by Karla Briones | Dec 30, 2019 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Research
As this decade comes to an end, I wanted to talk about how far entrepreneurship has come in Canada – particularly Immigrant Entrepreneurs as the ones to watch in this new decade. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) conducts surveys during Small...
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by Karla Briones | Nov 3, 2019 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Freebie, Resources
Opening many businesses was something I rarely thought about doing. At the beginning I had no clue how to open one, let alone a handful. I spent hours on the internet trying to answer what opening the right business in Canada was all about – what do Canadians need?...
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by Karla Briones | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, Business Structures, Canada, Entrepreneur, Planning, Resources
You are an entrepreneur! You have the energy! You have the passion! You know your product! You know it will sell! You can’t wait to get out and start selling! Hold your horses…before you can legally start operating your business in Canada you need to register...
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by Karla Briones | Jan 28, 2019 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Freebie, Planning, Resources
When I started my businesses in Canada ten years ago I felt like I was running a marathon in the dark. Some days I would bump myself with obstacles, other days I would bruise and most days I would fall. And then I would stand up, refocus and do it all over again....
by Karla Briones | Jan 14, 2019 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Research
I still remember my husband’s reaction when, out of the blue, I called his office and blurted out: Do you want to open up a pet store?! We had never talked about owning a business in our five years of marriage, but after a very enlightening call with my parents, I...
by Karla Briones | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog, Entrepreneur, Finance, Planning, Research, Resources
The year comes to an end and that pesky little business plan is still a blank screen on your computer with a lonely blinking cursor? You’re not alone. A business plan is the single, most important document needed to access financing (the second one is your pitch...
Karla Briones is an Ottawa-area serial Immpreneur with a passion to encourage and support others to achieve business success.