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Next Canada

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STAY AWAY from NEXT Canada. They not only waste your time to no end, they are falsely advertising that they'll fund you, give you customer intros and help you grow. They will do NONE of those things. The "program" that they advertise is essentially a semester of school where professors teach you business 101 and assign you homework - literal assignments that are unrelated to your business. This is great if you're right out of school, but if you've run a company or even worked at a company - this becomes completely useless to you. Getting customer intros to their partner network is basically like pulling teeth. They will not reply to any emails, regardless how many times you ask or they pretend to offer. They also have absolutely no funds available to startups - their fund is dry. There is no funding guaranteed upon acceptance, despite what they're attempting to advertise online. What happens is that you have to apply for cash across several rounds throughout the program, jump through several pitch meetings and get let down midway when the realization hits you that their well is dry as a bone. If you get into NEXT, expect to be ignored, berated and frustrated.
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