Starting Business
Useful resources:
- VPI Milton- excellent place for people in transition to gather information about government run programs
- Halton Business Development Centre – Place filed with excellent books and brochures on starting new business. 2 consultants available to assist the entrepreneur in the process. Book an appointment for the orientation session.
- Jobskills.org – Organization which will assist with the business startup. One needs to be on EI or have reachback status to qualify. VPI or similar organization can refer you to Jobskills but one can also approach them directly and register for the orientation session to obtain more details.
- MaRS http://www.marsdd.com/E101-online – amazing course, which covers all angels of stating new entreprise.
- Different types of entrepreneurship
- Basic nuts and bolts of building a business
- Introduction to marketing
- Product development
- Building a business model
- Governance
- Value proposition
- Market research and analysis
- Managing intellectual property
- Financial planning
- Recruiting
- Business communication tools
- Sales
- Distribution
- Go-to-market strategy
- Bootstrapping
- Raising money
- Terms of investment
- The pitch
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