GTApreneurs 2025 Business Expo Toronto - Vaughan

BizX 2025 Business Expo
& Conference

by GTApreneurs

Join us at the beautiful Hazelton Manor for BizX 2025 Business Expo and Conference on Tues Oct 21.

You will be welcomed by us and hundreds of other small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout this business conference and business networking event extravaganza!

BizX 2025 Business Expo Toronto - Vaughan and Conference

This premium business expo and conference only comes around once a year and we’re happy to offer it during Small Business Week 2025. Be part of this unique experience to gain practical knowledge from Industry Experts and meet hundreds of potential clients and referral partners.

Get maximum exposure by exhibiting at or sponsoring the event. Having your banner visible throughout the tradeshow at your vendor table and your logo and information displayed on our slide reel throughout the morning networking and afternoon portions of the event are great ways to get known in the GTA business community. Plus when you exhibit, our guests will visit your booth and give you their business card, so you don’t miss out on talking to anyone at the event. 

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Check these exhibitors from our past events! You will see even more at BizX 2025 Business Expo & Conference

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Featured Speakers

Nile Saïd
Founder and Capacity Growth Strategist,
GoOneUp

647-872-4468
gooneup.co

As a Capacity Growth Strategist and Founder of GoOneUp, Nile Saïd equips entrepreneurs to achieve their next phase of growth. Using proven frameworks in leadership, marketing, and operations, he builds the capacity for sustainable business growth—transforming potential into performance and vision into measurable success.

Sara Bibb

Sara Bibb
CEO & Founder
MKS HR Consulting

647-999-2141
Book an HR Discovery Call

mkshrconsulting.ca

MKS HR Consulting offers thorough HR audits for mid-size companies, led by CEO Sara Bibb, a Certified Human Resources Leader with 21 years’ experience. Their expert team reviews HR practices, ensures compliance with local laws, and provides tailored solutions to optimize business performance and address organizational challenges.

Allan Pollett
SEO Guru & CEO
Global Net Trade

905-417-9470
allanpollett.com
globalnettrade.net

Since 1998, Allan has been working as a SEO and web marketing specialist. He is known as the “SEO Guru” having written several books on reputation management, social media and SEO related topics. Over the years, he has helped over a 1000 businesses get to the top of the organic search results. One of his most recent achievements is helping one of his clients generate enough revenue from their YouTube channel to buy a Lamborghini.

Tammy Defoe
President, Business Consultant & Coach,
GTApreneurs Inc.

416-522-7770
[email protected]
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Since starting GTApreneurs in 2019, Tammy has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs grow their businesses. She has hosted over 170 business networking events; leads 2 business networking and coaching groups; and provides 1-1 and group business coaching, consulting, sales training and public speaking training. Her in-depth multi-industry experience and multi-disciplinary education have resulted in a unique and vast knowledge base and skill set that gives her coaching clients the advantage over their competition.

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BizX 2025 VIP Ticket

*Includes totebag, map contest and door prize raffle. You must bring business cards and be present at the time of the raffle to win a door prize. Bring at least 200 business cards to share with others as they will be required for the map contest and door prize draw.

VIP Ticket Itinerary:

  •   9:00-10:30am: Registration + Continental breakfast + networking
  • 10:30-10:45am: GTApreneurs welcoming presentation
  • 10:45-11:00am: Platinum and Gold Sponsor Introductions
  • 11:00-11:20am: Presentation by Nile Saïd, “Stop Confusing. Start Engaging.”
  • 11:20-11:40am: Presentation by Sara Bibb, ” Avoid the Legal Landmines: HR Compliance Essentials for Business Owners.”
  • 11:40-12:00pm: Presentation by Allan Pollett, “How to Make a Viral YouTube Video?”
  • 12:15- 3:00pm: Tradeshow
  • 1:00- 2:00pm: VIP Lunch – Meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options
  • 2:30-2:50pm: Presentation by Tammy Defoe, “How to Profit from Networking?”
  • 12:00-3:00pm: Snacks and refreshments available
  •   3:00-3:30pm: Draw and awards given for door prizes, map contest and Best Exhibitor Booth Contest

VIP TICKETS

BizX 2025 Tradeshow Ticket

*Includes totebag, map contest and door prize raffle. You must bring business cards and be present at the time of the raffle to win a door prize. Bring at least 200 business cards to share with others as they will be required for the map contest and door prize draw.

