TELUS Small Business Challenge


The Small Business Challenge is back for it’s sixth straight year.  The annual contest is an opportunity for Canadian small business owners to showcase their unique business ideas to a nationwide audience and get help overcoming the barriers standing in their way.

The Challenge is a partnership between The Globe and Mail and TELUS that attracts entries from small businesses and start-ups across Canada.

Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2016

The prizing includes:

  • Grand prize of $100,000 to help you overcome your business’s biggest challenge and $10,000 to donate to a charity of choice
  • 4 semi-finalists receive $10,000
  • 10 regional finalists receive technology prize packs worth $2,000
  • 3 Most Promising Start-up receive agency services worth $5,000
  • 50 honourable mentions to be featured in The Globe and Mail
  • For the first time this year, one small business owner will receive $10,000 to donate to the charity of their choice through a Community Investment category
  • Extensive publicity in The Globe and Mail and on TELUS social media channels for all finalists

What’s your story? Enter now – we would love to hear it.