Canadian SMEs have a wide variety of useful business tools at their disposal to help them circumvent the potential barriers to their growth. Some of these business tools can be provided to businesses free of charge through the use of Canadian government grants. The government provides a large number of services to encourage Canadian businesses [...]

Canada’s Technology Triangle (CTT) is a not-for-profit organization that markets the investment opportunities and businesses of the Waterloo Region to attract foreign investment. They provide services to the businesses around the K-W and Cambridge Regions to help them improve their global marketing campaigns and accelerate the process of their business development. CTT’s goals are to [...]

Market research and competitor analysis are both expensive and timely to conduct, making them some of the most common barriers to entry for businesses seeking to expand into a new market. Fortunately, Canadian businesses have the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) to assist them with valuable support and resources related to just about any market [...]

Strong leaders are constantly looking for new information and resources to expand their knowledge. The Regional Information Centre, MaRS, offers a number of valuable free workbooks that cover a number of key business topics. The workbooks are available on the MaRS Workbooks website. You can also browse our Business Consulting and Leadership Development blog sections [...]

So you have mastered the dedicated invoicing tool Billable.me, but you wish it had more tools for managing your clients and projects. Bunker App may be the answer. Combining client and project management tools with integrated invoicing capabilities will help you stay on top of all your projects on a per-client basis. Pricing & Features [...]

If you are an entrepreneur or small business, the last thing you want to worry about when dealing with one of your clients is the task of creating invoice templates. Billable.me aims to solve that problem through their online service for invoice creation. Free Web-Based Service Billable.me is completely free to use, just plug http://billable.me [...]

This helpful tool was developed for entrepreneurs and small businesses to help organize your piles of business receipts and business cards. The tool is simple and easy-to-use. Just take a picture of your physical receipts and business cards and they will automatically be stored in your Shoeboxed account where you can export your new contacts [...]