How To / Educational |
Business Planning |
| www.truckermanagement.com |
| Kingston business Ignite Consulting developed an interactice training program, and downloadable tools and a book for use by small business owners to "drive" their business towards success. |
| http://www.sme.ic.gc.ca |
| Performance Plus is an interactive on-line financial performance tool to help new and established firms determine how your business measures up to the competition. It allows you to enter your company's financial data confidentially and compare it to industry averages. |
| http://www.bdc.ca |
| Business Development Bank of Canada provides an on-line guide to starting a business. |
| http://www.cbsc.org/ibp/ |
| Interactive business planner hosted by Canada Business Service Centres, this is useful for preparing three-year business plans for new or existing businesses. |
How to Start an Eco-Tourism Business in Ontario |
| http://www.canadabusiness.ca/servlet/ContentServer |
| This guide is designed to help you navigate through federal and provincial government programs, services and regulations that apply to starting a business in the eco-toruism industry in Ontario. |
Human Resources |
| http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/ |
| Employment Standards Act Information, Province of Ontario |
| http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/business/menu.shtml |
| Human resources planning, recruitment and programs. |
| http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/public/home_e |
| Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. |
Marketing |
| http://www.canadabusiness.ca/servlet/ContentServer |
| Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre provides information on market research and analysis, advertising, marketing plans and pricing. |
| http://www.gmarketing.com |
| Guerrilla Marketing offers strategies and tactics to build your business. |
Selling to the Government |
| http://www.merx.com |
| Listing of tendering opportunities with public and private sectors throughout Canada. |
| http://www.ppitpb.gov.on.ca/mbs/psb/psb.nsf/english/doingbus... |
| Doing business with the Ontario Government. |
Starting a Small Business |
| http://www.canadabusiness.ca/servlet/ContentServer |
How-to Guides now available on the COBSC website:
These guides are designed to provide an understanding of potential license, permit or registration requirements when considering the establishment of specific types of business in Ontario.
Our current "How-To" guides are listed below:
Start an Alternative Healthcare Business in Ontario New!
Start a Bed and Breakfast in Ontario
Start a Construction Business in Ontario New!
Start a Consulting Business in Ontario
Start a Convenience Store in Ontario
Start a Personal Care Home for Seniors in Ontario New!
Start a Restaurant in Ontario
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| http://www.cbsc.org/ontario/english/index.cfm |
| Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre provides accurate and timely information on programs, services and regulations to Ontario businesses. |
| http://www.bdc.ca/en/home.htm |
| Business Development Bank of Canada. This site provides an on-line guide to starting a business. |
| http://www.cba.ca/en/viewPub.asp |
| Canadian Bankers Association, Getting Started in Small Business. |
Technology and Innovation |
| http://ctn-rct.ca/en/ |
| National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program provides access to technology and business advice, financial assistance, contacts and national and international networks. |
| http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca |
| Canadian Technology Network's advisors work as pathfinders, providing free guidance to help you identify your needs and find solutions to your specific technology or business challenges. |
| http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.html |
| Canadian Intellectual Property Office's Canadian Patent Database lets you access over 75 years of patent descriptions and images. You can search, retrieve and study more than 1,500,000 patent documents. |
| http://cipo.gc.ca/ |
| The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is a Special Operating Agency of Industry Canada that administers the intellectual property system. CIPO provides information on patents, copyright, industrial design, trade-marks and integrated circuit topographies. |
| http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_innov/engdoc/homepage.html |
| Information products, useful tools and websites of interest. |