Retail & Manufacturing

Q&A Q: When did you start your business? What were you thinking at the time and what would you now tell that person? A: I started Growing City in 2009. At the time I started it, I was extremely nervous.

All events hosted at Small Business BC unless otherwise indicated

Starting a business can be overwhelming. There's so much to think about, plan and do. In fact, if there were a patron saint of entrepreneurs, it would probably be an octopus.

“We need help to develop our brand” or “We need to rebrand our business” is what business owners who have been referred to me often request. But, this is rarely what they really want.

Financing remains an essential tool for small-business owners

By now you’ve probably heard of the cloud. And while it has become one of the most tossed-around buzzwords of the past couple of years, you are not alone if you’re unsure of its meaning. Simply put, the cloud is a virtualized platform that runs across a massive underlying hardware environment, delivering an almost limitless reservoir of raw computing power.

Startups head to Small Business BC to learn about marketing research and how to mitigate risk and maximize profit

Brian Shaw: Partner, Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte – Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors

Rab Kooner: Business adviser, Small Business BC

Diana Stirling: Owner of three businesses, a 2011 recipient of BIV’s Forty under 40 award and she speaks and writes on the value of imbalance at PretirementLiving.com