Small Business Resources
Browse our collection of Canadian small business articles, with funding tips, business plan outlines, common pitfalls, advice from previous grant recipients and many more topics sure to prove invaluable on your journey to secure funding.
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Government Funding for Small Businesses (13)
- $250,000 in Technology Commercialization Funding Available for New Programs
- BDC Program Helps Start-Up Your New E-Business
- Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Venture Capital Program
- Family Financing: How to Grow Your Business Using the "Family Bank"
- Government Money for Rural Businesses in Ontario
- How to Find an Angel Investor
- IRAP Subsidized Hiring Program Leads to Big Things
- Join a Barter Network
- New BDC Loan Helps SMEs Compete Globally | Up to $50,000 for Qualifying Businesses
- New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund
- Peer Lending Program
- Private Placement Securities
- Quebec Tourism Businesses get Increased Government Funding for Lodging Facilities
Cash Flow Tips for Small Businesses (6)
- 3 Ways to Get Cash or Financing Faster
- Four Ways to Finance the Equipment You Need
- How to Find the Cash Hiding in Your Business (Part 1)
- How to Find the Cash Hiding in Your Business (Part 2)
- How to Get Paid Immediately
- How to save on business travel: 8 ways to travel well for less and improve cash flow
Business HR Tips (4)
- Dealing With Change and Confrontation
- Employee Orientation 101: 10 Proven Ways to Turn a New Hire into a Star Employee
- Tips to Help You Hire, Teach and Keep Top Employees
- Why You Need an Employee Handbook
Starting a Small Business (15)
- 3 Bootstrap Financing Techniques for Your New Business
- A Key Source of Income for Your Business
- Four Foolproof Strategies to Help You Quit Your Day Job and Realize Your Dreams
- How the Government Can Help You Hire Staff
- How to get the government to finance your self employment
- How to Increase Your Profits and Get Rich
- How to lose your job and launch a new business
- How to Turn Your Dreams into Dollars
- Out of Work? Start Your Own Business!
- Test Your Mettle
- The Magic of Mentoring
- The Online Mompreneur
- Three Websites that Help You Start Your Own Business
- Unemployed? How to become SELF-employed
- Your Business Success Toolkit
Entrepreneur Advice (14)
- Advice From Entrepreneurs: Lessons From Successful Businesses
- Advice From Entrepreneurs: Lessons From Successful Businesses Part 2
- Advice From Entrepreneurs: Lessons From Successful Businesses Part 3
- Business Sets Sail With Government and Bank Financing
- Case History: The Secret Route to Government Funding
- Confessions of a Government Grant Recipient
- Entrepreneur's Advice: Focus on Your Business Plan
- Five Entrepreneurs Explain How to Get Government Financing
- Free Money, Business Plans and Grant Program Officers
- Government Funding Helps Create New Marketing Division
- Government Funding Leads to Major Expansion for Small Business
- How to Lose Your Job and Gain a Business
- How to Save Thousands on Wage Costs with HRDC
- How to Turn $10,000 in Government Funding into $70,000
Common Small Business Mistakes (6)
- 5 Major Management Mistakes
- Bad Money: How to Avoid Venture Villains
- Business Building Lessons From the Trenches
- Business Plan Writing: 4 Mistakes that Will Kill Your Financial Chances
- How to Get a Grant? Avoid These 5 Fund-Killing Mistakes
- The Typical Selling Experience is Not a Pretty Picture
Small Business Funding Tips (43)
- 5 Tips to Get Funding
- 7 Steps to Grant-Getting Success
- A Secret Source for Youth Startup Financing
- After the Application
- Build a Track Record from Nothing
- Facade Grants: How to Get Government Cash to Renovate?
