STARTING

• Business Start-up in PEI

  The following Info-Guide on Business Start Up is designed to help you navigate through some of the most common Federal and Provincial government assistance programs available to individuals in PEI wishing to get information on starting a business.

• Online Small Business Workshop

  The Online Small Business Workshop (OSBW) is a Web-based workshop designed to provide you with techniques for developing your business idea, starting a new venture and improving your existing small business.

• Business Start-Up Assistant

  The following Info-Guide on Business Start Up is designed to help you navigate through some of the most common Federal and Provincial government assistance programs available to individuals in PEI wishing to get information on starting a business.

• Business Plan Guide

  This fact sheet is intended to assist an entrepreneur in writing a business plan for the establishment, the purchase or the expansion of an existing business.

• Dealing With Your Banker & Other Lenders

  This fact sheet offers suggestions on how to develop good relationships with your banker and other lenders.

• Legal Issues in Starting a Business

  This fact sheet deals with legal issues in starting a business.

• Setting the Right Price

  This fact sheet highlights issues to be considered when establishing the markup on a product.

• Guide to Market Research and Analysis

  This fact sheet provides information on market research and analysis.

• Advertising Do’s and Don’ts

  This fact sheet describes the do's and don'ts of advertising.

• Forms of Business Organization

  This fact sheet provides a brief description of the four types of businesses and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

• Ways to Promote Your Product or Service

  This fact sheet describes brief examples of ways to promote your product or service from the various print and electronic media.

• Basic Bookkeeping

  This fact sheet describes a simple, single entry bookkeeping system suitable for a small business that has a limited number of transactions.

• Store Location - "Little Things" Mean a Lot

  This fact sheet takes up site selection criteria and offers questions the retailer must ask before making the choice of store location.

• Naming Your Business

  This fact sheet gives a list of items to consider when naming your business.

• InfoPEI – Registering Your Business

  Steps for business name registration in Prince Edward Island.

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