Chapter Links
Chapter 1: Your Great Adventure: Exploring Your Options
Canadian Youth Business
Foundation
PROFIT magazine’s PROFITguide.com
Arbour Environmental
Louis Garneau Sports Inc.
Take a Self-Employment
Quiz
National Entrepreneur Test
How Entrepreneurial
Are You?
Personality Test
Business Plans Planning Guide
(Royal Bank of Canada)
Interactive Business Planner (Canada
Business Services Centre)
Business
Plan Guide (Canada Business Services Centre)
Developing
a Business Plan (Human Resources Development Canada)
Do I Want to
Be My Own Boss? (Human Resources Development Canada)
Your Roadmap:
The Business Plan (Canadian Bankers Association)
Preparing a Business Plan (CBSC
Online Small Business Workshop)
Virtual Business Plan (BizPlanIt)
Writing a Business Plan (Bplans.com)
Scotiabuisness
Plan Writer (Scotiabank)
Chapter 2: Spotting Trends and Opportunities
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Industry Canada
Statistics Canada
Strategis
Online Small Business Workshop
Contact!
The Canadian Management Network
Canadian Technology Network
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Associations Canada
Canadian
Industry and Professional Associations (Industry Canada index)
ACNielsen Canada
Canadian Innovation
Canadian
Company Capabilities
Federal
Corporations Data Online
Strategis,
Business Information by Sector
Trade
Data Online
Canadian
Importer’s Database
Statistics
Canada, Merchandise Trade Database
Chapter 3: Positioning Yourself as an Entrepreneur for
Market Opportunities
Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Chapter 4: Profiling Your Target Customer
Retailinteractive.ca
Canadian Internet
Retailing Report
E-Retailer Profiles
Goldfarb Consultants
Industry Canada – Strategis
Canadian
Company Capabilities
Critical
Mass
Chapter 5: Learning from the Competition
Strategis
Stratgis
– “Company Directories”
Canada Yellow Pages
Canadian Trade Index
Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory
Scott’s Canadian Business Directory
and Database
Performance
Plus
Chapter 6: Marketing Strategies and Promotion: Connecting
with the Customer
JustWhiteShirts.com
Sales and Marketing Quiz
Canada Shopping Links
TownNet.com
Downtown Anywhere
CyberSuperStore
ebiz.enable (Industry
Canada)
Electronic Commerce
in Canada (Industry Canada)
Sales
& Marketing (PROFITguide.com)
Search Engine Watch
Advertising Age
YouthBusiness.com
Chapter 7: Location
Ceilidh Connection
Business Know-How
BizOffice.com: Small and Home-Based
Business Resources
Canadian Home and Micro Business Federation
2001 Census
– Release 2 – July 16, 2002
2001 Census
– New Standard Geographic Areas and Classification
Statistics Canada
Canada Quiz
Strategis
Chapter 8: Protecting Your Business from Costly Surprises
Checklists
for Going into Business
Guide
for Canadian Small Business, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Meeting
Place for Young Entrepreneurs
Talk to
Us!, Canada Business Services Centres
Human
Resources Development Canada, Occupational Health and Safety
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
(CCOHS)
OHS Legislation
in Canada—Basic Responsibilities
Health and
Safety Committees
WHMIS—General
OHS Legislation
in Canada—Due Diligence
Canadian
Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
Chapter 9: The Power of Numbers Appendix: Definitions
of Financial Ratios
What’s
Your Business Fitness IQ? (Royal Bank)
How Financially
Fit Are You? (Canadian Business Association)
Small Business Tools (CCH
Business Owner’s Toolkit)
Performance Plus
(Industry Canada)
Attacking
Business Decision Problems with Break-Even Analysis
Chapter 10: Shaking the Money Tree
Business Owner’s
Toolkit
BusinessGateway.ca
Micro-Credit (Industry
Canada)
Government Assistance
(Industry Canada)
Private-Sector
Assistance (Industry Canada)
Canadian Youth Business Foundations
(CYBF)
Chapter 11: Legal Concerns
Provincial Registrars
Federal
Business Incorporation
Federal
Not-for-Profit Incorporation
Incorporating Your
Cooperative (Industry Canada)
The
Co-operative Structure (Canada Business Service Centres)
Canadian Co-operative Association
RC2: The Business Number
and Your CCRA Accounts
Setting
Up Your Business (Canada Customs and Revenue Agency)
Dealing with Debt:
A Consumers Guide (Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy)
Chapter 12: Build a Winning Team
Know Yourself and
Know Others (KYKO)
The Keirsey Temperament
Sorter II (AdvisorTeam)
Personality
Tests
Business
Networks (Canadian Business Network Coalition)
Contact!
The Canadian Management Network
Mentor Programs (Canadian Youth
Business Foundation)
Young Entrepreneurs Association
Employers and
Entrepreneurs (Human Resources Development Canada)
Employment
Standards Legislation in Canada (Human Resources Development Canada)
Chapter 13: Buying a Business
Canadian Business Exchange
Buying
an Existing Business (Canada Customs and Revenue Agency)
Canadian
Company Capabilities (Industry Canada)
Valuation of Small Business
Chapter 14: Investigating and Buying A Franchise
YouthBusiness.com
BusinessGateway.ca
Siskinds Franchise Law Group
Franchise
Comparison Work Sheet
Canadian Franchise Association
The Virtual Franchise Expo
FranchiseShowroom.com
CanadianFranchise.com
Franchise Directory
Franchisee
Checklists—Evaluating Yourself
Checklists
for Franchisees (Canada Business Service Centres)
Chapter 15: Exporting: Another Adventure Beckons
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Tools for Exporters
(Industry Canada)
Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade (DFAIT)
Export Development Corporation (EDC)
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
ExportSource.ca
Interactive
Export Planner
Take a World View
… Export Your Services
Step-by-Step
Guide to Exporting
Best Practices
and Exporting Successes
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