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Business Guide
Ottawa's main industries are government and high tech,
but business thrives in every sector. This guide will point you towards
local business groups, tools for small business owners, and interesting
links and information about local shops and services.
See also: Technology Guide,
Jobs Guide
Local Business Headlines
Resources for consumers
- Better Business Bureau
of Eastern Ontario
For 75 years, the BBB in Canada has defined and promoted the standards
of excellence that set the best businesses apart from the rest. This
fully-searchable web site will help you evaluate local businesses,
and lodge a complaint if you experience poor service.
- Consumers'
Choice Awards
These awards publicly identify businesses who have been voted by consumers
as being their choice for excellence.
- Do Not Call List
This service, run by the CRTC, allows Canadians to register their
phone numbers on a national "Do Not Call" list. Telemarketers
will not be allowed to phone the numbers on the list, subject to a
few exceptions. More
details here...
- Do
Not Contact Service
Tired of having your evenings interrupted by telemarketers? Canada
has a "do not call" service, run by the Canadian
Marketing Association (CMA). Consumers can register to have their
names removed from marketing lists held by members of the CMA. CMA
members, who account for about 80 percent of direct response sales
in Canada, want to present offers only to those consumers interested
in their products and services.
- iOptOut
Create & manage your personal Do-Not-Call list. A free public
service offered by University of Ottawa professor Michael
Geist.
Resources for business owners
 Taking
Care of Business
The Ottawa Public Library supports small businesses and entrepreneurs
by connecting them with essential information about all aspects of
starting and operating a business including business planning, financing,
accounting, human resources, marketing, and doing business on the
Internet. Local businesses are increasingly tapping into the Library’s
research databases and our collection of the latest books, e-books,
magazines, and DVDs to stay competitive and find new business opportunities.
Workshops, seminars, and expert panels provide networking and information
gathering opportunities.
- AFTER 7
Committed to providing unique, interactive entertaining socials for
local professionals and sophisticated downtowners in Ottawa.
- BusinessAnts.com
A free bartering site, with a goal "to help small business owners
get their businesses off the ground on a shoe string - by exchanging
skills, services, and goods with each other."
- Canada Business Service Centres
Resources and services for entrepreneurs, from the Government of Canada.
- City of Ottawa:
Business
Everything you need to know for running your business in the City
of Ottawa -- with topics as diverse as graffiti removal, sign permits,
bids and tenders, building permits, and more.
- Canadian Association of Public
Speaking - Ottawa (public speaking)
- Ottawa Barter
- Ottawa Community Loan Fund
The Ottawa Community Loan Fund provides short-term loans of up to
$15,000 to small business owners, aspiring entrepreneurs, talented
individuals with international training and community groups.
- Ottawa Freelance
Become your own boss, work your own hours — that's the appeal
of freelancing. This site provides resources to make freelancing easier.
There are job boards, a message forum, and more. It's operated by
local freelancer Harrison Baker.
- PrescottRusellBusiness.com
- Public Sector Marketing 2.0
A blog by Mike Kujawski, who describes himself as "passionate
marketing & social media strategist interested primarily in helping
public sector and non-profit organizations excel."
- The Ottawa Network
Boards and Associations
- Entrepreneurship Centre
The Entrepreneurship Centre is an initiative of OCRI, dedicated to
helping Ottawa entrepreneurs make educated decisions about starting
and growing their businesses. The Centre aims to promote Ottawa's
economy, through the development of products and services that encourage
entrepreneurship and support business growth.
- Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Ontario
- Junior Chamber International
Ottawa
This group's goal is to create better leaders and better societies,
bringing the best youth business talent between 18-40 years old.
- Nepean Chamber of Commerce
- OCRI
The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) is Ottawa's
leading member-based economic development corporation for fostering
the advancement of the region's globally competitive knowledge-based
institutions and industries.
- Regroupement des gens d'affaires
Le Regroupement des gens d'affaires de la Capitale nationale Inc.
constitue la première force économique francophone.
Le RGA regroupe plus de 500 gens d'affaires, entrepreneur(e)s et dirigeant(e)s
qui désirent faire des affaires en français, dans l'Est
ontarien et l'Outaouais.
Taxes, bankruptcy, accounting, etc.
Insurance
Lawyers / Legal Help
Marketing, Communications & Graphic Design
Business Properties
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