Tradeshow Ticket Itinerary:

  • 12:30-3:00pm: Tradeshow
  • 12:30-3:00pm: Snacks and refreshments available
  • 2:30-2:50pm: Presentation by Tammy Defoe, “How to Profit from Networking?”
  • 3:00- 3:30pm: Draw and awards 

TRADESHOW TICKETS:

  • $30 non-members
  • Free for Mega, Exhibitor and Referral Group members

*Note 1: You must have a BUSINESS CARD to insert into our raffle box to be entered into our door prize contest.

*Note 2: You much EXHANGE CONTACT INFORMATION with exhibitors for them to give you a sticker to add to your map for the map contest. If you don’t have a business card, you are welcome to exchange information electronically via LinkedIn connection or other platform or app.

Meet our Featured Speakers..

Exhibitors and guests, including you, may be from the following industries:

  • Marketing strategy and Digital marketing – social media, websites, SEO, paid ads, etc.
  • IT – Support, strategy, cybersecurity, hardware, custom software solutions, other IT services and products
  • Life/mindset coaching
  • Business consulting and coaching
  • Property improvement contractors, including interior design, painting,  landscape design, lawncare, plumbing, electrical, renos, cleaning, etc.
  • Personal finance – Advice, investments, mortgage, other lending
  • Business finance – Accounting, tax prep, lending, other
  • Insurance – Home, auto, commercial, life, health
  • Real estate sales
  • Property management
  • Law – Lawyer, paralegal, mediator, other legal services
  • Graphic Design
  • Health practitioners – Massage, physio, chiro, naturopath, acupuncture, social worker/ psychotherapist / psychologist, etc.
  • Printers and promotional products
  • Event services
  • Writing and Speaking – Authors, Speakers, public speaking training, editing, publishing, writing coaching
  • Nutritionists and Wellness Coaches
  • Fitness and Recreation
  • Health and beauty products
  • Human Resources
  • Payroll
  • Food and beverage
  • Travel and entertainment
  • Photography
  • Videography, video production
  • Other product and service providers

DISCLAIMERS:

1. Your event ticket DOES NOT INCLUDE the guest list. We encourage you to walk around the event to meet all our exhibitors and many other entrepreneurs and EXCHANGE business cards or digital information to follow-up.

2. By participating in this event, you are giving us permission to capture your presence by photo and video for us to use in our marketing materials to promote our other events.

3. By participating in this event, you are giving us permission to share the following with the event exhibitors and sponsors: Your name, professional title, organization name, city, website and LinkedIn URLs (If you enter them when registering for the event). ONLY if you specifically indicate on your registration form that you do give us permission to share your phone number and/or email address with the other events guests, will we share them. If you indicate that you do not give us permission to share your phone number and/or email address, we will not share them. We will never share your full address or any other information. 

4. If you don’t attend the event, we will not include your name or other information on the guest contact sheet.

Great prizes to be won!

As a guest, you can win a prize for:

  • Door prize raffle: If we pick your business card, you will win a valuable prize. Note: You must bring a business card to participate, and you must be present at the time of the raffle to win.
  • Map Contest: You will be given a map in your event guide. Walk around the building to visit the exhibitors. Each time you talk to an exhibitor and exchange business cards or do a LinkedIn connection or other mobile platform connection, the exhibitor will place a special event sticker on your map. More details to be given at the event.

Exhibitors can win a prize for:

  • Exhibitor raffle
  • Best Exhibitor Booth** (as voted on by event guests). 

A few of the Exhibitor Raffle & Contest Prizes

About the Organizer

GTApreneurs 09-26-2023 GTApreneurs Business Networking Event - Tammy Defoe, presenting

Tammy Defoe is the President of GTApreneurs Inc. She founded GTApreneurs in 2019 and has grow it into a community of many hundreds motivated and engaged small business owners, self-employed professionals and entrepreneurs. 

By profession, Tammy is a Business Consultant and Coach, Sales and Public Speaking Trainer, Public Speaker and Author. To date Tammy has hosted or co-hosted almost 200 GTApreneurs business networking events. She also leads two referral networking groups every week and provides 1-1 business consulting and business coaching services.  Learn more here >>

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