Pitch from Inside the Dragon’s Den

Canada's own venture capital reality series, Inside the Dragon's Den and the Canadian Innovation Center offer advice to small businesses. Learn how to get your business off the ground with a series of helpful guides and links.

• CBC's Inside the Dragon's Den

Refresh your Knowledge with Small Business

Gain FREE access to personalized resources for your small business including software training, access to customized technical self-help knowledge base, access to resources developed collaboratively with IDC Canada, and courses in the Sales and Marketing, Financial Management, Technology Management, and Employee Management.

• Learn More about Small Business

The Internet Dictionary

NetLingo has thousands of definitions that easily explain the Internet and the online world of business, technology, and communication. Take advantage of this free resource created for industry professionals, students, educators, and new Internet users.

• Net Lingo

Bringing Social Innovators Together

As a group of non-profit leaders, social entrepreneurs, community activists, business people and artists that believe new ideas can change the world, the Centre for Social Innovation strives to develop creative, entrepreneurial and collaborative strategies that address social, cultural, environmental and economic problems.

• The Centre for Social Innovation

Business Resources for the Budding Entrepreneur

The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), is a national charity providing start-up mentoring, financing and business resources for young Canadians, age 18-34, to create their own successful business. Whether urban or rural, service or high-tech, traditional or futuristic, CYBF helps Canadians make their dream of owning a business come true.

• Canadian Youth Business Foundation

Share and Learn with Canadian Marketing Professionals

The Marketing Strategy Canada Forum Project was started to foster the exchange of marketing strategy ideas and opinions among Canadian marketing professionals, marketing students, marketing academics and others interested in marketing strategy in Canada.

• Marketing Strategy Canada Forum Project

Partner with other small businesses and succeed

Business Partnerships Canada focuses on connecting Canadian small business owners and giving them the tools they need to succeed in a partnering environment.

• Click here to join Business Partnerships Canada and start partnering

Are you ready to file in your business tax return?

March can be a very busy month for many small businesses, as they struggle to file in their business tax returns. Check out the site below to learn more about Canadian tax and financial information, as well as ways to help save money.

• Canadian Tax and Financial Information for Small Businesses

How are you measuring up with the top players in the field?

Take a look at a list of the top 1000 publicly trading corporations in Canada, or learn the best 10 Canadian companies in 43 different industries.

• The Top 1000: Canada's Power Book

Start off the New Year with New Business Skills!

New Year time is always great for personal development, and what's better than a collection of business training articles on the web? Start off the year with new business and personal skills!

• Business Training Articles

Know the Holidays!

Holidays are exciting yet stressful for a lot of small businesses because it means a slow down in business. Often the holiday means that your suppliers and partners are taking time off unless of course you are a retailer and this is your busiest season. To avoid wasting valuable resources on a non-working day, learn when your clients and your partners take their days off in Canada and in the U.S.:

• Holidays in Canada
• Holidays in United States

Showcase Your Products/Services to People Around the World

Register your company in the Virtual Tradeshow hosted by Industry Canada and begin marketing your company to customers all over the world:

• Click here to register your company in the Virtual Tradeshow hosted by Industry Canada

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