Quebec – Being an Entrepreneur

General Information and Guides
Self Evaluation Tools
Electronic Magazines and Portals
Organizations/Networks/Programs

General Information and Guides

• Points to Consider When Starting Your Own Business – Info entreprises
• Feasibility Checklist for Starting a Small Business – Info entreprises
• Checklists for Going Into Business – Info entreprises
• Créer son entreprise – Gouvernement du Québec (Available in French only)
• Know Yourself – Canadian Bankers Association
• Can You Make Money With Your Idea or Invention – Info entreprises

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Self Evaluation Tools

• Entrepreneurial Self-Assessment – Business Development Bank of Canada
• What is Netstrat? – CETAI - École des HEC de Montréal

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Electronic Magazines and Portals

• Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité (Available in French only)
• Entreprendre (Available in French only)
• Les Affaires.com (Available in French only)
• Canadian Business Online
• Small Business Canada Magazine
• CanadaOne Magazine
• BizSTARTUPS – Entrepreneur.com
• Entrepreneur.com
• The Wall Street Journal Online – Entrepreneur – Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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Organizations/Networks/Programs

Regional Contacts

• Info entreprises
• Abitibi-Témiscamingue – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 08) – Info entreprises
• Côte-Nord – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 09) – Info entreprises
• Centre-du-Québec – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 17) – Info entreprises
• Estrie – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 05) – Info entreprises
• Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 11) – Info entreprises
• Entrepreneurship Assistance – Laval (Region 13) – Info entreprises
• Laurentides – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 15) – Info entreprises
• Bas-Saint-Laurent – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 01) – Info entreprises
• Mauricie – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 04) – Info entreprises
• Montérégie – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 16) – Info entreprises
• Outaouais – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 07) – Info entreprises
• Entrepreneurship Assistance – Capitale-Nationale (Region 03) – Info entreprises
• Saguenay Lac Saint-Jean – Entrepreneurship Assistance (Region 02) – Info entreprises
• Entrepreneurship Assistance – Lanaudière (Region 14) – Info entreprises

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University Entrepreneurship Centres Network

• Institut d'entrepreneuriat – Université de Sherbrooke (Available in French only)
• Centre d'entreprenariat et d'essaimage – Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (Available in French only)
• Entrepreneuriat Laval inc. – Université Laval (Available in French only)
• Centre d'entrepreneurship HEC-POLY-UdeM – Université de Montréal (Available in French only)
• The Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies – McGill University

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Other Networks

• Canadian Innovation Centre - CIC – Info entreprises
• Canadian Technology Network – Info entreprises
• The Canadian Technology Network – National Research Council Canada
• Canadian Federation of Independent Business
• Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada
• HITE - An association for hi-tech startups

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