas. Be sure to catch our presentation on innovation at the Schmooze Canberra Region Market Place on 29 August. We will also be holding the Capital Angels Cocktail Presentation Event this month. See below for details about these events and more.

There are still places left for the Business Canvas Workshop on 21 August. The Business Canvas gets to the core of your business and does so in a simple, visual and insightful manner. When used effectively, the Canvas will flow into your full blown business plan. The workshop will be held from 5-8pm and sandwiches will be provided. Click here to secure your place for the introductory price of $99.

Among our upcoming events in September is Entrepreneurial Women - unleashing brilliant ideas. The workshop will address a range of issues that can impact on starting and operating a sustainable business. Registration fee of $20 includes lunch. Early bookings are encouraged as spaces are limited. Click here for more information.

Finally, our next Entrpreneur Development Fund (EDF) round closes on 14 September. For more details, see below.

Kind regards,
Anna Pino, Cindy Reese Mitchell, Su Hodge, Lachlan Blackhall, Lyn Robbins and Lauren Mitchell  

Nominations are in.

The judges have met. 

The decisions have been made. 

Who will win the Canberra BusinessPoint 2012 Awards?

Last year saw the inaugural Canberra BusinessPoint (CBP) Awards and ceremony presented under new management and in a different format. The cocktail style event design was a hit with lots of networking by 120 guests and good food going around the Gordon Darling Hall at the National Portrait Gallery. The ceremony was held in the adjacent theatre with 'talking heads' of each of the finalists with six winners announced by Minister Barr. The event concluded with time for celebrations, more networking and a fabulous desserts spread sponsored by the ACT Government back in the Hall.

This year there will be an overall winner drawn from the six winners in the following categories: Web and Mobile, Clean and Green, Bricks and Mortar, Creative and Design, Micro-enterprise and High Growth. The ACT Government is sponsoring this award with the individual awards sponsored by businesses.

There are still tickets available for the Awards event on Thursday, 6 September. Jessica Good returns to MC this year. Click here to make a booking and to be part of the celebration of the Canberra BusinessPoint business community.