Startup: Advice and information on starting a business

• A Self-Evaluation Guide to Starting a Business of Your Own
  Organization: Manitoba Industry Trade and Tourism
  
A slightly stuffy but informative look at what makes an entrepreneur. Start with a 74-question quiz designed to figure out if you have the right stuff. Other questions and useful pointers follow.
• Business Resource Center
  Organization: Khera Communications Inc.

Look to the top-left corner for concrete tips that apply to both early-stage and established companies. The site also includes business news and document templates.
• Canadian Youth Business Foundation
  Organization: Canadian Youth Business Foundation

Designed for entrepreneurs aged 18 to 29, this site describes the CBYF's mentoring and loan programs. It also has links to further resources and experts answering questions online. Note: Not all the site's content is listed in the menu; click on Intervision, near the top of the screen, to find more. The centrepiece, "Starting a New Business?" links to a useful list of all the steps and forms required for incorporation in each province
• Small Business Workshop
  Organization: Canada/British Columbia Business Service Centre
  Ready to start a business but don't know where to begin? Five online sessions cover most business basics: The Initial Idea; Marketing; Financing; Bookkeeping; and Legal Rules and Regs. Includes a sample business plan you can download; info on patents and copyrights; and a startup checklist. Some info is West-Coast specific; most of the advice is universal.
• Starting a Small Business in Ontario
  Organization: Ontario Ministry of Economic
  Development, Trade and Tourism 
  Everything you need to know about starting a business - with lots of information and advice applicable to those outside Ontario.
• Successful Business Start Up
  Organization: Bank of Montreal
  Here's a checklist of 8 Startup tips — a basic, quick reference guide for the fledgling entrepreneur. Understanding your market and industry, knowing your skill set, formulating a business plan, clarifying legal, financial and communications issues — not much detail, just the fundamental points (and it never hurts to review the fundamentals).