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Nova Scotia – Being an Entrepreneur
This page provides information and resources on the basics of entrepreneurship in Nova Scotia, including guides, checklists and self-diagnostic tests.
General Information and Guides
Electronic Magazines and Portals
Organizations/Networks/Programs
General Information and Guides
- Points to Consider When Starting Your Own Business – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Feasibility Checklist for Starting a Small Business – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment – Business Development Bank of Canada
- Know Yourself – Canadian Bankers Association
- Can You Make Money With Your Idea or Invention – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
Electronic Magazines and Portals
- Atlantic Business Online
- Progress
- Canadian Business Online
- Small Business Canada Magazine
- CanadaOne Magazine
- Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité (Available in French only)
- BizSTARTUPS – Entrepreneur.com
- Entrepreneur.com
- The Wall Street Journal Online – Entrepreneur – Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Organizations/Networks/Programs
Resource Centres
- Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Annapolis County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Antigonish County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Cape Breton County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Colchester County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Cumberland County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Digby County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Guysborough County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Halifax County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Hants County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Inverness County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Kings County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Lunenburg County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Pictou County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Queens County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Richmond County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Shelburne County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Victoria County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Yarmouth County Resources – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
Organizations
- Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Canadian Innovation Centre - CIC – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Canadian Technology Network – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED) – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Community Business Development Corporations (CBDCs) – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- InNOVAcorp - Nova Scotia Innovation Corporation – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Le Conseil de développement économique de la Nouvelle-Écosse (CDÉNÉ) – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association (MISA) – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Network – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Open For Business – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Regional Development Authorities – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Government of Nova Scotia
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) – Government of Canada
- The Canadian Technology Network – National Research Council Canada
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Aboriginal Business Services Network
- Black Business Initiative – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Business Development Bank of Canada - Mandate – Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Centre
- Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada
- HITE - An association for hi-tech startups