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How to Prepare a Budget
Lesson 9: Understanding Finances
Making a Budget
Lesson 9: Understanding Finances
Sources of Funding
Lesson 9: Understanding Finances
Budget Glossary
Lesson 9: Understanding Finances
Savings Glossary
Lesson 9: Understanding Finances
Savings Tools
Lesson 9: Understanding Finances
Financial Record Keeping
Lesson 9: Understanding Finances
Additional Resources
Lesson 9: Understanding Finances
25 Lessons Learned in Financing
Lesson 8: Making a Living
Small Business Funding
Lesson 8: Making a Living
Government of Canada Grants & Financing
Lesson 8: Making a Living
Branding for Startups
Lesson 7: Let’s Experiment
Creating a Social Media Strategy
Lesson 7: Let’s Experiment
Creating a Mission Statement
Lesson 6: Building Your Vision
Successful Startups Have Vision & Values
Lesson 6: Building Your Vision
What is Marketing Communication?
Lesson 6: Building Your Vision
Storytelling: The Key to Marketing Success
Lesson 6: Building Your Vision
Delivering a Positive Customer Experience
Lesson 5: Exploring New Possibilities
Customer Experience Mapping
Lesson 5: Exploring New Possibilities
Building Exceptional Customer Service
Lesson 5: Exploring New Possibilities
More About Storyboarding
Lesson 5: Exploring New Possibilities
Getting Started with Customer Discovery & Market Research
Lesson 4: People First
MaRS Resources on Personas
Lesson 4: People First
MaRS Article on Interviewing Target Customers
Lesson 4: People First
NAICS Website
Lesson 3: Knowing the Terrain
Market Analysis to Target Customers
Lesson 3: Knowing the Terrain
PEST Analysis
Lesson 3: Knowing the Terrain
Market Research for Startups
Lesson 3: Knowing the Terrain
Tim Brown TED Talk
Lesson 2: An Entrepreneurial Approach
Human Centred Design
Lesson 2: An Entrepreneurial Approach
Craigslist Case Study
Lesson 2: An Entrepreneurial Approach
Rise Helps
Lesson 15: Wrapping Up
Bookkeeping Basics for Startups
Lesson 14: Order to Chaos
Accounting Equation & Double-Entry Bookkeeping
Lesson 14: Order to Chaos
Using Bookkeeping Software
Lesson 14: Order to Chaos
Journal Entries: Credits and Debits
Lesson 14: Order to Chaos
Cash vs. Accrual Accounting
Lesson 14: Order to Chaos
The Accounting Cycle
Lesson 14: Order to Chaos
FreshBooks Finances Workbook
Lesson 14: Order to Chaos
FreshBooks Offer for EnterpRISEing Youth
Lesson 14: Order to Chaos
Are Business Plans for Raising Money?
Lesson 13: Your Roadmap
How to Create a Pitch Deck
Lesson 13: Your Roadmap
TED’s Secret to Great Public Speaking
Lesson 13: Your Roadmap
Building a Strong Investor Presentation
Lesson 13: Your Roadmap
Registering Your Business
Lesson 12: Giving It Life
Canadian Tax Compliance: What Startups Need to Know
Lesson 12: Giving It Life
Legal Issues for Small Business
Lesson 12: Giving It Life
IP for Business
Lesson 12: Giving It Life
Public Legal Education & Information in Canada
Lesson 12: Giving It Life
Checklist for New Small Businesses
Lesson 12: Giving It Life
Cost Analysis Sheet
Lesson 11: The Kleantech Challenge
Marketing Activities Sheet
Lesson 11: The Kleantech Challenge
Riseville Market Report
Lesson 11: The Kleantech Challenge
Identifying Competitors
Lesson 10: Making It Real
Financial Planning for Startups
Lesson 10: Making It Real
Manage Your Cash Flow
Lesson 10: Making It Real
Developing a Finance Roadmap
Lesson 10: Making It Real
The Financial Plan Section of the Business Plan
Lesson 10: Making It Real
Cash Flow Webinar
Lesson 10: Making It Real
Grow-Well Business Plan
Lesson 1: Welcome
MaRS Entrepreneur Toolkit
Lesson 1: Welcome
Ministry of Economic Development & Growth
Lesson 1: Welcome
Entrepreneur.com
Lesson 1: Welcome
Canada Business Network
Lesson 1: Welcome
A Toolkit for Mentors in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship can be an exciting and fulfilling career path for many. For individuals with mental health and addiction challenges, it can be a remarkably empowering step in their recovery.
A Toolkit for Mentees in Entrepreneurship
Congratulations on making the leap into entrepreneurship—one of the most dynamic, challenging, and fulfilling professional journeys an individual can embark on! And congratulations on taking the important step of seeking a mentor.
Goal Planning Worksheet
This goal-setting worksheet should be completed by the mentee with support from their mentor in the early stages of the relationship.
Resilience Planning: Preparing for Disruptions to Business
As an entrepreneur, you are responsible for your business, but the experience of mental health and addiction challenges and/or other episodic illness can leave it vulnerable to damaging disruptions. That’s why it is important to implement a resilience plan for your business—an action plan to mitigate damage when business takes a back seat.