Thinking of starting a small business in Canada? You probably should know a thing or two about starting a small business so perhaps small business startup classes are something to consider signing up for!

But who offers the best small business startup classes, programs or courses?

It seems that nowadays, every single person online is an expert or a guru or offers some sort of “out of the box” approach to guarantee your success.

When looking to start your small business, you might need A LOT of education and training or you may just need to have a few questions answers, maybe a little bit of guidance.

Whichever boat you are in, starting a small business is a lot of work and you want to ensure you don’t waste it on a class or a course that is a waste of time.

Finding the Best Small Business Startup Classes

Before you sign up to a startup class that will teach you how to “start a small business” be sure to know what it is you are getting and what you will learn from it.

There are a number of classes or so called business startup programs that will teach you how to start a business, how to write a business plan, how to create a great presentation to pitch to potential investors, how to run a business day to day, how to do marketing, accounting, how to create a website..etc But it’s important to learn what you need to know for your specific business industry and type.

The last thing you want to do is sit in a classroom or spend your time in an online course that teaches you all of the above, slowly, step by step – while it’s all information you can get on your own by simply googling. This is especially annoying if you have to spend a few hundred to a few thousand dollars to get it done.

That money is better spent on your business.

But if you’re unfamiliar with the above mentioned “things to know”, it’s important to learn and get help.

Best Small Business Startup Classes

The good thing is that “everyone is a business expert” on the web, or at least they think they are because they have a website. So that being said, a lot of online classes are offered from various sources that will educate you on what it takes to start a small business.

Here are a few sources to keep in mind when looking for some sort of startup business training:

• Public Libraries
• Colleges/Universities (libraries, day or night courses)
• Private companies (offering training)
• The Banks
• Incubator Groups
• Coworking spaces (where there is a business community)
• Government training programs

Before you register for any program ensure that what you need to learn applies to you and that you will be able to benefit from it.

Our own small business startup program

Like many “experts” on the web offering training and education to small business owners and startup entrepreneurs, CanadaStartups.org specializes in helping business owners startup. However, unlike many “training classes”, our program actually takes you through the steps and gets you up and running.

Via CanadaStartups.org you are able to follow a step by step guide that takes you though the entire startup process, through the business plan building process as well as through a funding search process. Which is generally the main things you will need to be able to start a successful business.

Not only is it a training program that educates you but you do-the-work alone the way so you are not wasting valuable time, or resources. You are actually doing it and becoming a business owner.

As a member of the program you also get access to experts (who have businesses) who can assist you each step of the way, can review your business plan, can provide you with feedback, can help you search for funding and much more.

You decide what is best for you. A program like the CanadaStartups program where you actually startup and find funding with a great business plan, or a course from a school where you spend a ton of time trying to learn how to do it and then still have to do it.

Whatever your decision is, a small business startup class is a great idea for you to get started and educated in regards to owning a business.