CCAE Workbook & Courseware

If you want to do it all by yourself, no problem. Many people just need a manual and some simple fill-in-the-blanks documents. You get:

The BEST Entrepreneurship Skills Training Manual © 2021: over 300 pages of how to start your own business, with current links, profiles of successful CCAE graduates … all in a fun, easy-to-understand format.

  • Hard copy Manual, mailed right to your door.
  • Simple, fill-in-the-blanks Business Plan template
  • Locked-formula Financial Statements. You just add words and numbers. All calculations are done for you. (Financial Statements sent by e-mail)
    • Personal Budget
    • Net Worth Statement
    • Pricing Formula
    • 1 Year Projected Cash Flow Statement, with Start-Up Costs
    • AND: we even give you examples of all these to make it easy!

PLUS: 1 hour of one-on-one personal time via Zoom with Bruce to help you on your way !!

ALL OF THIS for only $199 Buy Now!

$199.00

Online Training Sessions Cover the Following

Whether in your community or through and online webinar our entrepreneurship program uses the following sessions

  • What is an Entrepreneur?
  • Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Self-employed
  • Mental Preparation
  • Goals From your Business
  • Ways to Begin a Business
  • Idea vs. Opportunity
  • Hundreds of Business Ideas
  • What Types of Businesses are Needed in Your Area?
  • Business Planning
  • What Goes Into a Business Plan
  • What is Market Research?
  • Why is Market Research Important?
  • How to do Market Research
  • Primary and Secondary Market Research
  • Market Research in Aboriginal Communities
  • Interpreting your Market Research and Including it in Your Business Plan
  • What is Competition and Who is a Competitor?
  • How to Get Customers: Creating Your Competitive Advantage
  • Competitor Profile
  • Analyzing the Results
  • What is Marketing?
  • Beware of the Three Major Mistakes most New Businesses Make when Marketing
  • Creating a Marketing Plan
  • Create a Benefit Statement for Your Business
  • Decide How Sales will be Made
  • Decide How to Reach your Customers with Marketing
  • Set a Marketing Budget for Your First Year
  • Choose a Variety of Marketing Methods
  • Put Your Marketing Mix into a Chart
  • General Marketing Tips
  • Legal Structure of your Business
  • Location
  • Laws and Legal Stuff: Municipal, Provincial and Federal
  • Insurance and Risk Management
  • Types of Insurance
  • Tax and Indigenous Business
  • GST/PST/HST Registration
  • Suppliers
  • The Hired Help: Staff and Contractors
  • Production Process and Capability
  • Professional Advisors: Accountant, Lawyer
  • Financial Institutions: Banks and Credit Unions
  • The Importance of Mentors, and How to Choose Them
  • Canada Revenue Agency
  • Write-offs and Deductions
  • 5 Major Ways of Funding a Business
    • Cash Friendly Sources
    • Personal Resources
    • Equity
    • Debt Financing
    • Peer Lending
  • What Lenders look for: the 5 “C”s
  • How to Check Your Credit Record
  • Government-related Lending Programs
  • Personal Budget: How to figure out how much to pay yourself from the business
  • Personal Net Worth: What you OWN minus what you OWE
  • Cost of Doing Business
  • Fixed Expenses
  • Variable Expenses
  • Pricing: How to set prices that maximize your profit
  • Sources and Uses of Financing
  • Start up Expenses
  • Cash Flow
  • Income Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Break-even Analysis
  • E-Business, The 21st Century Trading Post
  • Planning an Internet Strategy
  • Internet Marketing Techniques
  • How to Choose a Web Designer
  • Business Plan Executive Summary
  • Polishing Your Presentation
  • Presenting Your Business Plan and the Art of Storytelling
  • Story-telling / Presentation tips
  • Presentation Templates
  • General Presentation Tips
  • For more Information, Help and Assistance in Making Great Presentations
  • Useful Web Links