Session 1: Creating and Evaluating Ideas
Filling the Well
“The Artist’s Way
Items in Demand | eBay Seller Center
Idea Creation Tools
Tools for creating ideas
Mindmapping
What is mindmapping?
Freemind software
Provocation operations article
Provocative Statements
Idea Lists
100 biz ideas to kickstart your imagination
Business ideas for small towns
Evaluation matrix
With example data
Blank, for your business ideas
Session 2: Mechanics
Legal forms of business
Legal form of business – Corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship?
Business name requirements
Name |Approval Request Instruction – contains details of requirements
Online domain name generator and domain checker
Domain Name Generator For Perfectionists
Domain name search and buy
Domain Name search
One Stop for BC Name Search, Business Registration and GST/PST
OneStop BC Business Registry
BC registrar Name Search
BC Names Requests Online
General CRA page for self-employed and small business
CRA Small businesses and self-employed
How to report income and expenses
CRA Reporting your business income and expenses
Making losses – tax treatment
Recurring small business losses
GST account registration
Registering for a GST/HST account
PST Small Business Guide (search inside for “Small seller”)
PST Small Business Guide
City of PR – Home Based Business regulation
City of PR – Home Based Business license and regulation
City zoning map
PDF to download
Regulations for different types of business (Canada/BC)
Permits, licences and regulations – Canada Business Network
Food regs for temporary markets
Guidelines for the Sale of Foods at Temporary Markets
Marketsafe
Marketsafe Course
Foodsafe
FOODSAFE Level 1 Course
Starting a Food Processing business
10 Steps to Starting Your Food Processing Business
Worksafe (was WCB)
WorkSafeBC.com – Employers/ Small Business
WorkSafeBC.com – Who Needs to Register
Employees – BC employment regs
Guide to B.C. Employment Standards
Can Spam
Canada’s Law on Spam and Other Electronic Threats
Privacy regulations
Fact Sheet: Privacy Legislation in Canada
BC Personal Information Protection Act
Getting Paid via Credit Cards
The Secret Behind Square and Mobile Processing
Paypal
Paypal Canada
Square
Sign up for Square in Canada
Merchant accounts
merchantaccounts.ca
PC Financial bank account
PC Financial – How to Open an Account or Apply for a Product
Bookkeeping
CRA – Records and how long to keep them
Keeping records – CRA
Six years to life | Deloitte Canada | Tax services | Perspectives
CRA: How long should you keep your income tax records?
Manual bookkeeping
Manual Bookkeeping System that organises papers
Super-simple online bookkeeping
Google Sheets spreadsheet ledger
Review article for cloud accounting
The Best Online Accounting Services for 2015 | PCMag.com
Powell River business groups:
Networking
Marine Avenue Business Association
Powell River Chamber of Commerce
Powell River Women in Business
“Buy Local” programs
Local Logic
Session 3: Marketing
Using psychographics in marketing
“Local Marketing Ideas” booklet
Customer Profile worksheet PDF
Google Sheets blank marketing plan
Google Sheets example marketing plan
Blank marketing plan printable PDF
Session 4: Project Planning
Minimal Business Plan checklist PDF
Google Sheets Minimal Business Plan
Business Layout PDF
Online planning tools
Teamwork.com – Online Project Management & Task Management Software
Free tools article
The Top 6 Free and Open Source Project Management Software for Your Small Business
