Question 1

How do I Join?

Accepted Answer

If you believe PORCH is for you, you can submit an application to join.

Question 2

Can anybody Join?

Accepted Answer

PORCH is an exclusive community.

Everyone is welcome, 
but PORCH is not for everyone.

Real community is not for everyone.
It takes work but what you get is magical.

The type of people who 💚 PORCH

1. Constant learners - want to keep learning and growing
2. Understands the importance of new relationships
3. Gives to gets - enjoys helping others

We give a 30-day free trial for this exact reason. We want to make sure that PORCH is for you and you are for PORCH.

If you are passionate about being a part of the PORCH Club, we would love to have you come check it out.

Question 3

Is there a free trial?

Accepted Answer

We provide all new members with a 30-day free trial to check out the community (no payment method required)!

We want to make sure that you find value in everything done here at PORCH.

As we say, everyone is welcome, but PORCH is not for everyone.

Real community is not for everyone.
It takes work but what you get is magical.

Question 4

I don't live in Canada or the U.S., is there still value for me?

Accepted Answer

Yes! We have members in 40+ countries around the world. Whether are planning your immigration, arriving next week, are new in Canada/U.S., or have been here for 30 years, there is always value in what is done here at PORCH.

Being a hybrid community means we have an extensive virtual side of everything we do. From multiple sessions every month (both with high-profile speakers and experts to learn the important topics to succeed and community sessions for learning, sharing expertise, collaboration, and building genuine relationships with other amazing members) to our highly-engaged platforms (Slack and the PORCH Hub) filled with endless discussion, content, recordings, quick learnings, and more.

It's important to make community part of your journey as an immigrant entrepreneur. Start building true genuine relationships, get support, and learn so that you are set up for success.

Question 5

What platforms do you use at PORCH?

Accepted Answer

There are two (2) platforms that make up the PORCH Club.

Slack
The everyday platform used by PORCH members for messaging. With a focus on quality over quantity in PORCH, we are very proud to be a highly engaged and active group. The Slack platform allows for 24/7 real-time discussion and support, organized channels and topics, focused groups, ongoing messaging, and built in coffee-chat programs.

PORCH Hub (built on Disco)(https://www.disco.co/) 
The Disco platform is the community hub of PORCH. This platform gives members access to our exclusive event calendar with live topical sessions with high-profile speakers and experts, hours and hours of event recordings, #PORCHshorts featuring quick lessons from speakers, a community content library filled with resources and support, a member directory with custom profiles, and the PORCH Perks platform featuring over $1,000,000 in savings on software for your business.

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Question 6

How do I learn more about PORCH?

Accepted Answer

We were hoping you would ask that!

Shoot us a connection and message on LinkedIn. We are always happy to chat!

• Hunter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterweitzman/)– Co-Founder & COO
 • Neil (https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilweitzman/)– Co-Founder & CEO

Or email us!

Hunter – hunter@porchcommunity.ca (hunter@porchcommunity.ca)
Neil – neil@porchcommunity.ca(neil@porchcommunity.ca)

Here are all of our links (https://linktr.ee/porchcommunity)

Question 7

How do I get involved as a partner?

Accepted Answer

We are always looking for great organizations that share our mission to support international entrepreneurs!

We have various partnership and sponsorship opportunities, from sponsoring a single event or event series to annual partnerships with ongoing involvement.

Check out our existing partners (https://www.porchcommunity.ca/partners)

Please reach out to us if you want to chat and learn more!

Or reach out to Neil (https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilweitzman/)or Hunter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterweitzman/)on LinkedIn

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