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Business Plans & Market Plans: The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) makes available on its website a guide on how to prepare a business plan and one on how to prepare a marketing plan. Click to view ACOA's business plan guide and market plan guide.

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Service Providers & Related Organizations

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

• Black Business Initiative (BBI)

• Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

• Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre

• Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

• Centre for Entrepreneurship & Education (CEED) & Open for Business

• Community Business Development Corporations (CBDC)

• Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Network (EDN)

• Government of Canada's Services for Canadian Businesses

• Nova Scotia Economic Development

• Nova Scotia Association of RDAs

Other University Business Development Centres in Nova Scotia (UBDCs)

• Acadia Centre for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ACSBE)

• Centre Jodrey

• StFX Enterprise Development Centre (XEDC)

• Saint Mary’s University Business Development Centre (SMUBDC)

Women's Networking Groups

• Halifax Women's Network (HWN)

• South Shore Women in Business Association (SSWBA)

• Valley Women's Business Network (WVBN)

Other Women-Focused Business Development Centres in Canada

• Newfoundland & Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE)

• Prince Edward Island Business Women’s Association (PEIBWA)

• Women's Enterprise Centre (British Columbia)

• Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc. (Saskatchewan)

Business Planning

• Business Planning Resources: General Planning Information

• Business Planning Resource Guide

• Canada Business Service Centres' Online Small Business Workshop

• Canada Business Service Centres' Interactive Business Planner

• Cashflow Forecasting

• CCRA Income Tax Information Seminar

• Home Biz News

Business Management

• Web-based assessment tools

• Small Business Check-Up

• Evaluate Your Practices (ACOA)

• The Decision Point Online

Marketing

• Guerilla Marketing

• InfoPoll Information about How to Write a Good Survey

• InfoPoll Templates for Marketing Surveys

• Research or Register a .ca domain

• Research or Register a .com domain

• Secondary Market Information 

Financing

• Strategis' Information about Financing

• Business Development Bank of Canada

• CanadaOne Magazine Article: "Ask an Expert: Other Financing Channels"

• CanadaOne Magazine Article: "Government Grants and Loans: Finding the Money

• Black Business Initiative

Industry Related Links

• The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service - Market Study Information to Identify Foreign Business Opportunities

• Canadian Textile Information

• Industry Information for Apparel Manufacturing, Computer Pattern Drafting, Textiles Industries

• Canadian Women's Business Network

• Export Source

• Women Can Do Anything

Operations/Production

• Aboriginal Resource Guide by Canadian Bankers Association

• Building Better Business Through Your Employees - HR Guide for Small Business in Atlantic Canada

• Canadian Innovation Centre

• Educated Entrepreneur

• HerQuest Canadian Business Women's Magazine

• Patents and Trademark Information

• PROFITguide - an e-zine for Canadian Entrepreneurs

• Strategis' Online Lease or Buy Calculator for SME's

• WAHM.com - a US based e-zine for Work at Home Moms

• YouthBusiness.com

Resources for Employers

• Resources for Employers

• Federal Youth Employment Program

• Human Resources Development Canada's Wage Subsidy Program for Employers

• Youth Employment Strategies Program- Info for Employers