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Though there is an endless amount of
information
online
and in written form to help
entrepreneurs succeed, the trick is to
find trustworthy information and then
put it into practice to strengthen your
enterprise.
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Printed Resources |
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LAMBAC is an agent of the Canada-Ontario
Business Service Centre (COBSC) program.
This means not only that we are linked
to the most up-to-date and extensive
Canadian online business resources, but
that we are provided $1000's of
dollars each year worth of printed
resources, which are freely available to
the public in our Gore Bay office.
We can also bring requested titles to
our Espanola office for you to browse or
borrow. Just stop in and peruse
our shelves of information.
We have a package of articles about
business planning which we are happy to
mail out free to anyone upon request.
One very useful
set of books available to be
borrowed is the Self-Counsel Series,
which contains books on starting and
running businesses in a wide variety
of fields:
Start & Run a
Retail Business
Start & Run a
Profitable Office Service from Home
Start & Run a
Profitable Consulting Business
Start & Run a
Profitable Student-Run Business
Start & Run a
Profitable Home Cleaning Business
Start & Run a
Profitable Tour Guiding Business
Start & Run a
Profitable Craft Business
Start & Run a
Profitable Bed & Breakfast
Start & Run a
Profitable Mail Order Business
Start & Run a
Profitable Catering Business
Start & Run a
Profitable Home Day Care
Start & Run a
Profitable Second Hand Store
We also have
many other books available on topics
such as Marketing, Trade Fairs in
Canada, Starting a Business in
Canada, Canadian franchise listings,
profiles of all companies in Canada,
and Legal Books as well as
information on Government Services.
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Local Information |
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You can see a map of the area, find out
population, labour force and other
statistics by visiting our
regional
information page or going directly to
the
Statistics Canada website. Our
regional information page has profiles
of individual communities, links to
their township websites and other
contact information for them.
You can also view or save the
Manitoulin Chamber of Commerce 2005
Directory.
For Planning Boards, in the LaCloche
region contact the appropriate town
office.
Anyone planning on building on
Manitoulin Island must contact the
Manitoulin Planning Board at:
2nd Floor, Post Office Building
46 Meredith St., PO Box 240
Gore Bay, ON, P0P 1H0
Phone: 705-282-2237
If you are interested in other
government funding sources or
public-private partnerships for Northern
Ontario businesses you can learn more
out about the
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund
Corporation's (NOHFC's) new
programs, including grants and loans for
job creation partnerships, young entrepreneurs,
internships, coop placements,
small business energy conservation,
infrastructure,
community development,
emerging technology and
drinking water enhancement.
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Online Resources |
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The online
Canada
Business Service Centre (www.cbsc.org)
is the most up-to-date, trustworthy and
extensive online business resource in
Canada. Each province has
its own complete website with
provincially specific information
(Ontario's is
www.cbsc.org/ontario).
You can even talk to a real person!
Can't find what you're looking for? Not
sure where to start? Need more specific
information? COBSC invites you to "Talk
to Us!". If you can talk on the
phone while being on the internet, just
enter your phone number, click the
connect button and your phone will ring
(8:30 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday)
and there will be an Information Officer
ready to guide you through the website.
If you need to be off the internet to
talk on the phone, just disconnect and
call them yourself at
1-800-567-2345.
Here we will also give you links
directly to specific features and topics
on the
COBSC website:
Featured COBSC Research and
Planning Tools:
Business Start-Up Assistant
Follow the steps to market research,
business planning structures,
registration, financing, taxation,
hiring, exporting and doing business
on the internet.
Interactive Business Planner
Create your business plan on-line.
View sample business plans to help
you complete each section of your
plan.
Interactive Export Planner
Connect to a range of export
information, programs and services,
about international markets, export
financing, export regulations and
sources of expertise.
My Business Information Service
A customizable email list so you can
get the newest business information
you want sent directly to your
inbox.
Online Small Business Workshop
A six-session online workshop
guiding you through all the topics
you need to know about starting or
running your own small business.
Canadian Technology Network
Access a wide range of technology
and related business assistance
through a cross-country network of
business and technology advisors.
COBSC Business Topics:
Current Issues
Management and Planning
Marketing
Getting Started
Exporting / Importing
Taxation
Financing
Technology and Innovation
E-Business
Business Guides
Women in Business
You can also check out the Federal
Government's new guide to business
online for small and medium-sized
businesses, called "ebiz.enable:
Guiding you through e-business issues
and options."
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