Tina Cresswell from Maple Creek, SK explains how $106,600 in funding from Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan helped launch Etoile Culinary Arts International, a cooking school credited through the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST).

Craig Snodgrass, owner and president of Lyle Reeves Funerals Inc. in High River, AB explains how a $75,000 government guaranteed loan went towards start-up costs, equipment and leasehold improvements.

Montreal's Jacob Stroud and Idriss Bouhmouch explain how a $30,000 loan from the Business Development of Canada (BDC) and $15,000 from the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) went towards launching their mobile screen repair company, Moustiquaire Mobile.

Crystal Knox, owner of Enriching Families in Woodstock, ON explains how $17,400 from the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit Program helped launch her family counselling, mediation and assessment service.

Shelley Rymal, co-owner of Sage Valley Marketing Ltd. explains how $15,000 from the Alberta government went towards bath and body product packaging, with an additional $3,900 from MH Employment Services going towards wage subsidies.

Visual artist Steven White explains how an Exhibition Assistance grant from the Ontario Arts Council went towards transportation costs and online marketing.

Ken Auchinleck from St. John's received three separate grants to start Old World LogCrafters, manufacturing and assembling log homes in Newfoundland.

Pegasus Swimming Lessons offers lessons on how to gain basic swimming skills and improve existing skills, getting money to do so from the Durham region

Lead Ergonomics Consulting received $6,000 from the government in the form of grants to conduct research and develop the ROSA web site.

Starlab Recording Studio got $15,000 from a Canadian SBLA to purchase necessary studio equipment.

The owners of Buss Financial Group explain how a $50,000 BDC loan to upgrade their computer server and print centre.

The owners of A Turn of Events explain how the Ontario self-employment program helped them set up their corporate event planning business.

Mimi Au and Lindsy Colling, owners, Urban Playground Fitness, explain how their company launched with a total of $30,000 in government young entrepreneur loans.

Grame Sheldon, owner, Number One Grafton Street, explains how a grant from the Charlottetown Heritage Incentive Program helped him renovate his bed & breakfast without assistance from commercial banks.

Sylvain Roy, owner of Manage with Success, explains how grants from the Scientific Research and Experimental Development and the Canadian Small Business Financing Programs supported the construction of his software.