More often than not the search for government funding for small business owners leads to a big fat “denied funding” stamp on the funding application.
Why is that?
It’s well over 90% of the time due to the simple fact such as lack of knowledge and ultimately it’s human error.
Often it’s as simple as applying to the wrong funding …Read Full Article
Paying for Government Funding Information. Should you really be giving somebody your hard earned money to get you the information that is freely available from the government of Canada?
There is no right or wrong answer here. That decision is up to you.
Why?
Well if finding government information was so easy, don’t you think that more people would know about it?
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Government grants, what a wonderful concept invented by the government to help.
I mean, who doesn’t want a grant. It’s free money for you to do whatever you want for your small business. You never have to pay it back.
Right…..?
According to most people we ask, yes. But then again, those people we ask are coming here to learn …Read Full Article
So far, 2017Â Canadian Government Grants for small business owners have been extremely helpful to hundreds of businesses across Canada. The funding received by these small business amounts to the excess of half a billion dollars in the first six months of the year.
Crazy right?
Canadian government grants aren’t really promoted to the mass, so how do people end up …Read Full Article
Government funding, seems impossible to get for your small business, doesn’t it?
Before you apply for government funding, there are a few things you have to understand about it and the misconception behind it. These are the few mistake that the majority of people applying for government funding make before they even start, and fail.
#1. Government funding is not available for …Read Full Article
When it comes to government funding for small business, everybody has an endless stream of questions. It’s normal to ask questions about something that is “the unknown”. In our line of work, CanadaStartups has an average of 80 live chat requests per day, about a 100 or so e-mails and hundreds of phone calls. The one thing that all these have …Read Full Article
Government funding.Â
It’s one of those things that everybody seems to know so much about and have an opinion on. It’s just like everyone knows everything there is to know about being a small business owner.
If you can’t tell by reading that, I’m being sarcastic.
But the sad truth is that business ownership and government funding both have a few …Read Full Article
Today’s question of the day is: What can government funding be used towards?
Another great question that seems to never have enough answers. For this answer we turned to a number of government grant and loan recipients who we’ve been able to assist in locating the right programs. We asked them the exact question and their answers paraphrased is below.
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10 Steps To Getting Government Funding For Your Small Business
1. Understanding Government Funding
Before you can be successful at getting government funding for your business you have to understand it!
2. Thinking about the idea of funding
Everybody wants government funding. But before you go and apply, think about it..Do you need it?
3. Having a business plan
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When it comes to getting government funding for your small business in Canada, the easiest thing to do is to give up!
In fact, over the last few months we had a survey on our website which you may have been part of. This survey was created to figure out what people do in regards to applying and getting government funding. …Read Full Article