Resources - Business Tools

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411.ca - Canadian white pages and yellow business pages phone directory.
Acronym Finder - a searchable database of over 70,000 acronyms/abbreviations and their meanings.
Babelfish - Offers free translations of and into many languages.
Building a News Release - follow this step by step guide in creating news releases.

Business Terms Glossary - Definitions of business terms with resources on About Canada's website.
Canada Post - Look up postal codes.
Canadian Innovation Centre - a process for guiding innovators and their innovations to the market, based on sound market research and original market insight.
Contracts: Electronic Creation of Effective Contracts - provides information on how to write effective contracts in Canada, online contracts as well.
Customer Satisfaction Survey - a free on-line NQI Customer Satisfaction Surveyto you better understand the needs of your customers.
The Decision Point -online business guidance for growth. Has a business problem wizard and assessment centre that will help you identify, define and solve business problems.
E-Business Diagnostic - two free diagnostic tools designed by the BDC Consulting Group to help you determine if your company ready for e-business.
Electronic Shipping Tools - is a free application by Canada Post, designed to eliminate the need for manual paperwork, save valuable time for customers who are using our shipping and/or our mailing services.
Evaluate your Management Practices - assess your practices in strategic planning, marketing, human resources, operations, finance/accounting and information management.
Health Risk and Productivity Assessment - Connex Health Risk and Productivity Assessment© is an ideal tool to assess the current health status and health risks in the workplace among an employee population.
Infobel - Links to on-line telephone, fax and business directories from around the world.
Lease or Buy Calculator - a tool designed to help in deciding whether to lease or buy business equipment. The calculator helps to compare both the cost of leasing and the cost of buying by displaying the comparative costs of both options while taking into consideration the tax implications and the time value of money.
Financial Ratio Calculator - Ratios are a way of evaluating the performance of your business and identifying places where potential problems may exist. Each ratio informs you about factors such as the earning power, solvency, efficiency and debt load of your business.
GST calculation guide - a shortcut to figuring out GST without a calculator.
Interactive Business Planner - a website to assist in creating your business plan and researching it.
Interactive Export Planner - assist entrepreneurs prepare an export plan or an export-focused business plan for their new or existing business.
LawDepot.com - online legal information, provides access to automated interactive legal contracts in Canda.
MapQuest - Use MapQuest to find everything from airports to local businesses.
Mentors Peer Resources - links to a number of mentoring sites and resources in Canada.
Miriam Websters's dictionary and thesauraus - its always to have Miriam on your team.
MyTelus Maps - Maps and directions for addresses, cities and towns in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
Performance Plus - interactive on-line financial performance tool to help new and established firms determine how your business measures up to the competition.
Small Business Checkup - a free tool that will help you to develop an action plan to improve their business operations.
Starting Costs Calculator - Calculate the start-up costs of your new business before you get going. This calculator helps you evaluate how much capital you'll need to start your business.
Steps to Capital Growth - on-line toolkit outlines how to secure risk capital for your business. Within this site you will find resources such as a tool to assess your "investor readiness," information on workshops and links to additional resources for entrepreneurs.
Superpages.ca - search on business names, categories and cities.
VPSpro - Free software to help you analyze your idea and write your business plan. Research your idea, analyze the feasibility of your project and write your complete business plan online.
Website Submission Tool - links to the most popular places to submit your url for free.
Wikibooks - a collection of free, open-content textbooks.
Wikipedia - a massive site that contains a free encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, free textbooks and manual, free-content news, collection of quotations and so much more.