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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 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	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
	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
	Canada Revenue Agency The Canada Revenue Agency administers: - tax laws for the Government of Canada and for most provinces and territories; - customs services; - international trade legislation; and - various social and economic benefit and incentive programs delivered through the tax system. View Articles
	CIO.com CIO and CIO.com are published by CXO Media Inc. to meet the needs of CIOs (Chief Information Officers) and other information executives. CIO is read by more than 140,000 CIOs and senior executives who oversee annual IT budgets in excess of $175 million. CIO.com served over 100 million pages during over 10 million user sessions in 2003, and is visited by close to 500,000 unique visitors each month. View Articles
	Ebiz.enable Electronic business is now a driving force in the global economy. To increase Canada's competitiveness in the international marketplace, businesses like yours need to participate fully in the e-business environment. ebiz.enable is an easy-to-use Web site designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). It is a comprehensive on-line resource that allows you to explore e-business problems and solutions relevant to your company and its success in the global on-line environment. View Articles
	eBusiness Connection A BC-based not-for-profit e-business resource centre, eBC was created in response to the entrepreneurial community’s demand for more and better e-business and e-commerce resources. We offer a unique and comprehensive collection of e-business information services to help BC’s small businesses adapt to technological change, and maintain and grow their businesses. View Articles
	E-Commerce Times E-Commerce Times is a news site of ECT News Network, one of the largest e-business and technology news publishers in the United States. Our network of business and technology news publications attracts a targeted audience of buyers and decision-makers who need timely industry news and reliable analysis. 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
	Internet Retailer Internet Retailer is the most recognized brand name in web-based retailing. Each month, we deliver strategic and practical business information on e-commerce in retailing to more than 150,000 merchants and direct marketers. While other retailing and marketing publishers cover Internet retailing as a sideline, we focus on it as a core activity. Our seven full-time editors and half-dozen regular freelance contributors write more than 3,000 articles a year on best practices, winning strategies and market leaders. 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
	SME Direct SME Direct is designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Here we have collected numerous diagnostic and benchmarking tools, informative Web sites, relevant databases and a wealth of other resources to assist you in your decision-making. Whether your business is just starting out, or is well on its way, we've got the information you need. 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
	Templatezone.com TemplateZone was established in 2001 as a primary store location for the products developed by KMT Software, Inc. While KMT Software is known for its own branded quality products, it is also widely known as the developer of products and services for a wide range of companies, including some of the largest software developers, hardware companies, specialty paper providers, and textbook publishers. 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
	Wall Street Journal: Start-up Journal Starting your own business or buying a franchise is tough, even in a strong economy. You'll have to research the market, secure financing, open a shop, hire employees and run the enterprise. StartupJournal can help. Our content comes from the powerful editorial resources of The Wall Street Journal, the world's leading business publication, as well as WSJ.com, industry experts and StartupJournal's editorial team. View Articles
	Web Developer's Journal This is the place to find information and tools you need to run a Web business. If you're a suit, or just need to know a bit about the business side of things, we have information about tools and software for business, marketing, advertising and Web project management. View Articles
	Web Marketing Today Dr. Ralph Wilson formed Wilson Internet Services at the very beginning of the commercial Internet in 1995 to help small to medium businesses and organizations learn how to use the Internet effectively. We do that today in several ways, including publishing newsletters and providing hundreds of articles on Internet marketing. View Articles
	Webmonkey Hello and welcome to Webmonkey, the site that's been teaching people how to build websites of their own since 1996. If you're fixing to create your very first website, then you're in the right spot. If you're itching to make that site better, stronger, and faster, then here are some ways to scratch that itch. 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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