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Business Planning
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Chinook Entrepreneurial Challenge Business Plan Template
The
following business plan templates are for informational
purposes only. |
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Business
Owners Toolkit
http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/tools.asp |
Financial templates to create balance sheets, cash flows
and income statements. |
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The Business
Link
http://cbsc.org/alberta |
Business Plans and Checklists,
Taxation Information, Home Based Businesses, Licensing,
Interactive Business Planner, etc. |
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Interactive
Business Planner
http://www.cbsc.org/ibp |
Prepare a 3 year business plan
by using a question and answer format |
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Exploring Self Employment
http://exploreselfemploy.ca/main |
Self assessment tool for
individuals who are thinking about becoming
self-employed. |
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Strategis
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca |
Guides to Starting a Business,
Financing, Exporting, Researching Markets, etc. |
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Scotia Bank Business Planning Website
http://www.scotiabank.com/ |
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Toronto Dominion Bank Business Planning
http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/smallbusiness/resources.jsp |
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E-Commerce/Internet Based Sales
www.e-future.ca/alberta/ebusiness/infoguides.asp
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Information to help you set up
your business online. |
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Government of Alberta |
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Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development
(AAFRD)
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app21/rtw/index.jsp |
Everything agriculture from
business planning to finance/tax and science |
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Alberta Economic Development (AED)
www.alberta-canada.com/index.cfm |
Economic development, business
start-up and advice |
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Alberta Government
http://www.gov.ab.ca |
Alberta government home page
with links to all government business sites |
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Alberta First
http://www.albertafirst.com |
Premiere web site for
statistical data about Alberta communities and
marketplaces. |
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Government of Canada |
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
http://www.agr.ca |
Everything agriculture at the
federal level |
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Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
www.bdc.ca |
Canadian financier. |
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Canada’s International Business Strategy (CIBS)
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/ |
Government of Canada site for
international business opportunities |
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Canadian Trade Commissioner Service
www.infoexport.gc.ca |
Export market studies and business opportunities |
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Government of Canada
http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html |
Financing, Taxation, Human Resources |
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Human Resources Development Canada
http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/ |
Grant/Contribution Programs |
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Canada Customs & Revenue Agency
http://www.rc.gc.ca/ |
Extensive information on tax rights and regulations |
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Regulations for Small Business
http://wd.gc.ca/eng/tools/xregs.html |
Links to relevant government regulations from a variety
of sources governing small business startup and
operation in Canada |
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Statistics Canada
http://www.StatCan.ca |
Demographics statistics |
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Western Economic Diversification
http://www.wd.gc.ca |
Small business financing and information |
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Entrepreneurs with
Disabilities |
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Employabilities
http://www.employabilities.ab.ca/ |
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Finance |
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Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)
http://www.afsc.ca/default.htm |
Alberta government supported financing information |
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Business Development Bank of Canada
http://www.bdc.ca |
Canadian financier. |
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Canadian Commercial Corporation
http://www.ccc.ca/ |
Canadian commercial finance agency |
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Commercial Finance Online
http://www.cfol.com |
Business finance search engine. |
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Credit Reporting Agencies
http://www.creditworthy.com |
Online credit reporting services |
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Moneyhunter
http://www.moneyhunter.com |
Resources for business seeking capital |
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NorthStar Trade Finance
http://www.northstar.ca/ |
BC-based export financing company |
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Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
http://www.taxsites.com/international.html |
Global tax information. |
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International
Financial Institutions |
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United Nations (UN)
http://www.un.org |
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World Bank (WB)
http://www.worldbank.org |
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Business Franchises |
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Canadian Franchise Association
http://www.cfa.ca/ |
The CFA is a national trade association of franchisors
committed to achieving excellence in franchising. |
