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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.

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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	About.com - Small Business Canada About. com was founded in 1997 with a simple premise, that people are the best Guides to the Internet. Today, when you read an article on About.com, you are tapping into a powerful network of 475 Guides -- smart, passionate, accomplished people who are experts in their field. Our Guides have written books, appeared on national television and won many awards in their field. About Guides live and work in over 20 countries and celebrate their interests in hundreds of topics. 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
	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
	CanadaOne Magazine CanadaOne is Canada's premier business channel on the Internet. CanadaOne's niche is its focus on Canadian business. This site was built from the ground up based on the actual needs and interests of today's Internet citizens. The CanadaOne website includes an online magazine, a Canadian business directory, Canadian specific business resources, a technology centre, and several other promotional tools designed to help Canadians grow their businesses. 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
	CIPO - Canadian Intellectual Property Office The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), a Special Operating Agency (SOA) associated with Industry Canada, is responsible for the administration and processing of the greater part of intellectual property in Canada. CIPO's areas of activity include: - Patents cover new inventions (process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter), or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention; - Trade-marks are words, symbols or designs (or a combination of these), used to distinguish the wares or services of one person or organization from those of others in the marketplace; - Copyrights provide protection for artistic, dramatic, musical or literary works (including computer programs), and three other subject-matter known as: performance, sound recording and communication signal; - Industrial designs are the visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament (or any combination of these features), applied to a finished article of manufacture; - Integrated circuit topographies refer to the three-dimensional configurations of electronic circuits embodied in integrated circuit products or layout designs. 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
	Consumer Measures Committee Consumer protection remains an important part of the federal, provincial and territorial governments' agenda. In a spirit of cooperation and to improve efficiency on the consumer front, the Consumer Measures Committee (CMC) was created; it has a representative from the federal government as well as every province and territory. The CMC provides a federal-provincial-territorial forum for national cooperation to improve the marketplace for Canadian consumers, through harmonization of laws, regulations and practices and through actions to raise public awareness. View Articles
	Inc.com Inc.com guides contain our best resources, handpicked by Inc.com editors, on specific business-management issues. Use them to discover strategies for starting, growing, and running your business more effectively and successfully. View Articles
	Insurance Bureau of Canada Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is the national trade association of non-government property and casualty (P&C) insurers, the private companies that insure the cars, homes and businesses of Canadians. Member insurance companies provide about 90% of the home, car and business insurance sold in Canada. IBC's goal is to strengthen the business environment for the property and casualty insurance industry. IBC strives to create and sustain a positive image for the industry. IBC's activities include developing and maintaining relations with governments, the public, consumers, and media as well as with member companies and other institutions that share some of the concerns of member companies. View Articles
	LawDepot LawDepot™ prides itself on being the most advanced provider of online legal documents on the Internet. Our easy-to-use, step-by-step approach has resulted in hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers. View Articles
	Lawyers.com This FREE service from LexisNexis Canada is designed specifically for individuals and small businesses and provides: - Accurate and reliable profiles of lawyers and law firms across Canada. - Access to profiles of lawyers and law firms worldwide. - Complete Lawyer HomePage Web sites for law firms featuring details such as practice focus, professional credentials, fees, office hours and directions. - A wealth of information to help users better understand the law, make more informed personal legal choices and identify high quality legal representation. - Helpful tips on how to choose a lawyer, consumer friendly explanations of major areas of law, useful articles on the Canadian legal system, links to legal resources on the web, and more. View Articles
	Litigation Proofing A website by Calin A. Lawrynowicz, who is a Toronto based lawyer with Canadian and American law degrees practicing in the areas of corporate law, real estate law and civil litigation. View Articles
	Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is an Officer of Parliament who is an advocate for the privacy rights of Canadians. Her powers include: - investigating complaints and conducting audits under two federal laws; - publishing information about personal information-handling practices in the public and private sector; - conducting research into privacy issues; and - promoting awareness and understanding of privacy issues by the Canadian public. View Articles
	Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services The goal of the Ministry of Community and Social Services is to build thriving and inclusive communities sustained by the economic and civic contributions of all Ontarians. The ministry’s mission is to build resilience and remove obstacles that impede opportunity and participation in community life. It does this through policy development and program support for a broad range of services aimed at supporting Ontario’s most vulnerable citizens. View Articles
	Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General The Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Executive Council. The Ministry of the Attorney General is responsible for providing a fair and accessible justice system which reflects the needs of the diverse communities it serves across government and the province. It strives to manage the justice system in an equitable, affordable and accessible way throughout the province. View Articles
	Ontario Ministry of Finance The mission of the ministry is to establish an environment which will ensure a dynamic, innovative and growing economy and to manage the fiscal, financial and related regulatory affairs of the Province of Ontario. To carry out this mission, the ministry will create a climate for economic growth and job creation in the province; promote the effective and efficient delivery of government services to taxpayers and reduce spending; ensure prudent management of the province's debt; balance the budget; and ensure that public organizations remain accountable to taxpayers for the use of their funds. View Articles
	Ontario Ministry of Government Services The Ministry was created to modernize government operations and provide cost-effective services to consumers, businesses and the Ontario Public Service. The ministry is focused on modernizing and improving front-line public services while ensuring a fair, safe, dynamic and informed Ontario marketplace. One of our key activities is to provide government information to individuals and businesses. You can access a wide range of information and services through our toll-free call centres, our 64 walk-in Government Information Centres or online through ServiceOntario. View Articles
	SOHO Business Report SOHO Business report magazine helps Small Office / Home Office Entrepreneurs succeed, with free articles, multimedia (audio, video & interactive), tools and tips. Topics for home business and small business include business planning, strategy, guerrilla marketing, Internet marketing, publicity, project management, importing, exporting, taxes, finance, trade shows, technology, negotiation, consulting, sales techniques and tactics, work life balance, growth management, profit optimization, team work, leadership, human resources and network marketing. 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
	World Intellectual Property Organization - SMEs The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest. The WIPO Secretariat, or International Bureau, is based in Geneva. WIPO staff, drawn from more than 90 countries, include experts in diverse areas of IP law and practice, as well as specialists in public policy, economics, administration and IT. View Articles

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