Getting Started
Getting started in business will require you to analyze several components of your business idea and complete a series of steps prior to start-up. This section will provide you with a listing of various resources that outline these steps and provide insight into the process of starting your own business.
- Starting a Business in Thunder Bay The Entrepreneur Centre of the City of Thunder Bay provides demographic information on the city as well as offers a Business Self-Help office that has all the information on the steps to starting a business in Thunder Bay.
- Canada Business - Government of Canada site listing resources for starting a business
- Statistics Canada - An on-line database of social and economic statistics in Canada.
- Strategis Industry Canada's site that offers extensive resources for business start-up and management.
- Business Start-up FAQ - A very resourceful generic on-line small business guide based in BC.
- Starting A Small Business in Ontario - Government of Ontario guide to starting a small business
- Guide for Canadian Small Business - Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency's information guide on taxation and record keeping requirements for small business.
- The Entrepreneurship Centre - The Ottawa Entrepreneur Centre offers on-line resources for entrepreneurs
- Entrepreneurial Self Assessment - Here is a tool to help better measure your entrepreneurial potential. This questionnaire includes 50 statements, and will take about 15 minutes to complete.
- Youth Employment Services Montreal - Resources for youth pertaining to Entrepreneurship.
- Canadian Innovation Centre - The Canadian Innovation Centre (CIC) is Canada's leading organization dedicated to assisting Inventors and innovative companies. Their range of services includes evaluation, technology due diligence, market research, and education programs.
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office - The Canadian Intellectual Property Office offers information on patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyright protection.
- Considering a Franchise
- YES Employment Services - Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Program
- Self Employment Benefit - The Ontario Self-Employment Benefit provides unemployed people who are or have recently been eligible for Employment Insurance with income and entrepreneurial support while they develop and start their business.
Please click here for a list of books on this topic from the Thunder Bay Public Library
Please click here for an additional list of books on this topic from the Thunder Bay Public Library
