Have you considered turning your skills, abilities, and passion into self employment? Take a look at what PEI has to offer.
- Afro-Caribbean Business Network (ACBN)
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Banking Services for Small Businesses
- Better Business Bureau® (BBB) – The red flags of employment scams
- BioFoodTech
- