Seen that? – Business Development: Working ON Your Business
Business Development: Working ON Your Business Small Business Unplugged
One of the great advantages of owning a small business is being able to adapt to meet your customers needs, respond to market opportunities, and changes. Therein lies the $64,000 question – how do you maintain control in a growing business and have a life too? By beginning to work ON the business with the same intensity and focus as you do working IN the business. Working IN the Business Working IN [...] Read More
Business Development Bank Could Speed Things up a Bit Small Business Unplugged
The Business development Bank of Canada is a Canadian Crown corporation and as with all large bureaucracies things do not move at the speed of business. Via the Ottawa Sun "The business development bank has a way of tying up even a simple process in so much red tape, you could slap a bow on it and call it a Christmas present," Tim said. "What the bank originally projected as [...] Read More
BDC Sponsors: Student Business Plan Competition Small Business Unplugged
This January BDC puts $240,000 up for grabs for aspiring student entrepreneurs. There will be local competitions in January 2007 with the following universities holding the local competitions: Simon Fraser University (British Columbia);University of Alberta (Prairies); University of Toronto – Mississauga (Ontario); Concordia University (Quebec); and Dalhousie University (Atlantic provinces). Prize Money: The top three national finalists will receive $75,000, $20,000 and $10,000. Winners of the national competition will receive a [...] Read More
Small Businesses Growing? Biz Plan Hacks
Is the number of small businesses with no employees growing? Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Nicolas Loran The answer to that question is yes. According to the Small Business Trends website the number of small businesses that do not have any employees continues to grow although not at the rate it was a few years ago. Despite the economic conditions small businesses are still be created. As I have mentioned before there [...] Read More
Failure Biz Plan Hacks
Failure, it something that most of us don't want to think about but for anyone who is thinking of starting their own business it is something that might happen. bao However, successful entrepreneurs don't look at it as failure but instead it is a learning experience to build upon. In fact the only way you can truly fail is by not trying in the first place. What you must remember is [...] Read More