Start with an idea that has potential. Find out as much as you can from others such as your friends, family, the library, other business owners, the web, etc. You must convince yourself and others that your plan makes sense and is commercially viable. Your enterprise must generate enough revenue to pay the bills and earn a living.
The Aboriginal Banking Department was created in 1996. It offers customized, long-term and flexible solutions specially designed for Aboriginal entrepreneurs.
As an Indigenous entrepreneur, you want to deal with a bank that has in-depth insight into your unique business opportunities and challenges.
“Aboriginal entrepreneurs and business owners face several obstacles in accessing financing for start-up, on-going operations, acquisitions, and expansions.” *
Use the Indigenous Entrepreneur Loan to:
Acquire fixed assets
Finance franchise fees
Cover start-up costs
Start exporting
Replenish working capital
This article considers the costs and benefits of taxation in the operation of modern First Nation governments through a case study regarding the taxation of tobacco products on reserve.
This plan acknowledges that preparing for this successful future also means supporting our dedicated and professional employees through workforce renewal and by creating an organizational culture whose hallmarks are openness, dialogue, respect, diversity and transparency. To that end, this plan integrates human resources and business planning, providing details of the Department's workforce renewal initiatives, along with planned activities in corporate priority areas such as communications, information technology and management.
This business plan outlines Industry Canada's key strategies and business objectives for 2009–2010 and how the Department intends to achieve them. This plan also describes the strategic enablers — critical functions such as human and financial resources management, information technology and information management, communications and marketing, and audit and evaluation — that will provide the foundation for success.
Industry Canada’s annual business plan is an important management tool, communicating departmental priorities and expectations for the coming fiscal year to employees and interested Canadians. The plan sets out key strategies, business objectives and operational drivers; provides information about the Department’s operations; and describes how various sectors and branches contribute to Industry Canada’s mandate to help Canadians be more productive and competitive in the knowledge-based economy.
