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Category: Small business
Celebrate more this Christmas, worry less about business
Reading Time: 3 minutes This year, stop rushing through the holidays long enough to let your thoughts be diverted from the burdens of work to the joyfulness of the season
Five principles for a better sales force
Reading Time: 4 minutes How to create a training program that builds relationships and increases sales
BDC gives entrepreneurs both financing and advice
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Business Development Bank has extended its presence for entrepreneurs in Alberta and added business centres in Calgary and Edmonton
Small business confidence in Alberta declines in November
Reading Time: 3 minutes Small business confidence in Alberta is the second lowest in the country and well behind the national average of 56.1 per cent
Social media levels playing field for small business
Reading Time: 2 minutes Only half of small businesses in Canada survive their first five years and accessible digital tools are critical to their success
Helping women to succeed in business
Reading Time: 4 minutes As National Lead, Women Entrepreneurs for BDC, Laura Didyk works with, and learns from, smart, successful women business owners
How to turn surviving into thriving
Reading Time: 3 minutes If we’re focused on thriving and growing during periods of difficulty and change, our brains look for these opportunities
How to turn overwhelmed into overwhelmingly successful
Reading Time: 4 minutes Make a written list, set priorities, breathe and relax, and then focus on one task at a time
Alberta small businesses struggling
Reading Time: 3 minutes Small businesses are struggling to navigate needless government red tape, additional taxes and the overall state of the provincial economy