Blog Archive (2018)

  • Industry Overview: Restaurants

    Dec 12, 2018

    This industry overview includes the latest statistics and trends for both full service and limited service restaurants. 

  • Business Events BC - December 2018

    Nov 11, 2018

    The festive season is upon us but there are still plenty of small business events happening in BC in December. Whether you’re looking for help with business plans, marketing, finance or more, we’ve gathered a selection of free and low-cost business events for entrepreneurs and small business owners.  We also recommend visiting smallbusinessbc.ca and reviewing their full event calendar and seminar line up. 

  • Industry Overview: Bed and Breakfast

    Nov 11, 2018

    Bed and breakfast industry overview Bed and breakfasts are small inns that offer personal service, often in private homes, and include a breakfast in the room price. This post will provide those interested in the bed and breakfast industry information about current industry trends and challenges.

  • Business Events BC – November 2018

    Oct 10, 2018

    Whether you’re looking for help with business plans, marketing, finance or more, we’ve gathered a selection of free and low-cost business events for entrepreneurs and small business owners.  We also recommend visiting smallbusinessbc.ca and reviewing their full event calendar and seminar line up.  Please note details are accurate at time of publication, all summaries have been reproduced from host descriptions. 

  • Industry Overview: Event Planning

    Aug 8, 2018

    Event planners organize, execute, and promote events like trade shows, conferences, corporate meetings, and more. Event planning is a business with a low barrier to entry, so competition within the industry is high (Couillard, 2018).

  • 11 of the Best Podcasts to Listen to for Entrepreneurs

    Jul 7, 2018

    Podcasts are great to listen to whether you’re commuting to work, making dinner, or want to learn something new. These business-focused podcasts will offer you insight and ideas about entrepreneurship and current business trends and issues. This collection of podcasts are freely available online. Read on to find a new listen! A note for Firefox and Internet Explorer users: Podcasts that are hosted on Soundcloud may not run properly on your browser. Chrome is a reliable alternative.

  • Free Webinars For Building, Marketing & Creating More Cash Flow

    Jun 6, 2018

    Webinars are interactive online seminars that offer education to small business owners, often for free or a small fee. This week, we’ve put together a list of useful webinars for business owners in BC that will be happening during the month of June. Learn how to build, market, and finance your business form the comfort of your own home. The descriptions for the following webinars are from the hosting organizations' registration pages.

  • Meet Marco Pasqua! Entrepreneur Profile Highlights

    May 5, 2018

    Marco Pasqua is a speaker, writer, and entrepreneur. He sits down to talk with us about founding the CUBE Principle in Vancouver, BC., and his journey from having a concept to creation and explore challenges and lessons along the way.

  • Industry Overview: Florist Shop Business

    May 5, 2018

    A florist shop is a retail establishment that sells cut flowers and ornamental plants. The floral trade involves activities such as flower care, flower arranging, floral design, merchandising, and often flower delivery. Florist shops are an ever popular industry. As such, we want to provide you with snapshots of the current industry overview, trends and challenges as well as provide some research resources for those interested in the florist shop business.

  • Calling All Small Businesses: Apply for a BC Tech Co-op Grant!

    Mar 3, 2018

    Small businesses know the value of having a co-op student on their team – they bring in a fresh perspective, innovative ideas, and an eager-to-learn attitude at an affordable cost. But what if there was a way to make hiring a co-op even more valuable for your company?

  • Industry Overview: Wedding Planning

    Mar 3, 2018

    For engaged couples, staging a wedding can be both exciting and stressful. To help manage the process and to ensure a picture-perfect (stress-free) wedding, hiring a wedding planner is a smart idea. Wedding planning is an ever popular industry and one of the most searched guides on our website. As such, we want to provide you with a current industry overview, trends and challenges, as well as provide some research resources for those interested in the wedding planning business.