- Five Steps to a Winning Financing Presentation
- Five Tips to Get Your Grant Application to the Top of the Pile
- Five Tips to Make Sure Your Business Plan Attracts Funding
- Four Ways to Leverage Government Programs for Small Business
- Free Sample Grant Proposals, Sample Business Plans & more
- Get a Grant: Learn from the Non-Profits
- Get Money for Your Business Plan Through Business Plan Competitions
- Get Real – Three Secrets that will Take You from Dreaming to Doing
- Grant Writing: Increase Your Chances of Government Funding
- Grant Writing: Make Your Budget Believable
- Grant Writing: Winning Grants Tell a Good Story
- Grant-Writing: How to Find a Good Grant Writer
- How to Avoid Funding Pain
- How to Establish a Good Credit for Your Business
- How to Help Your Suppliers to Help Grow Your Business
- How to Improve Your Funding Fortunes
- How to Turn $10,000 in Government Funding into $70,000
- How to Turn Your Customers into Investors
- How to Understand – and Woo – Angel Investors
- How to Use Government Funding to Get the Banks on Your Side
- Inside the Funding Meeting
- Key Ingredients to a Successful Government Grant Application
- Know Your Worth
- Need Money Fast? Threaten to Close Your Business
- Preparing a Successful Funding Application
- Small Business Financing Secrets: Tips to Grow Your Small Business
- Three Grant-Winning Tips from the Pros
- Three Surefire Tips to Funding Success
- Three Tips to Get the Grant
- Three Tips to Impress Loan Officers and Government Grantors
- Top 10 Tips for Winning Grants
- Top Five Tips for Getting Government Cash for Your Small Business
- Two Little-Known Secrets to Help You Get the Grant
- Want to Get a Grant? Think Outside the Box!
- What Can the Government Do for YOU???
- Why it Pays to Look for Financing Close to Home
- Your Financing Cheat Sheet
Small Business Tips (7)
- A Tax-Saving Tip for Canadian Small Businesses
- BDC’s Subordinate Financing Program Takes You to the Next Level
- Get Government Money for Hiring
- How to Find the Perfect Buyer for your Business
- How to Reduce Financial Risk
- What Can the Government Do For YOU???
- Why Use a Buyer Advocate?
Buying a Business (3)
- 14 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Business
- First Steps to Buying a Business
- Tips on Buying a Small Business
Small Business Marketing Tips (16)
- 10 Tips to Turn Your Company Newsletter into a Winning Marketing Tool
- 10 Ways to be There When They Want to Buy
- 10 Ways to Effectively Market Your Business on the Cheap
- Congratulations! Use this simple technique to help your small business capture new customers and keep your old ones
- Email Marketing Campaigns 101 – Build Your Mailing List
- Email Marketing Campaigns 101 – Create Your Newsletter
- Email Marketing Campaigns 101 – Email Marketing That Sells
- Five Ways to Boost Your Search Engine Rankings
- How to Develop a Marketing Strategy
- How to Make Your Website SEO FINE!
- How to Teach Your Customers to Buy
- More ways to flatter prospects and increase profits
- Sell on Direct Channels to Increase Profits
- Social Media - an Internet Marketing Goldmine
- The Importance of Image
- Tips to Develop Your Positioning Statement
Business Plan Tips (25)
- A secret source for business plan funding
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Analyze Your Competition
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Business Financial Planning
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Exceed the Reviewers' Expectations
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Writing a Successful Business Plan
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: A Small Business Plan Template
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Anticipate the Roadblocks
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Anticipate the Roadblocks, Part II
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Business Marketing Plan Template
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Communicate Your Vision and Goals
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Don't Forget the Appendices
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Four Little-Known Ways to Find an Angel
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: How to Analyze Your Industry
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: How to Shed a Positive Light on Your Company
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Marketing and Sales Plan Template
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Marketing and Sales Plan Tips
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Product or Service Description
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Put Your Management Team in the Best Light
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Recap - Your Financing Cheat Sheet
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: The Operational Plan
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Tips to Price Your Product to Increase Sales and Profits
- BUSINESS PLAN 101: Tips to Triple Your Chances at Funding
- Distinguish Yourself Through Your Business Plan
- How to Build a Blockbuster Business Plan Using Government Cash and Consulting
- How to Write a Grant-Winning Proposal
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