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This Resource Centre provides listings of alphabetically arranged topics that will be useful to you in starting and operating a small business.

The first section contains a condensed glossary of business terms and articles on various topics created by the staff and advisors at the BDC. Please check back regularly for postings of new articles.

The second section contains listings of: a) excellent small business resources on the Web; b) online resources that provide dictionaries, detailed business glossaries, grammar and style guides and other reference materials.

The third section provides specific information for small business articles on a particular website, arranged by subject. For each article we've provided the title, the URL and the introductory paragraph.

We are constantly updating our links and adding new resources. Visit us regularly!

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Aboriginal business Agricultural business Business communication Business etiquette Business name selection Business plan development Customer relations Disability self-employment E-business Entrepreneurship Exporting/importing Financial issues Franchising Getting started Goal setting & time management Inspiration Legal issues The lighter side Marketing Networking Operations Partnerships Regional stats Sales Self-assessment Trends Women in entrepreneurship Youth entrepreneurship return to Resources & Links	AllBusiness.com Our mission is to provide quality information, products, services, and solutions to small and growing businesses. Through the AllBusiness Web site, entrepreneurs, businesses, consultants, and business professionals are able to access a comprehensive set of information, tools, and services. Our site is one of the most comprehensive sites on the Web for small and growing businesses, with over 2000 articles, “how-to’s”, forms, agreements, questions-and-answers, solutions, and services. View Articles
	Business Access Canada Business Access Canada (BAC) is a key component of the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). BAC was created to improve supplier and buyer awareness of federal business opportunities and of the Government of Canada procurement system. BAC simplifies access to Government procurement information. View Articles
	Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) The Business Development Bank of Canada is a financial institution wholly owned by the government of Canada. BDC plays a leadership role in delivering financial and consulting services to Canadian small business, with a particular focus on technology and exporting. View Articles
	Business Owners' Idea Cafe Once upon a time, a long time ago (like the 1980's) it was almost impossible for an entrepreneur to get the info needed to start and run a business. Today, the opposite problem confounds entrepreneurs -- there's so much info you can't even begin to digest it -- especially now with the Web. Entrepreneurs need critical info fast, so they can take action now. So at Idea Cafe, we serve info fast, fresh, friendly and for real. View Articles
	BusinessTown.com Start and run a small business without losing your shirt, your sleep, or your sanity! Business Topics – All Business, No Bull. View Articles
	BusinessWeek Online BusinessWeek’s award-winning Web site provides users with daily perspective, unique insights, breaking news, and in-depth analysis of the latest trends in the business world, with continuous coverage of today’s business issues. View Articles
	Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre - COBSC Providing accurate and timely information on programs, services and regulations to Ontario businesses in collaboration with our federal, provincial and non-governmental partners. View Articles
	CNNMoney.com CNNMoney.com is one of the Internet's leading sources for breaking business news, personal finance features, commentary and planning tools. CNN/Money.com delivers all the day's pressing financial stories and goes beyond the headlines to show how they affect individuals' financial well-being. CNN/Money.com's editorial team reports on jobs and the economy, national and international financial markets and stocks, business news, mutual funds, real estate, technology, autos and travel. View Articles
	EffectiveMeetings.com In dealing with our own trials and tribulations in the meeting room, keeping people on track and on time, we learned about the effective meeting process. While doing research for our own meeting challenges, we noticed that most of the meeting information available was theoretical and not easily implemented. We decided to focus on what was missing from this information and provide a remedy for the situation. View Articles
	Harvard Business School - Working Knowledge Harvard Business School – whose mission is a commitment to general management education that focuses on building a deep understanding of business, teaching with skill and passion, and communicating ideas that have power in practice – provides a very readable online magazine called 'Working Knowledge', that features articles on all aspects of business management. View Articles
	Microsoft Small Business Center The Microsoft Small Business Center is your online resource for help in getting more out of your technology resources, getting answers to your technology questions, and better understanding the solutions that can help you strengthen your business View Articles
	MoreBusiness.com A comprehensive resource for small businesses, contains tips, articles, ideas, templates, worksheets, sample business plans, tools, financial benchmarks, sample contracts, and much more to help grow your business. View Articles
	ProfessionalSpeaker.com Professional Speaker.com will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about getting paid to speak. At this site you'll get the wisdom of three real-world speakers who have done over 6500 paid presentations and sold millions of dollars worth of products between them. Now you can master the complex mix of business and presentation skills while you make serious money and cut three to five years off your learning curve. View Articles
	Sales Vault With over 15 years of combined experience in the sales training industry, Slife Sales Training, Inc. founder's Eric and Daphne Slife envisioned a place where sales professionals could find everything in their "sales aresenal" - all in one place. When faced with an opportunity to purchase SalesVault and add it to their current sales training website, www.SalesTrainingCamp.com, their vision was achieved. View Articles
	SCORE Welcome to the SCORE Small Business Web site and to a wealth of information on SCORE's services and timely small business topics. SCORE's mission is to advise, encourage, train and mentor small businesses nationwide. SCORE counselors offer a high level of service and personal attention to help you stay on track as you build your business. With hundreds of pages of tips for small business owners, the SCORE Web site is an outstanding and popular tool among entrepreneurs. View Articles
	SIPA SIPA (Specialized Information Publishers Association) is the international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of for-profit subscription newsletter publishers and specialized-information services. View Articles
	SOHO SOHO Business Group was founded in 1996. As a national marketing company we focus on connecting Canadian businesses with valuable tools, benefits, savings, resources and special events. Our primary business is relationship marketing and lead generation supporting SOHO (small office home office) and SME (small and medium size enterprise) businesses. View Articles
	StressCure Welcome to Stresscure.com, your Internet resource for relieving stress and enjoying life. Discover the secrets Dr. Mort Orman has created to help you cope with stress and use it to your advantage. Explore our Health Resource Network area for general stress information. Browse through our other areas and the many helpful features and reports you will find. View Articles
	The Sideroad What is The Sideroad? We are an ever-growing website that offers practical advice, straight from the experts, in a wide variety of areas. Unlike conventional magazines, newspapers or websites, we bypass the journalist, writer, or "self-appointed guru", and connect you directly to a proven subject expert, so no information is lost in the translation. View Articles
	WorkZ.com WorkZ.com is your resource for managing and growing your business. Over 1000 articles, templates, tools, and emails are at your fingertips and updated weekly enabling you to be successful in growing beyond your imagination. Hundreds of writers who are renowned experts in their fields submit articles to the WorkZ editorial staff who then read and edit them for relevance and content. View Articles
	ZeroMillion.com The mission of Zeromillion.com is... 1. to encourage and support entrepreneurial endeavors internationally; 2. to be a top resource for all levels of businessmen, businesswomen, entrepreneurs, and marketers and; 3. to facilitate discussion, communication, networking, and peer assistance though an online community of businessmen, businesswomen, entrepreneurs, and marketers at all levels of knowledge. View Articles

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