Starting Your Business and Growing Your Business: A Guide to Resources for BC Women
If you are thinking of starting a business, you're in good
company.
Today British Columbia has almost 360,000 small businesses, and
women own or operate almost 36 percent of them
– the highest rate in
Canada.
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About this guide
From drafting a business plan to finding the start-up money,
this guide will help explain what you need to know and where
you can find the information.
You will also meet inspirational BC women who
generously share their own business experiences.
At the end of each section, you’ll find
sources for more information, and key resources are summarized
at the end of the guide. These have been specially selected
for women starting a business in BC and provide valuable
information.
But the list is far from exhaustive – there
are literally hundreds of other sources to check out, so use
the Internet and visit your local library or bookstore to
track down more information.
Western Economic
Diversification Canada,
Small Business BC
and
Women's
Enterprise Centre partnered with
the provincial government to produce this
guide.
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