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Entrepreneurship NetworkHER Event: Women of True GRIT

Name: Entrepreneurship NetworkHER Event: Women of True GRIT
Start: 2023-01-19T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-01-19T20:30:00-05:00

January 19, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us, along with the US Consulate General for the virtual Entrepreneurship NetworkHER Event: Women of True GRIT.

We are fortunate to have Edie Hand, founder of Women of True GRIT as a keynote speaker, to share her story of life experiences and how she’s transformed them into a network in celebration of amazing women.

Come dressed in your favourite hat or accessory to symbolize the many roles we have as women and entrepreneurs! (A woman’s best accessory is her CONFIDENCE).

Agenda: (EST)

6 pm-6:20 pm – Welcome & Opening Remarks
6:20 pm- 7:00 pm: Keynote Presentation with Edie Hand
7:00 pm- 7:30 pm: Networking with SpeakHERs
7:30 pm-8:15 pm: Free Flow Networking! (All guests are invited to freely move around the space and continue networking! Some tables in the floor plan also have prompted topics)

Who is this event for? This event is for students, female founders, and members of the entrepreneurship community from both Canada and the United States. The goal is to inspire, tell stories and make lasting connections.

Why register? This is a fabulous chance to meet and greet and learn from prestigious female founders, an excuse to wear your favourite accessory that makes your personality shine and join a virtual network of incredible current or aspiring women entrepreneurs.

About the Entrepreneurship SpeakHER Series: This event series started in January 2022 and was a partnership with the US Consulate General office in Toronto Ontario. This NetworkHER event is a closing to an incredible program of eight virtual speakHER session, and this marking the second virtual networking session. It began to strengthen bilateral ties between Canada and the United States and connect woman founders and aspiring entrepreneurs from both nations. We focused each session on a different industry focus and all recordings can be found on the EPICentre YouTube channel.

About Edie Hand: Edie Hand is a businesswoman, speaker, media personality, filmmaker, international author, and mother. She has authored or co-authored over twenty-five books. Edie has partnered with Sinclair Broadcasting of Birmingham, Alabama, to share Women of True Grit Vignettes on the air broadcasting monthly. For more information go to

https://www.ediehand.com.