Reviews for The complete Canadian small business guide

The average rating for The complete Canadian small business guide based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-24 00:00:00 Tramaine Thomas An excellent overview to all of the moving parts of running a business. I found a handful of sections laughable - as in I get the impression that the author barely understands how certain components of technology (the internet) works, but tries their hardest to impress upon the reader the virtues of this new fangled technology and how it could benefit your business. I found it funny only because I worked in web development, ecommerce, and graphic design. It's not the information in those chapters are bad (far from it), it's just very... I want to say on the cusp of being out of date. I felt this way particularly when they brought up the virtues of a fax machine and pager. Some content sort of grated me, but in keeping in mind who this was written for, asking an aspiring entrepreneur to be accountable for poor training, communication, and then some - while also leaving out that stats are indicating that a large portion of workplace distraction stems from 'meaningless work' and poor management and leadership. Those chapters felt very much like: blame the employee; it's always their fault. The chapter on time and stress management is iffy, as I take a personal issue with working yourself into an early grave. There's more to life than work. But that said, running your own business is a ton of work! You will be expected to wear a lot of hats especially initially when you're not generating the capital needed to meet monthly expenses or pay for qualified skill. If time and stress management is an issue - and it always is - I recommend Getting Things Done and Deep Work, maybe the 4-hour Work Week - as if teaches you how to delegate work and free up your time. Granted neither one of my recommendations addresses work/life balance or mindfulness practices that help reduce stress. Personally I didn't start my businesses to work 180hrs a week - but I planned my business accordingly and reduced my multi-million dollar business to focus on what I needed to sustain myself and keep my business out of the red.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-22 00:00:00 Jessica Foucault Very intuitive. I loved it