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Franchise Opportunities: Directory of franchise
businesses for sale
http://canada.franchiseopportunities.com/ |
Largest Canadian franchise directory on the web that
specifically license in Canada. |
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Business Tips: Franchising checklist
http://www.mindconnection.com/library/business/franchise.htm |
http://www.mindconnection.com/library/business/franchise.htm |
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A Consumer Guide to Buying a Franchise
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/invest/buyfran.htm |
Checklist of questions to answer before you buy a
franchise. |
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Business Services |
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Canada 411 Telephone Directory
http://canada411.sympatico.ca/ |
Directory for business or personal phone
numbers and addresses |
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Dun and Bradstreet Information Services
http://www.dnb.com |
Database for credit marketing, management
decisions, purchasing and receivables |
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Telephone Directories on the Web
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/ |
World-wide telephone directories |
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FreightWorld
http://www.freightworld.com |
Worldwide freight transportation and
logistics. |
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YVR Cargo Online
http://www.yvrcargo.com/ |
Vancouver International Airport cargo
tracking and information. |
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Export/Manufacturers |
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BC Trade Network
http://www.nudeal.com/ |
List or find quality trade leads |
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Canadian Exporters Catalog
http://www.worldexport.com/ |
Directory of Canadian exporters |
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Manitoba Trade and Investment Corporation
http://www.gov.mb.ca/itt/trade/index.html |
Manitoba trade promotion agency |
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Export Source
http://exportsource.gc.ca |
Comprehensive
Canadian export information |
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Manufacturers’ Agents of North America (MANA)
http://www.manaonline.org |
Resource for manufacturing companies to
find sales rep’s. |
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Saskatchewan Trade Export Partnership
http://www.sasktrade.sk.ca |
Saskatchewan trade export directory |
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Trade Shows |
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Trade Show Central
www.tscentral.com |
Search for world-wide trade shows
including Canada |
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U.S. Government |
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International Trade Administration
http://www.ita.doc.gov |
Customized state export data |
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National Trade Data Bank
http://www.stat-usa.gov |
U.S. Federal economic and trade
information |
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TradePort
http://tradeport.org |
U.S. trade information, leads and company
data bases |
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U.S. Customs
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/ |
Import/export and customs regulations |
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Business Plan Samples |
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Bplans.com
www.bplans.com |
This site is dedicated to selling
business planning software but it does have 60 free
sample business plans |
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British Columbia Services Society
www.smallbusinessbc.ca |
5 sample plans for retail, manufacturing,
service, primary, and publishing company's. |
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MIT $50k Entrepreneurship Competition
www.50k.mit.edu |
Resource page for another business
planning competition |
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Moot Corp Competition
www.businessplans.org |
Examples of business plans presented at
the Moot Corp competition at the University of Texas |
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Miscellaneous Business
Sites |
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Checklist for going into Business
www.sbinfocanada.about.com |
Provides checklist for going into
business, provides a quick list of important areas to
consider when looking at starting a business |
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Spinoff Centre
www.spinoffcentre.com |
Interactive business planner which uses
the capabilities of the Internet to assist new or
existing entrepreneurs to prepare 3 year business plan |
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US Small Business Administration Business Plans
www.sba.gov |
Business plan templates and resources |
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Wall Street Executive Library
www.executivelibrary.com |
Provides multiple resource links to
valuable business planning tools |
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Securities & Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov |
EDGAR public company filings (US) |
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SEDAR
www.sedar.com |
Public company filings (CANADA) |
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Other Resources |
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Deal Generator
www.dealgenerator.com |
Deal generator is a regional initiative
to develop high quality deal flow for early stage
enterprises |
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Inno-centre Alberta
www.innocentrealberta.com |
The inno centre model brings enhanced
access to capitla and mentoring for start up ventures |
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Nua Surveys
www.nua.com |
Site has many surveys relating to
internet demographics and buying patterns in certain
industries |
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Recombinant Capital
www.recap.com |
Biotechnology industry analysis |
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Red Herring
www.herring.com |
Venture Capital and technology magazine |
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U.S Census Bureau
www.census.gov |
American demographic and business
information |
