Challenge yourself to develop your business, create your Business Plan and find the funding your business needs in 2018. We challenge you to complete our 30 in 30 Startup Challenge and complete 30 tasks in 30 days to transform your ‘idea’ into a full-fledged, revenue-generating business. The challenge involves completing 1 task for your business, every day for 30 days….Read Full Article
Debunking some myths about starting a small business in Canada.
There are a lot of misunderstandings when it comes to starting your own small business. Many myths are the exact reason why people try to stay away, but why don’t we try to go through a few of them and see whether its fact or fiction.
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What is the first step to starting up a small business in Canada?
It seems that everybody has a different opinion as to what the first startup step should be. Some say the first step should always be perfecting your business idea; some say ensuring your finances are in order; some say making sure you have the perfect team in …Read Full Article
Writing a government funding proposal for your small business in order to get funded isn’t an easy task, especially if you’re unsure of where to even begin. This funding proposal writing guide will help you deal with the planning, the researching and the writing of the funding proposal as well as educated you on the necessary steps after the proposal …Read Full Article
Your business plan. It’s a scary thought to think that you have to write a business plan for your business. Where do you begin, what do you write about, how do you do it?
Don’t worry too much; the first rule is to ensure that you have a plan. No not a business plan to write a business plan, but …Read Full Article
Imagine ending the year (2017) saying “I want 2018 to be the best year of my life and I want to start my small business!”, and just days later in 2018, getting a call from the government funding agency telling you that your business has just been approved for 2018 government funding.
This is the case for Travis from Vancouver, BC …Read Full Article
Starting a small business in Canada definitely comes with it’s challenges, thus having a checklist to starting your own small business is very important.
This small business startup checklist is a tool which is intended to help you, and guide you though all of the issues you should consider and those which may come up in the process of starting …Read Full Article
Using the Business Plan Builder Tool offered by CanadaStartups.
When starting a small business in Canada, a business plan is critical to success. Not only does a well developed business plan act as a blueprint for your business, but it also helps small business owners attract potential investors such as the banks, private investors, business partners and even the Canadian government through …Read Full Article
What makes the perfect business plan? This is the ultimate questions that every single entrepreneurs has come across at one point on their path to becoming a business owner. So what is the answer?
Well that’s where it becomes a little tricky. Not all business plan are created equal. Not all business plan are made with the same intentions in mind, …Read Full Article
It’s always difficult starring a small business, spending all of your free time making it work to find out that at the end of the year or even sooner for some business owners that the business is simply not working and is a failure.
Most small businesses in Canada fail within the first year due to a number of reasons, and …Read Full Article