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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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	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 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
	Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre 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
	Disaster-Resource.com Whether you are a senior executive, an experienced manager or a new contingency planner, you will find this GUIDE to be the most comprehensive source for crisis/emergency management and business continuity information. The online DISASTER RESOURCE GUIDE is set up to help you find information, vendors, organizations and many resources to help you prepare for (mitigate) or recover from any type of natural or other type of disaster. View Articles
	Entrepreneur.com Entrepreneur.com visitors are business owners and partners who are looking for tools to help them succeed in today's competitive marketplace. They own growing businesses and look to Entrepreneur.com to provide information and perspective on industry news, business tools and services, strategies for growth, and much more. View Articles
	MasterCard Small Business MasterCard Worldwide is a driving force at the heart of commerce, enabling global transactions and bringing insight into the payments process to make commerce faster, more secure, and more valuable to everyone involved. As a critical link among financial institutions and millions of businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide, MasterCard provides services in more than 210 countries and territories. 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
	National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) The National Federation of Independent Business is the nation's leading small-business advocacy association, with offices in Washington, D.C., and all 50 state capitals. NFIB's powerful network of grassroots activists send their views directly to state and federal lawmakers through our unique member-only ballot, thus playing a critical role in supporting America's free enterprise system. View Articles
	Ontario Ministry of Labour Established in 1919 to develop and enforce labour legislation, the Ministry of Labour's mission is to advance safe, fair and harmonious workplace practices that are essential to the social and economic well-being of the people of Ontario. Through the ministry's key areas of occupational health and safety, employment rights and responsibilities, labour relations and internal administration, the ministry's mandate is to set, communicate and enforce workplace standards while encouraging greater workplace self-reliance. View Articles
	Small Business Notes Small Business Notes is dedicated to the memory of Richard C. "Dick" Kautz, who, along with his father and his father-in-law, spent their lives running quality businesses that served their community well and provided a outstanding work environment for their employees. This site provides information and resources for other businesses struggling to provide that same quality in a challenging economic environment. In a world where making a fast buck often seems more important than quality, running a profitable business that values their employees and customers can be a challenge. 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
	US Small Business Administration The US SBA’s mission statement is to “maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by aiding, counseling, assisting and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from national disasters”. View Articles
	Workplace Safety and Insurance Board The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) oversees Ontario's workplace safety education and training system, provides disability benefits, monitors the quality of health care, and assists in early and safe return to work. View Articles

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