HELPING YOUR BUSINESS ACCESS NEW MARKETS
The Export Navigator pilot offers businesses access to community-based export specialists who can provide a personalized, step-by-step approach to exporting (selling goods and services to anywhere outside of BC qualifies) and help connect your business to the market information, export programs, financial services, and business development experts it needs at every stage of the process.
Small and medium-sized growth-orientated businesses operating in the Kootenay Boundary as well as other target regions throughout the province of BC.
Export Navigator Services:
Businesses receive in-person guidance from an advisor with advanced knowledge in the export process. Advisors receive specialized training and have access to tools that help businesses navigate the many programs and services available to them. By connecting businesses to the right services at the right time, businesses save time and money.
Expanding to new markets takes time. The goal of the pilot is to help businesses move from stage to stage along the export pathway, bringing them closer to getting their goods and services into new markets.
Businesses must be located within the service areas of Community Futures Boundary, Greater Trail, East Kootenay and/or Revelstoke. Businesses will be accepted on a case-by-case basis; however, the Export Navigator pilot is looking to work with growth-orientated, small and medium-sized businesses.
A business that has the ability to scale up operations, is willing to commit to working through the export process, demonstrates openness to cultural differences, indicates a willingness to adapt their goods or services, and has the ability to self-fund or obtain financing.
No. Basic services (e.g. export readiness assessment, business needs assessment, etc.) will be provided free of charge. Clients referred to other service providers may be subject to a fee for services.
Following the completion of a client self-assessment, the business will undergo an in-office assessment with their community-based Export Advisor to determine if the business would benefit from participation in Export Navigator.
Export Navigator Client Workbook
For services please contact Michael Hoher at mhoher@futures.bc.ca or call 250.354.7857.
The Export Navigator pilot project is a partnership, with support provided by the B.C. Government, the Federal Government, Small Business BC and Community Futures.