STARTUP RESOURCES

Business Plan

A business plan is an essential part of starting a business, it creates a future plan for your company that outlines your goals and how you are going to achieve them, as well as looking see opportunities and challenges, as well as mitigate risk, and helps to increase your chances of success.

A business plan consists of:

• A Company Profile: Who are you and what is your company about
• Market Research: Knowing and understanding your customer
• Sales & Marketing: How are you going to target and reach your customers
• Operations: What does it take to start your business and how will you keep your customers
• Financials: Is this venture profitable and sustainable. There are many great business plan templates. Futurpreneur has a great one here.
  
  Financing
  

  There are many options when it comes to financing your new startup, from friends and family, to loans, as well as grants. Here are a few options:

  Up to $10,000 Alberta Innovation Micro-Voucher

  Up to 100,000 Alberta Innovation Voucher

  Range of $100,001 to $300,000 Product Demonstration Program