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Quebec – Being an Entrepreneur
This page provides information and resources on the basics of entrepreneurship in Quebec, including guides, checklists and self-diagnostic tests.
General Information and Guides
Self Evaluation Tools
Electronic Magazines and Portals
Organizations/Networks/Programs
General Information and Guides
- Points to Consider When Starting Your Own Business – Info entreprises
- Feasibility Checklist for Starting a Small Business – Info entreprises
- Checklists for Going Into Business – Info entreprises
- Démarrez votre entreprise – Gouvernement du Québec (Available in French only)
- Know Yourself – Canadian Bankers Association
- Guides pratiques – Centre d'entrepreneurship HEC-POLY-Université de Montréal (Available in French only)
- Can You Make Money With Your Idea or Invention – Info entreprises
Self Evaluation Tools
- Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment – Business Development Bank of Canada
- What is Netstrat? – CETAI - École des HEC de Montréal
Electronic Magazines and Portals
- Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité (Available in French only)
- Entreprendre (Available in French only)
- Les Affaires.com (Available in French only)
- Canadian Business Online
- Small Business Canada Magazine
- CanadaOne Magazine
- BizSTARTUPS – Entrepreneur.com
- Entrepreneur.com
- StartupJournal – Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
- The Bell Business Centre – Bell Canada
Organizations/Networks/Programs
Regional Contacts
- Info entreprises
- Assistance for Entrepreneurship - Montreal Region – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Region (Region 08) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Côte-Nord Region (Region 09) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Centre-du-Québec Region (Region 17) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Estrie Region (Region 05) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine Region (Region 11) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Laval Region (Region 13) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Laurentides Region (Region 15) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Bas St-Laurent Region (Region 01) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Mauricie Region (Region 04) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Montérégie Region (Region 16) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Outaouais Region (Region 07) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Québec Regions (Region 03) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Saguenay Lac St-Jean Region (Region 02) – Info entreprises
- Business Services Offered in the Lanaudière Region (Region 14) – Info entreprises
University Entrepreneurship Centres Network
- Institut d'entrepreneuriat – Université de Sherbrooke (Available in French only)
- Centre d'entreprenariat et d'essaimage – Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (Available in French only)
- Entrepreneuriat Laval inc. – Université Laval (Available in French only)
- Centre d'entrepreneurship HEC-POLY-UdeM – Université de Montréal (Available in French only)
- The Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies – McGill University
Other Networks
- Canadian Innovation Centre - CIC – Info entreprises
- Canadian Technology Network – Info entreprises
- The Canadian Technology Network – National Research Council Canada
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Aboriginal Business Services Network
- Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada
- HITE - An association for hi-tech startups