Business

The Canadian-Croatian Chamber of Commerce offers the following business resources:

STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS

Here are a few links that can be helpful if you are interested in exploring the possiblity of starting your own business.

Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship - Government of Ontario

www.sbe.gov.on.ca/ontcan/sbe/en/home_en.jsp
A virtual "one-stop shop" for anyone interested starting a small business.

EnterWeb

www.enterweb.org
An Internet virtual library with an international perspective. Has information on all aspects of entrepreneurship, self-employment, and small business management.

EntreWorld

www.EntreWorld.org/
Possibly the most comprehensive of all information sources on entrepreneurship! This site is jammed with articles, tools, and advice on all issues related to setting up your own business.

Canada Business Service Centres (CBSC)

www.cbsc.org/
The CBSC's mission is to provide start-up assistance to new entrepreneurs, help small businesses, and encourage entrepreneurial growth. No matter what field you are interested in, this site provides vital information on government assistance programs. This site is a must! It is truly comprehensive guide to starting a small business, covering everything from the original business idea to the actual start-up, from financing to planning to marketing. The IBP allows you to create your plan step by step, whether you are starting a business or making one grow. It will also direct you to sources of relevant information and facilitate financial projections.

Paul and Sarah Edwards Web Site

www.paulandsarah.com/
Paul and Sarah Edwards are well-known authors and experts on self-employment. They offer advice to entrepreneurs on home business ideas, marketing tips, balancing life and work when self-employed, and more.

Canadian Youth Business Federation

www.cybf.ca

This site offers technical advice and support to young entrepreneurs. The "Resource" section is full of useful articles on important topics to new entrepreneurs, and registered users can access the "Business Builder" for help with business planning and development.

Canada One

www.canadaone.com/
Canada One is a Canadian small business hub, full of articles and resources on a variety of topics. Subjects include starting up, writing a business plan, sales, public relations, and more.

Starting a Small Business - Strategis (Industry Canada)

www.strategis.gc.ca/sc_x/engdoc/starting_business.html?guides=e_sta
Home page: www.strategis.gc.ca/
Click on "Starting a Business" in the Strategis Guides section for information about starting your own business. Learn about registering your business, licenses, taxation, employment standards, and other important matters.

Business Development Bank of Canada

www.bdc.ca
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is Canada's small business bank. This site describes its various financing programs. BDC also offers management and business consulting.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BidNavigator

www.bidnavigator.com

BidNavigator 2000 is designed to bring vendors and procurement professionals together , for the benefit of both, in a cost efficient electronic forum. Not only does it expand the pool of potential vendors bidding on a given contract, it also makes the submission of bids less time consuming for those vendors. The net result is a win-win situation. Wider public notice of bids. More fairness. And fewer bid expenses for both buyers and suppliers. 

To date, more than 400 government jurisdictions, academic and healthcare institutions are currently using ETN as their primary vehicle for the procurement of goods and services. From the initial requisition to the awarding of contracts, these organizations are finding that e-procurement eliminates both time and grunt work from the process . Through BidNavigator, bid invitations, document management, addenda and vendor notifications become software-driven, leaving procurement professionals more time and energy to focus on delivering value to their organizations.

Merx

www.merx.com

Created and powered by Cebra Inc, a Bank of Montreal company, MERX is Canada's largest Business-to-Business portal. MERX provides your business with access to billions of dollars in potential business from both the public and private sectors. Whether you are using MERX Government Tenders or MERX Auction, or any of our other services launching soon, your business will benefit from MERX. Where else do you have access to 50,000 other businesses and government buyers with the click of a mouse?

Toronto Construction Association

www.tcanetworks.com

MASH Sector Construction Procurement Opportunities - See project list above for all project information available.

Construction Opportunity On-Line Network (COOLNet)

www.coolnet.ca

The vision of COOLNet is to maintain and promote an electronic distribution network among CCA member associations for disseminating construction project opportunity information (including plans and specifications) in Canada. Mandate.

It is the mandate of COOLNet to provide leadership on behalf of CCA members in developing systems and procedures which will enable it to fulfil its goal of maintaining an electronic distribution network for disseminating construction project opportunity information in Canada.

The principal objective of COOLNet is to be viewed by owners, architects, engineers and all construction firms as their primary source of project opportunity information in Canada and to provide the most economical and technologically viable means of disseminating this information.