Business Resources
Here are some of my favorite business resources:
ConvertKit (Email marketing tool) – This is how my company Easy Daysies (and Elaine’s Kitchen Table) keeps track of all the emails we send to customers, and of course potential customers. If you think email is dead, it isn’t! This link will give you a free 30-day trial!
Shopify (Online store) – I have used Shopify since 2011 for the www.easydaysies.com online store. I used two other providers before that, and let me tell you, Shopify is the absolute best out there! And just like Easy Daysies, they are a Canadian company!
Legal Zoom (Off-the-shelf legal services) – Legal Zoom is an excellent online company that performs every-day legal tasks for your business, including incorporation, trademarks, copyrights, patents, etc. I used them to get a low-cost provisional patent for Easy Daysies while deciding whether to go the patent route.
Weebly (Simple website builder) – Building your first website? With Weebly, you can build it yourself! That’s how we built www.easydaysies.com. It uses a very simple drag-and-drop interface that will have you building multiple websites in no time.
LeadPages (Attracting new customers) – Do you want an easy way to create all those cool website forms that help you sign people up for emails, webinars, video series, etc? This is how we do it at Elaine’s Kitchen Table – it’s so simple and effective it’s ridiculous!
Square (Getting paid in person or online) – If you have an iPhone or iPad, you have a cash register! I use Square at trade shows and launch events and it simply works great! Sign up for free through the link on this page and receive free processing on up to $1,000 in credit card transactions to get you going!
Local “Mompreneur” Resources for Vancouver and British Columbia
Vancouver Mompreneurs – THE place to be for female entrepreneurs in BC who want to have success in business and family life
Coast Capital Savings – low cost, high integrity banking for small businesses in BC. This is where I do my business banking for Easy Daysies.
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) – BDC has worked wonders for my business Easy Daysies when financing manufacturing.
Export Development Canada (EDC) – looking to sell outside of Canada? You must stop here first.
Women’s Enterprise Centre – a non-profit organization with excellent resources and information including funding up to $150,000 and mentorship for women entrepreneurs at all stages
Forum for Women Entrepreneurs – a charitable organization dedicated to helping to educate, mentor and energize women entrepreneurs
Futurpreneur Canada – great business plan templates and cash flow & budget examples including funding up to $45,000 for start-up entrepreneurs 18 – 39 years of age, plus mentorship
Small Business BC – various seminars and resources
WEB Alliance – a collective of over 25 women’s business networks in the lower mainland
Registering a Business in British Columbia – sole proprietorship, partnership or incorporation, plus trademark, copyright and business name searches and registration
Government of BC – Small Business Resources
FrontFundr – revolutionary access to capital for Canadian small businesses
Broad-Based Resources for Entrepreneurs Everywhere:
Jobhero Entrepreneurship and Small Business Resource Guide (USA) – a HUGE list of resources in the USA (many of them apply to all businesses internationally)
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