The following resources may be useful to LAUNCH participants as they work through the competition. Participants are not required to access, or use, any of the information provided.

Getting Started

The Business Link

Canadian Services Centres

Strategies

Statistics Canada

Alberta First

Business Plan

LAUNCH Business Plan Questionnaire

Business Plans

Interactive Business Planner

Business Owner's Toolkit

American Express Small Business

Small Business BC

Small Business Administration

Business Development Bank of Canada

Scotia Bank

Yahoo Small Business

Marketing

Lightkeeper Consulting

Marketing Research

Canada Business - Market Research and Statistics

Canadian Marketing Association

Canadian Market Research Sources

Industry Canada

Statistics Canada

Survey Monkey

Venture Capital

Introduction to Venture Capital

Pitching to Investors - Presenting for Results

Tips for the Venture Capital Pitch

Y Combinator

General

Entrepreneur

Canadian Youth Business Foundation's Business Resource Centre

What Startups are Really Like

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

Calgary Technologies Inc. Lunch & Learn Series

Business Development Bank of Canada Tools

Demystify your Banker

Books

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingston

How to Write a Great Business Plan by William A. Sahlman

Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore

The E Myth by Michael E. Gerber

Good to Great by Jim Collins

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout