Seen that? – Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment
Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment Small Business Unplugged
The Business Development Bank of Canada(BDC) has a number of tools available to help entrepreneurs start or manage a business. Today I want to focus on their Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment tool. The 50 question assessment has a range of questions including: "Did your parents or grandparents ever own their own business? Are you often sick? Were you part of a group in high school? Are you the oldest child in your family? [...] 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
A Lawyer complimenting a bank? Small Business Unplugged
I was surprised and pleased to see a lawyer Suzanne Dingwall blogging and complimenting a bank. In her post "BDC: SME hero" she lauds the professionalism and support for entrepreneurs from the BDC. Not nearly enough noise is made about the Business Development bank of canada. The investment professionals are dedicated and sincere, and among the more pro-entrepreneur I've encountered. Plus, they often spring for donuts. Via Venture Law Lines BDC Press [...] Read More
Venture Fund Makes New Entrepreneurial Tools Available Bizinformer
Sevin Rosen Funds a venture capital firm for the first time is making available to all entrepreneurs what was previously only available to their portfolio companies via a web page they call the Entrepreneur Exchange or EE. The EE, while not intended to include all resources essential for a start-up, does contain a number of customizable documents, guidelines and templates for strategic planning — Determining Market Sizing, Planning Successful Product Launches, [...] Read More
Entrepreneurial Toolbox Bizinformer
Last week I wrote about a search engine called Stumble Upon and I signed up. Every day or so, I click on the little button and it surprises me with a site, White Paper or blog within my list of interests. Today it led me to Start Up Venture Toolbox written by David Rex. Not the prettiest site you'll ever see, but boy does it ever have a lot of [...] Read More