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Steps to Growth Capital: The Canadian entrepreneurs' guide to securing risk capital
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Here are some Web sites and publications that you might find useful.


Web Sites

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Business Diagnostics
http://www.ceosizeup.com/
Business Diagnostics is a timely and practical reference guide that allows the reader to acquire 'size-up' and diagnostic skills to assess the health of their company.

Managing a Small Business
http://www.businesstown.com/managing/index.asp
Includes information about boosting profiles, competing with large companies, managing growth, and common mistakes to avoid.

Performance Plus
http://sme.ic.gc.ca/
Features useful comparative data on your industry so you can compare your firm with other similar firms.

Personnel and Business Plans: Making the Most of Your Management Team
http://www.inc.com/articles/1999/12/16189.html
Article about making the most of your management team.

Venture Capital: There's No Substitute for Strong Management (Small Business Survival Center)
http://www.business-survival.com/articles/bizpersfnance/venturecap.html
Article stressing that there's no substitute for strong managment.


Publications

Business Diagnostics: The Canadian Edition
Thompson, Michael and Mimick, Richard
Published on demand in Victoria, B.C. by Trafford Publishing, 2001.

"Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneurial Management Team" in Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources
Dingee, A., Haslett, B., and Smollen, L.
Securities Data Publishing Inc. (New York), 1996

Effective Small Business Management
Hodgetts, Richard M.
Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997

High Profit Financial Management for Your Small Business
Caplan, Suzanne
Dearborn Trade, 1999

La gestion financière (In French Only)
Hutin, Hervé
Éditions d'Organisation
(Paris), 1997

La gestion financière des PME : théories et pratiques (In French Only)
St-Pierre, Josée
Presse l'Université du Québec
, 1999

La méthode ABC/ABM, piloter efficacement une PME (In French Only)
Ravignon, Laurent; Bescos, Pierre-Laurent; Joalland, Marc; Le Bourgeois, Serge et Malejac, André
Éditions d'Organisation (Paris)
, 1998

Le contrôle de gestion : Pour améliorer la performance de l'entreprise (In French Only)
Guedji, Nobert
Éditions d'Organisation (Paris), 2000

L'essentiel du contrôle de gestion (In French Only)
Malo, Jean-Louis
Éditions d'Organisation
(Paris), 2000

Scientific Financial Management: Advances in Financial Intelligence Capabilities for Corporate Valuation and Risk Assessment
Glantz, Morton
Amacom, 2000

Small Business Management:An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success
Megginson, William L.
Irwin Professional Publishing, 1996

The WG&L Handbook of Short-Term & Long-Term Financial Managment
Logue, Dennis E. (Editor)
Thomson Publishing Company, 1994



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