Resources

Explore our free resources for small business owners and entrepreneurs in Lakeland.

Resources:

• CFNA: Essential Guide To Starting A New Business in Rural Alberta.

• CFNA : Buying A Business Checklist.

• Why Businesses Succeed

• Small Business Resources Booklet 

• Cash_Flow 

• CFL BUSINESS PLAN TEMPLATE

• Business Link :Marketing-Guide.pdf

• Business Link: Small-Business-Financial-Fundamentals-Guide.pdf

• Business Link: Small-Business-Start-up-Guide.pdf

•  Board Recruitment Package.pdf

Our Top Picks:

• TED's 100 Websites You Should Know and Use

• Alberta Innovations and Advanced Education

• Statistics Canada

• Industry Canada

• Productivity Alberta

• The Business Link

• Canada Business

Business Plan Resources

•  SME Benchmarking Tool

•  Business Development Bank of Canada

•  Industry Canada

•  Canada Business - services for Entrepreneurs

•  Business Plan Pro

Financial Assistance

•  Alberta Innovation Voucher

•  Canada Business - grants and financing for entrepreneurs

Aboriginal Entrepreneurs

•  Aboriginal Business Service Network

•  Aboriginal Business Mentorship Program

•  Aboriginal Business Canada

•  Aboriginal Business Resources

•  Alberta Indian Investment Corporation

•  Apeetogosan Metis Development Inc.

Entrepreneurs with Disabilities

•  Alberta Association for Supported Employment

•  Entrepreneurs with Disabilities

Exporting & Inventing

•  Canada Intellectual Property Office

•  The Canadian Trade Commissioner

•  Canadian Innovation Centre

Youth Entrepreneur Sites

• Northern Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp

• Junior Achievement of the North

• Youth Resources Network of Canada

Women's Programs

•  Alberta Women Entrepreneurs

•  Canadian Women's Business Network

•  Women Entrepreneurs of Canada

Community Economic Development

•   Canadian Rural Research Network

•   Alberta Community Development.

•   Alberta Municipal Affairs

•   Economic Developers Association of Canada

•   Charity Village

•   The Canadian CED Network

•   Community Leadership - Community Foundations of Canada

About Community Futures Development Corporations

•   Community Futures Pan West

•  Community Futures Network Society of Alberta

Business Support Services

•  Productivity Alberta

•  GoForth Institute

•  Alberta Innovation and Advanced Education

•  Bank of Canada

•  Industry Canada

•  The Business Link

•  Travel Alberta

•  Canadian Franchise Association

•  Alberta Venture

Professional Services

•  Canadian Lawyers & Law Firms

•  Bookkeepers Association

Industry Trends

•  Alberta Canada

•  Strategies

Provincial & Federal Government Sites

•  Alberta Economic Development

•  Business Development Bank of Canada

•  Canadian Business Government Services for Entrepreneurs

•  Government of Alberta

•  Government of Canada

•  Human Resources and Social Development Canada

•  Statistics Canada

•  Western Economic Diversification Canada

Community Links

• AlbertaHUB

Partners with Community Futures Development Corporations

•  The Business Link - Regional Access Program

•  Western Diversification

•  GoForth Institute

•  AFSC

•  Business Development Bank of Canada

Starting a business in a city (Calgary/Edmonton)

Business Link operates walk-in centres in Edmonton and Calgary. They offer information and advice about everything from start-up, regulations, financing and loan programs to marketing, product sourcing, e-business and government programs and services. They can also be reached via a toll-free business information line: 1-800-272-9675.