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MM Community Business Project

The Community Business Project gives not-for-profit organizations and social enterprises access to free consulting projects from teams of bright, creative, and highly motivated Master of Management students.

Organizations get the chance to tackle a key challenge, while giving Master of Management students the opportunity to hone their business skills and gain real-world business experience.

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Project details

Typical projects include:

Business feasibility studies
Fundraising and development plans
Recruitment and retention strategies
Corporate partnership strategies
Marketing plans

Who is eligible to participate?

Non-profits
Corporations with CSR initiatives or affiliations to social ventures
Charities
Environmentally-focused businesses
Social enterprises
Start-ups with community initiatives/impacts

Past partners include:

BC-SPCA
Mosaic
Embers
Gordon Neighbourhood House
Cheakamus Centre
Nada

Pedal Society OCB
Sky Harvest
Spinal Cord Injury BC
UBC Farm
United Way Lower Mainland
Motivate Canada

Applications for the next round of Community Business Projects are now closed.

Steps to apply:

Create a project
Projects must have a specific objective with a clear social benefit and directly contribute to the students' skill development in areas such as strategy, finance, marketing or human resources.
Complete an application form online.
While all proposals are greatly appreciated, not all can be selected. Projects are evaluated on a number of criteria: the required project components (including primary & secondary research), relevance to students' skill development and commitment to community enhancement.