Welcome to the Small Business Education Centre

This seminar covers basic small business start-up information and is designed for the client in the thinking stage of starting a business. Included in this seminar is an overview of all the basic requirements including: name registry, business structures,...

This seminar is designed for the non financial business owner who is interested in knowing how to record and maintain financial records for your small business. Finance is a language, and once you understand the language you can better understand financial...

Business start-ups will introduce you to the concepts of a Starting Balance Sheet, a break-even Income Statement, an introductory Cash Flow Forecast. This seminar looks at the viability of your business idea from a financial perspective and helps you to...

Congratulations you are starting a small business and want a step by step guide to starting right. The first seminar in the series, Start Smart 1, will help you understand the broad scope of the requirements that are required to register and run a small...

This is a workshop designed for the complete beginner. Learn the basic costs and steps necessary to register your domain, find a hosting company and have your website developed. This seminar will review the different types of websites and options on finding...

Interested in getting a website to help promote your business? These three seminars will answer questions regarding how to get started finding the right person to create your site, what questions to ask, what you would like the website to do for your...

Is your work technically-challenging?  Are you spending money developing prototypes?  You may to receive 68 cents on the dollar! Join this online webinar session where you can learn and interact from your home or office. This webinar is first in a...

Learn how to analyze your web site code, find out what keywords potential customers are searching for, analyze your web site traffic, and make sure you are listed in the right search engines. Get your web site working for you!

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Financial Analysis will look at the nature of your earnings; cost behavior and how to use this information to diagnose the financial health of your business. Identify relevant costs and revenues for decisions such as adding or dropping product lines,...

Carbon neutral business...eco-efficiency, triple-bottom line management... What does all this jargon mean ...and why should you care? Consumers are becoming more discerning about the environmental performance of businesses; even in the midst of this...

Come to this seminar and analyze your business ideas, discover new markets and answer the what if’s to the success of your new venture. Identify the full scope of your idea and assess the financial viability of your business idea. Learn how to create...

Come to this seminar and analyze your business ideas, discover new markets and answer the what if’s to the success of your new venture. Identify the full scope of your idea and assess the financial viability of your business idea. Learn how to create...

Setting prices is both an art and a science.  The science is determining  your costs … and the art is understanding the underlying role price makes on customer buying behavior.  This seminar is both a marketing and a financial topic as...

Learn about the fundamentals of selling goods and services to the Government of Canada. This seminar provides information on how to market to the federal government, how the government does its buying, and how to keep track of opportunities to bid on...

 There are ten key things every business owner should be doing to grow a profitable business.  These can often get overlooked when you're caught in the day-to-day grind.  Join us for an hour and learn how to implement these tools for growth into...

Why build a brand?  Brand is a promise made by a business that is consistently delivered to its customer. This promise is what builds trust and increases customer loyalty.  The rate at which a business succeeds is directly related to how...

No jargons, no theories – just easy do-it-yourself marketing initiatives to bring your brands into homes of consumers.  You will learn how to integrate a variety of online marketing channels such as social media marketing, search engine...

Are you considering importing as a component of your small business but don't know where to begin? Come to this introductory seminar to learn about some of the technical aspects of importing commercial goods into Canada. Topics include; developing an import...

Starting a business is an exciting time, establishing your financial records and bookkeeping system should be one of the first orders of business.  You will need to establish a separate bank account, put together a filing system, decide how to Invoice...

The USA represents a huge market that is very receptive to Canadian ideas and products, whether manufactured in Canada or imported into the USA from lower-cost international countries. But, unless your company has a One million budget, you will need to...