Grab a coffee or tea ☕, head to a PORCH💚, and catch up with us. 

48th Edition | March 2025

The PORCH Potluck is coming back on April 10th!

There is nothing like a potluck to bring everyone together. This is real community – an evening filled with delectable dishes, engaging activities, loads of prizes and fun, and great people. This isn’t your cliché networking event.

🍛 Culinary Showcase – everyone brings a dish that represents where you are from!
🎲 Fun and Games
💚 Great People
📸 Photo Booth Fun
🍷Delicious Beverages
🏆 Raffles & Giveaways

Get your best dishes ready!!

Ticket Information:

🎟️ PORCH Plus Members: FREE
🎟️ PORCH Digital: $20
🎟️ Non-Members: Early-Bird Tickets $30 per person

Thank you to those organizations supporting the night: SwiftAds, Moving2Canada, and Canoo!

Toronto Tech Week 🤖

PORCH is a part of Toronto Tech Week in June to bring you the biggest exclusive dinner we have hosted to date!

60 PEOPLE at Terroni Adelaide on June 23rd.

We believe that there is no better way to connect with people than breaking bread.

This will be an exclusive, invite-only dinner and night to celebrate incredible international entrepreneurs, share stories, learn from one another, and of course, have some delicious Italian food.

Stayed tuned for registration to open! Check out the event page to learn more.

We are looking for a couple great organizations to join us in hosting!

1. Great brand association and awareness/impressions
2. Help us host / moderate an awesome dinner discussion
3. Free tickets

Let us know if you want to get involved!

Your Financial Future 🏦

*Open to Everyone*

We are excited to be hosting a highly-requested session with Scotiabank on financial planning and investing as an immigrant entrepreneur in Canada. This session will cover TFSA, RESP, RRSP, FHSA, and other essential tools to secure your financial future.

We will be addressing who can open accounts, how to do so, what your options are, how to invest, and many more questions about personal investing. A must-attend for those looking to make informed investment decisions.

PORCH Talk Sessions 🖥️

Join us for these upcoming PORCH Talk (virtual) sessions! For paid members only.

💬 March 13th | ACA: Ask the Community Anything – Register Here

💸 March 26th | Investment Options for You w/ Scotiabank
 – Register Here

🔥 April 3rd | Roast My _____ Register Here

Full Table 🍽️

We are over the🌛 excited to be partnering with Desjardins Ontario Credit Union for the first PORCH Dinner of 2025 in a couple of weeks.

We will be headed to Terroni for a wonderful meal and discussion around the financial landscape and options for immigrant entrepreneurs.

Thank you to the team there for their support!

Thousands in Savings 🤑

Thousands of $$$ worth of deals/offers/discounts on startup tools on the new PORCH Perks platform!

We have talked with lots of members on what we can add to make the community better and many asked for discounts on the everyday tools we use as entrepreneurs.

So we went out and brought this platform to you all! Access it in the PORCH Hub.

This is exclusive to PORCH Plus Members!

Every single story is special.

Every journey.
Every challenge overcame.
Every new relationship made.

The one and only Linlu Zhang continues to create a platform to share the beautiful stories of the international entrepreneurs of PORCH!

This edition... a new PORCH Ambassador but forever friend, Marcelo Ribeiro!

Nothing matters in a community if you can't find the right people. That doesn't mean scaling the community to 1000 members as fast as you can. We are talking about the foundation of the community. The pillars that support everything else built beyond.

At PORCH, we found those people. We call them the PORCH Ambassadors and they have and continue to play a role in everything we do in the club.

The PORCH Ambassador program exists to nurture a vibrant, supportive club that helps international entrepreneurs thrive.

We have these people to thank 💚

Akos Tolnai
Marcelo Ribeiro
Somayeh Akbarshahi
Adaeze Zita Edokwe
Ronan Casserly
David Romeo
Linlu Zhang
Olumuyiwa (Bruce) Faulkner (Chapter Leader)
Ting Zhou (Chapter Leader)

Entrepreneurship has many different forms.

Not every entrepreneur has a tech startup.

We have a new partnership that we are very excited to bring to the community!

FranNet matches ambitious entrepreneurs, like the incredible members of PORCH, with the right business to help them build wealth and create a legacy.

“You Wouldn’t Buy A House Without A Real Estate Agent; Don’t Buy A Franchise Without FranNet”

The entrepreneur journey is challenging, especially when everyone thinks it means creating a SaaS startup and getting funding. FranNet helps people who are considering self-employment to understand their options and help them understand how to find their best-suited businesses. 

➡️ Where to start their search
➡️ How to find what options are available
➡️ How to narrow down their options to the best businesses for you
➡️ How to conduct effective research
➡️ What financial commitments are required
➡️ What financial returns are realistic to expect

p.s. the best part is that for those looking for support getting into the franchise space, their services are always no-cost to you (the person buying the franchise) – you never pay FranNet a dime!

A big thank you to the team at FranNet Canada for being a part of our growing club!

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