Seminar Presentation Materials

Over the years we have a presented a variety of Small Business presentations and workshops.  One of the most popular is our "Finding Gold" seminar which is designed to introduce new entrepreneurs to market research and to the major free/low cost resources available.

Click here for a PDF version of the Find Gold PowerPoint presentation.

Below is a list of key market and industry research links we provide in the seminar.  The bracketed numbers in the above power point presentation refer to the link numbers below.

For more information on seminars click here.

COMPREHENSIVE SOURCES

1      GDSourcing - A Reference Point for FREE data on the Internet

2.     Stats Link Canada Source Lists

3.     Industry Canada

4.     Industry Canada - Business Information by Sector

5.     SME Benchmarking Tool

6.     Small Business Research & Policy

7.     Statistics Canada

8.     Statistics Canada - The Daily

9.     Statistics Canada - CANSIM

10.   Statistics Canada – Industry Classifications Codes

11.   Statistics Canada Thesaurus

12.   Canada Newswire

13.   Public Libraries – Internet Resources & Databases
 

DIRECTORIES – COMPANY INFORMATION

14.    Canada Business (Business Counts – Business Lists) 

15.    SEDAR - Canadian Annual Reports

16.    Yellow Pages

17.    Canadian Trade Index

CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHICS & SPENDING

18.     SuperDemographics

19.     2006 Census Results

INTERNATIONAL TRADE / WHOLESALE TRADE

27.     Wholesale Trade

28.     Wholesale Trade - Tables

29.     Industry Canada – International Trade

30.     Foreign Affairs & International Trade: InfoExport

SURVEYS

31.     Stats Can: Power from Data

32.     American Statistical Association – What is a Survey?

33.     Survey Monkey

HEALTH

34.     Canadian Institute for Health Information

35.     Statistics Canada: Health Indicators

36.     Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Canada: Trends in Use and Public Attitudes

CULTURE & RECREATION

37.     Stats Can Culture Statistics

38.     Hill Research Strategies

39.     Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute

40.     Communications Monitoring Report - CRTC

41.     Canadian Media Directors’ Council Media Digest

INTERNET

42.     Individual and Household Internet Use

43.     E-commerce: Shopping on the Internet

44.     Electronic commerce and technology

45.     Canada Internet Project

46.     The Canadian Internet Fact Guide

HOSPITALITY & TOURISM

47.     Canadian Restaurant & Foodservice Association

48.     Canadian Tourism Commission

49.     Ontario Ministry of Tourism

50.     Canadian Lodging Outlook