Be trained by experienced entrepreneurs
Who is the program for?
For seasoned entrepreneurs
Duration
12 stays over 2 years
Application for admission to the Programme Élite
Price: $450
Learn to
- Control your growth, improve your profitability and agility
- Understand your strengths and limits
- Surround yourself with complementary talents
- Move forward, with your team, towards a clear vision
- Stimulate your entrepreneurial motivation
- Gain balance and well-being
We doubled our revenue and tripled our profitability, just by being more assertive and knowing more about where we were headed.
- Frédérik Guérin, Club Tissus
Entrepreneur-athlete Élite C13
What can you expect from the ELITE Program?
2 unforgettable years
12 group stays, nearly 800 hours of training at the École d’Entrepreneurship de Beauce, located in Saint-Georges. You will be accompanied by a dynamic and dedicated team, including a coach who will help you take action.
A community of solidarity welcomes you
The EEB community EEB more than 1,500 entrepreneurs across Quebec. It can help you find answers to your questions, expand your professional network, and extend your time atSchool.
Teachers like you've never had before!
Learning from Marc Dutil of Canam, Guy Cormier of Desjardins, or Nancy Raymond of Steamatic means gaining in-depth insights that will help you make rapid progress. Our contractor-coaches volunteer their time and are committed to helping you succeed.
A close-knit cohort
You’ll be surrounded by about thirty other entrepreneurs facing challenges similar to yours, and together, you’ll grow and support one another. You’ll form bonds that last a lifetime.
No exams, only learning
At EEB, you'll choose almost all of your assignments: you'll apply the learning that makes sense for you and your business. And you'll be measuring yourself.
Challenges to surpass yourself
Each ÉLITE cohort is asked to take on a community challenge because we believe in the importance of giving back. And because we believe that physical fitness is essential, we support you on your journey toward a more active life, helping you reach new heights.
360° support
Workshops, coaching, sports and other activities, adapted accommodation and meals: it's all included!
Your cohort definitely becomes your safety net. A net in which you can fish for best practices, share your concerns and successes, ask for help and know that there will always be a helping hand.
- Anne-Marie Faucher
Élite Cohort C14
The 12 Steps of the ELITE Program
Thematic stays based on action and exchange to develop your entrepreneurial skills
Module 1 - Getting to know each other and breaking the isolation
- What are my strengths and weaknesses?
- How can I use them to increase my leadership?
- How can I use my EEB network to find solutions and live better as an entrepreneur?
Module 2 - Communicating to understand and inspire
- How can I improve communications within the company and with my employees?
- How can I use active listening to maximize the contribution of my employees?
- What is my communicator DNA?
- How can I prepare my communications to convince and inspire?
Module 3 - Challenging and clarifying your vision
- How far do I want to go with my business?
- What are the values I can rely on to achieve this?
- How do I connect the "Why" of the company to my personal "Why" for greater success?
- How do I mobilize my team to achieve my vision?
Module 4 - Seeing disruptive trends coming
- What are the political, international, ecological, technological and human realities that I must take into account to ensure my success?
- How do I stay aware of my external environment?
- How do I integrate trends into my business?
- How to transform information into business intelligence?
Module 5 - Understanding, choosing and convincing your client
- Who are my best customers and why?
- What do I have to sell and how do I sell it?
- How is my business different?
- How do I organize my marketing?
- How can I improve my customers' experience?
Module 6 - Cultivating and building human wealth
- How to attract, retain and grow talent?
- Multi-generational, multi-ethnic, multi-location, how to manage a multi-team?
- What is my corporate DNA?
- How do you create a company culture that attracts star players?
- What are my recognition strategies?
Module 7 - Measuring for improvement
- What to measure in my business to ensure its health and success?
- How do I choose and use KPIs to achieve my vision?
- How to manage continuous improvement and optimize performance?
- How to distinguish between performance and success?
Module 8 - Managing and evolving under uncertainty
- How do I react when I have to make a decision under uncertainty?
- How can I improve my reflexes to make better decisions?
- How open and agile is my team to change?
- As a leader, what can I do to encourage my team to take advantage of change instead of fearing it?
Module 9 - Planning and financing your growth
- Acquisitions, diversification, organic growth: what are the best growth vehicles to achieve my vision?
- How can I plan and organize my growth rather than being in reactive mode?
- Growth, recession, labor shortage: how to use finances to come out on top?
- How do I develop my negotiation skills and talk to investors?
Module 10 - Aligning the entrepreneur within
- How to live on my "Why" while achieving the company's?
- How to achieve a balanced life?
- What is my plan to achieve this?
- What are my sustainability aspirations for the company?
- Business, family and I, what would be the ideal continuation of our story?
Module 11 - Governing and driving innovation
- Where do I stand between the President and the CEO?
- What do I want to control? What do I want to delegate?
- Board of Directors, advisory committee, management committee, what are my strategies for surrounding myself and achieving my vision?
- How do I structure my business to achieve my growth and innovation goals?
Module 12 - Sustaining entrepreneurial intelligence
- What are the must-haves to achieve my vision?
- How do we get there?
- Who to do it with?
- What will my legacy be?
- How can I transfer my entrepreneurial intelligence to ensure the sustainability of knowledge?
The next cohorts
Apply at any time. You can start the ELITE Program in the spring or fall of any given year.
- Cohort C32: October 13, 2026
- Cohort C33: April 27, 2027
- Cohort C34: October 19, 2027
- Cohort C35: April 25, 2028
The Measured Impact of the ELITE Program
Graduates of the ÉLITE Program have achieved unprecedented results. A study conducted by the EEB Center for Entrepreneurial Intelligence EEB collaboration with Laval University confirms thatEEB an unparalleled driver of entrepreneurial performance.
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Increased revenue
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Expanded business network
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Time saving
Investment
Several assistance measures are in place to facilitate access to our programs.
Talk to a member of our team
418-228-5558, ext. 348
ventes@eebeauce.com