Small Business Week Another Success
Oct. 17 to 23 was once again the celebration of Small Business Week, honoring our self-employed business sector. This annual event began in 1979 when Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) branches in BC’s lower mainland pooled their resources to organize a...
Choosing a Small Business Market Position – Its all in the Business Plan
This video presents a rather simplistic perspective on market positioning. To add to these ideas here are 5 hints on how to be very focused on your target market: Define your Perfect Customer (build an avatar) in your business plan Vision Statement and the market you...
Hot News From Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney – You’ll Need A Business Plan To THRIVE!
Hot News: Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney today announced in his economic update that the there has been a shift in the Bank of Canada’s economic outlook for the Canadian economy (source 10/20/2010 Wall Street Journal). In the Bank’s quarterly monetary policy report it “lowered growth forecasts for 2010 and 2011 and revised down the inflation outlook. It now expects the economy to return to full capacity by the end of 2012, a year later than projected in July”.
