The Trade Accelerator Program is an innovative 4-session initiative, designed to accelerate the strategic development of your business and to better prepare you for an expansion into international markets. Don't just take it from us, hear from previous TAP Calgary graduates and learn more about the success that they have found through the program.
Bessie Box offers delivery of high-quality and locally-sourced meat and seafood. In addition to graduating from TAP in 2019, they have also built a supply chain connecting producers to processors to customers on a budget of just $45,000. The team sold more than $25,000 of their product to over 160 customers within the first six months of starting business.
Righteous Gelato is one of Calgary's favourite frozen treat makers. The company graduated from the sixth TAP cohort, and at that time, was already in stores across Canada. The locally-made treats have now hit store shelves in Whole Foods locations across the U.S. Pacific Northwest, with more expansions south of the border planned for the future.
PEAK Equestrian is changing how horse riders operate with ergonomic, Canadian-made stirrups. The PEAK team have showcased their products at the Spruce Meadows Masters Equi-Fair, which sees an average of 175-thousand industry leaders, trainers, breeders, riders and horse lovers over a four-day period.
Far Out Exporters Inc. exports Canadian-made craft beers, spirits and wines to countries around the world. The team secured a deal that saw a 40ft case of B.C. wines heading to Hong Kong. A smaller, second shipment of wine (in a 20ft case this time) is also on its way across the Pacific. Hong Kong joins Australia on Far Out's list of international importers of Canadian products.
Attending the TAP program has fast tracked Tansley Associate's Export plan. The program was exhilarating and incredibly insightful. Many of our fellow exporters attending had various levels of export experience to share. The trade accelerator program guided Tansley Associates to explored the dynamic process of leveraging Canada's many available export resources to compete and win in a global business environment.
The Export Development Plan we created as the TAP program deliverable, page for page, was perfect for our application to a French Incubator program. All the information was EXACTLY as we needed it. I literally used it as my key submission document.
