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Immigrants and Small Business
By Gilda Spitz You may think that your best chance to find a job is to target a large company. After all, the big companies are the ones with all the jobs, right? Not necessarily. According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business…
Business: I Am Ready!
When you think of Northern Ontario, your mind may conjure up old-fashioned images of hunters, trappers, fishermen and barrel-chested lumberjacks, because this is the usual cast of characters who populate Canada’s mythic North. If you think…
Work: Starting a Small Home Business, On Less Than $5,000
By Pankaj Tripathi 2010 saw the economy teeter at the edge of a double dip recession. For all those people who have either lost their jobs or are on the verge of doing so, a big question – What now? With unemployment at 8.1 percent, no…
Business: The Fastest Growing Market in North America
Between January and July of 2009, the popular social networking site, Facebook, saw a 513.7 percent increase in its members aged 55 and over. During the same period it reported having 16.5 percent fewer high school users and 21.7 percent…
Tips for Newcomers on Buying a Business
by Jack Zwicker BA, LL,B., LL,M. If you have recently arrived in Canada and are interested in investing in an existing small business, there are a number of stepping stones which you need to know about that are indispensable to your…
Business: CAMP for Newcomers
The adventure of coming to Canada from another country and breaking into a professional field is not easy. It takes a good deal of patience, hard work, creativity and lots of networking. A networking opportunity is what I was looking for a…
Newcomers Overcome Challenges Starting Businesses
by Chris Sellers In his first six months in Canada, Bhavesh Patel has found the secret to successfully starting his own business in his new country – research. In Ahmadabad, India, Patel worked in the computer resale and repair business…
Business Networking
One of the most important things you need to do in order to succeed in business is networking. For newcomers, this can be a real challenge, because chances are, you left your network of friends and business associates back in your homeland.…