Women

Starting Your Business, Growing Your Business and Taking the Leap to Entrepreneurship: A Guide to Resources for B.C. Women

If you are thinking of starting a business, you're in good company.

Today British Columbia has almost 360,000 small businesses, and women own or operate almost 36 percent of them – the highest rate in Canada.


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About These Guides:

Starting Your Business - Between your first flash of inspiration and starting an established business, there are many decision points. Learn from women who have done it!

Growing Your Business - You may have settled into being a business owner. What happens next? Moving your business from start-up into a growing entity is a whole new adventure. Learn from the experiences of other BC women in business!

Taking the Leap to Entrepreneurship - Using real life experiences from women entrepreneurs, we help you explore the internal processes of women transitioning into self-employment. This guide will offer inspiration and resources for your successful venture.

At the end of each section, you’ll find sources for more information, and key resources are summarized at the end of the guide.

Western Economic Diversification Canada,
Small Business BC and Women's Enterprise Centre
partnered with the Province of British Columbia
to produce these guides.