Starting a Business
A blog to track tools and resources for starting and maintaining a successful business Canada
Wednesday, October 08, 2014
MaRS Discovery District and the path to Big Data
For those starting a business or candidates applying for a job, it would be a great idea to review the Entrepreneur's Toolkit and MaRS Library.
If you're trying to keep tabs on technology innovation, CrunchBase is your one-stop shop.
Narrowing down the focus, if you are specifically interested in Hadoop and Big Data initiatives, you should subscribe to the weekly Hadoop newsletter.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Public government contracts, bids, tenders - Canada - Merx
MERX Canadian Public Tenders is an easy, fast and efficient prospecting tool to help your business grow. New opportunities are listed daily from all levels of government including MASH sector (Municipal, Academic, School Boards and Hospitals) from across Canada. Take a look and see if there is an opportunity for you!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
thingamy - irrelevant competition
For those concerned about this 'forget about competing' attitude allow me to suggest that:
"The best way to beat your competition is to make them irrelevant."There is no way around 'being different' - the core of creativity, an unavoidable part of business strategy and the source of success in a competitive market.Creativity has to start at the top, and not so much by focus on the usual 'how to create a creative organisation'. The leaders must be extremely creative themselves and dare to be different.
Go and be different.
thingamy: stuff to run your business
Thingamy is a Business Model Builder with instant delivery of Business Processes, Accounts and Reports.
→ One single system to run your business. Or parts of it.
→ No need for other enterprise software nor middleware.
→ Create, then better your Business Model and Processes.
→ No waterfall implementation, no method at all. Just do it.
→ Start with a small process, then add more processes later.
→ Perfect for the small, ad-hoc Barely Repeatable Processes that's everywhere.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
CBA - Resource Centre - Information Booklets
Canadian Banker's association has some useful links.
Getting Started in Small Business
Planning and preparation can make all the difference.
Minding Your E-Business
Security and Privacy Matter
Available online only
Small Business Financing
Information on various sources of business financing
Friday, October 26, 2007
The Web Entrepreneur's Customer Service Toolbox: 100 Hacks and Resources - Inside CRM
In today's consumer-driven world, it's getting harder and harder to keep customers happy. If your business can't deliver a product or a service that immediately satisfies the client, it will be trampled by the long line of competitors behind it. The following is a list of 100 hacks and resources to keep your business at the top of its game, delivering quality Web services and products while maintaining the highest standards of customer service.
Source: The Web Entrepreneur's Customer Service Toolbox: 100 Hacks and Resources - Inside CRM
Sunday, September 16, 2007
6 Steps to Starting a Business
Orange Country has some tips around building a business plan or buying a business.
daily p&l profit calculator spreadsheet filetype:xls - Google Search
A Profit & Loss Spreadsheet would be a good first step for managing the accounting of a small business. If you can get the daily P&L down to a science, it will make it easier to predict how well you will do in the future.
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Source: daily p&l profit calculator spreadsheet filetype:xls - Google Search