Subject & Research Guides: Entrepreneurship: Websites

Entrepreneurship-related topics

AngelList
Venture capital and startup data searchable by company, individual, location, market sector. Accessible salary data and valuation data.
BetaKit
Covers Canadian startup news and tech innovation.
Canadian Advertising Rates and Data (CARD)
CARDonline provides critical advertising rates, data and media planning info for advertising, marketing, PR and communications professionals.
Crunchbase
Detailed investment information on startup companies, executives, and investors in Canada and globally. Search the Business Graph to link them all together.
Doing Business: World Bank Entrepreneurship Data
The Entrepreneurship Database is a unique source of comparable, cross-country data on new business registration aimed at facilitating a greater understanding of the dynamics of private enterprises around the world. The main Entrepreneurship Database indicator measures new business entry density, which is the number of newly registered firms, in which ownership liability is limited to its investment, per calendar year, normalized by population.
Entrepreneur's Toolkit (BDC)
Offers resources including eBooks, webinars and business templates.
Entrepreneurship Corner (eCorner)
A free, authoritative collection of over 1600 videos and podcasts on entrepreneurship, produced by the entrepreneurship center in Stanford's School of Engineering; Shares the diverse insights and perspectives of Stanford Engineering faculty, community members, and leading entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world. Create a free login account to save bookmarks of favorite videos, articles, etc.
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research is a compilation of the conference proceedings and the top papers presented each year at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC). BCERC is widely considered the premier research conference on entrepreneurship and the work truly exemplifies new frontiers in the discipline of entrepreneurship. Full text papers are peer reviewed; summaries, poster sessions and interactive papers are not.
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is a not-for-profit academic research consortium. Contains research and data on entrepreneurial activity worldwide. Provides annual reports assessing the entrepreneurial activity, aspirations and attitudes of individuals across a wide range of countries. They measure differences in the level of entrepreneurial activity between countries;
Global Family Business Index
The Global Family Business Index comprises the largest 500 family firms around the globe. It provides impressive evidence of the economic power and relevance of family firms in the world. The index is compiled by the Center for Family Business at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, in cooperation with EY's Global Family Business Center of Excellence.
MaRS
MaRS is a launchpad for startups, a platform for researchers and a home to innovators.

SME Research and Statistics
Key starting points for SME research, maintained by Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Starting a Business (Access Nova Scotia)
Register your business, obtain licences and permits, start paying taxes.
Starting a Business (Nova Scotia Government)
You will find links to available programs and resources that can help as you start your own business.
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
BDC offers financing, advisory services and capital, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.
allBusiness
Practical, popular collection of articles, advice, reports, and business tools on credit, careers, disaster planning, franchises, finance and accounting, taxation, green business, manufacturing, labor and employment, starting a business, and technology and law. Lots of information for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Small Business Accelerator
Offers online access to reliable business information and tools for secondary market research for BC businesses and entrepreneurs. This initiative is led by UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Indigenous Entrepreneur (BDC)
Resources and information from the Business Development Bank of Canada.
Financing for Indigenous Entrepreneurs
Information on funding programs for Indigenous entrepreneurs who want to start their own business.
Indigenous Business Planning Workbook (PDF)
Designed to help Indigenous entrepreneurs create a business plan.

Global Family Business Index
The Global Family Business Index comprises the largest 500 family firms around the globe. It provides impressive evidence of the economic power and relevance of family firms in the world. The index is compiled by the Center for Family Business at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, in cooperation with EY's Global Family Business Center of Excellence.