Small Business

What’s the Difference Between a Startup and a Small Business?

September 21, 2024

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People often confuse startup companies with small businesses. Sure they sound similar, but the two have fundamentally different meanings and cannot be used interchangeably. They can sound alike because startups are new companies. But while they may begin as tiny in size, their goals and intentions may end up separating them from actual small businesses.

Related: Need a Business Idea? Here Are 55.

What’s a startup?

It is a new company looking to quickly expand into a much larger and much more profitable business. Many times, a startup is looking to build

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9 Ways To Grow Your Small Business Through Social Media Marketing

September 13, 2024

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Small businesses have increasingly relied on social media marketing to reach customers, create brand awareness and drive sales over the past decade. Whether you’re just starting or have been in business for years, social media marketing can help your small business reach its full potential. You don’t need to invest thousands of dollars in marketing to grow your customer base and succeed with social media marketing — you need to use it strategically and effectively. To help you grow your small business through social media marketing, we’ve put together this list of

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Tsunami of small business owners planning to exit, putting $2 trillion on the line

September 8, 2024

Three in four small business owners plan to exit their companies in the next decade

Published Jan 10, 2023 • 2 minute read

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Seventy-six per cent of owners plan to exit their businesses within 10 years, CFIB says.
Seventy-six per cent of owners plan to exit their businesses within 10 years, CFIB says. Photo by Lyle Aspinall/Postmedia Network

More than three-quarters of small- and medium-sized business owners plan to exit

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A Dietitian’s Summer Fitness Routine & How I Fuel For It – Osinga Nutrition

September 6, 2024

After wrapping up my marathon this spring, I have decided it’s time to run another one this fall – and I’m aiming to beat my time!

Let me take you through what my summer marathon training routine will look like, along with how I fuel and recover from that training.

As I highlight fueling and recovery routines, I’ve partnered with the Canadian Beverage Association (CBA) to showcase the role of 100% juice in my diet for Juice Celebration Month. 100% juice is fantastic fuel and recovery for my workouts due to the natural sugar content (the quickest fuel), electrolytes and

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Walmart Starts E-Commerce Site to Target Small Businesses, Taking On Amazon

August 30, 2024

(Bloomberg) — Walmart Inc., which became the world’s largest retailer by serving everyday shoppers, is now targeting a larger share of business customers with a website aimed at small and midsize companies.

The initiative, called Walmart Business, is designed to offer a one-stop shop for office supplies, furniture, food and electronics, Ashley Hubka, the senior vice president managing the program, said in an interview. Walmart is also pitching a business membership plan that dangles extra savings.

The website is tailored to the needs of companies and nonprofits, and will provide more convenience for busy purchasing managers, Walmart said in a

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Less than 1% of Manitoba’s minimum wage subsidy paid to small businesses, the rest unclaimed

August 17, 2024

A subsidy designed to help some Manitoba businesses lift their salaries to reach the higher minimum wage has hardly been utilized.

Of the $6 million budgeted for the six-month program that started last October, the province has only sold out $20,400 of the funds — or 0.3 per cent — to a total of 108 businesses, the government said. The program is still running until the end of March, however.

Business owners and supporters say the application process for the subsidy program is too onerous for the amount small businesses would be receiving.

The small uptake “tells you the program

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4 Things All Small Business Owners Should Know in 2023

August 10, 2024

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The beginning of a new year often comes with a laundry list of goals and to-dos, which can quickly become overwhelming if you try to tackle too much, too fast. I’ve always approached resolutions by setting short and long-term goals spanning the entirety of the year — after all, we have 12 months to accomplish our goals, and there’s a reason they’re not called January Resolutions.

Now is an important time for business owners to reflect and set a course for the year ahead, but it’s easier than ever to get bogged

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Series of Pointe-Saint-Charles break-ins has small business owners worried

August 6, 2024

A series of smash-and-grab robberies has enraged small business owners in Montreal’s Pointe-Sainte-Charles neighborhood.

The break-ins reached a peak in recent weeks on a stretch of Wellington Street in the Sud-Ouest borough, where the windows of at least five shops and restaurants have been broken so far this year.

On Wednesday morning, Jermaine Wallace, the owner of Boom J’s, a popular Jamaican restaurant, woke up to the news that his glass door had been shattered overnight.

“I was in shock,” he said. “It was like a punch in the stomach because this is my place. I’ve been here for over

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