Are you ready to start your small business?

Are you ready to start your small business?

If you are reading this, you most likely made up your mind and are ready to start your small business. So what does it take to start your small business up?

The first thing that you have to know is that business ownership is not for everybody. As much as you’d love to be your own boss, it may be the wrong decision for you.

Take a moment now and try the Entrepreneur Assessment Test.

Successful entrepreneurs tend to engage in specific behaviors that directly relate to their penchant for success. While some of these behaviors are innate, others can be learned, practiced and developed. Your ability to make decisions, your attitude towards achieving goals and whether you are able to remain optimistic during difficult periods are factors that may influence how well you can manage being your own boss. Take the Entrepreneur Assessment Test.

Once you’ve had a chance to complete the test you will have a better idea if small business ownership is right for you.

The next step of starting your own small business is knowing what to do next. Our Small Business Startup Guide and engaging timeline provides you the perfect solution for that.

When you register as a member of Canada Startups, the Startup Guide and Timeline will show you exactly what you need to do. By taking you on a ride from starting your small business, to building your business plan and through the funding search process. It is exactly what every new small business owner must have.

The other critical component in starting your small business is having a business plan. Do you have one?

If not, our Business Plan Builder Tool is also provided to you to help you create your plan. It is easy to use, simple to follow with fill in the blanks style steps. In no time you will have a well developer, professional looking business plan which you can use to get funding. See more details about our Business Plan Builder Tool here.

As much as a business plan is critical, you can’t really do much without having money. Money to startup, to operate and to grow is very much needed. This takes us to the next step of starting your own small business – the financing component.

With your membership, you would also gain access to our Small Business Funding Database. In the Database you will be able to search for government provided funding programs, such as grants and loans. As well as funding offered through hundreds of private investors. It’s simple. All you have to know is what you need money for, how much you need and do a search.

That pretty much covers the business startup steps.

Again to summarize, be sure that business ownership is right for you by using the Entrepreneur Assessment Test above. If it seems that you’ve got what it takes go on to the next step and get the Startup Guide. The Startup Guide will take you through the next steps of creating your own business plan and through the search for funding.

If you’d like to find out what stage you are currently in and what you need, you can always try our Small Business Startup Assessment.