Overview

To succeed in today's economy, you need to have sound business sense and a set of practical tools. BDC provides you with important resources, whether your business is just starting up or is already well established.

• Our business plan allows you to set goals and design an operational plan for your new business.

• The ratio calculators are useful analytical tools to compare your business' success with other similar businesses. BDC also supplies you with a list of resources to access industry standards.

• By completing the Entrepreneurial self-assessment, you can assess your entrepreneur profile and compare it to that of proven successful entrepreneurs.

• E-Business diagnostic tools: measure the relevance of e-business for your business and see whether you are ready for it.

• Ask a professional: free online question and answer forum with a monthly theme and featured professional from the BDC Consulting Group.

• If your business has at least 1 year of completed financial data, you may want to use BDC's quick finance eligibility indicator to help measure the likelihood of obtaining financing from BDC.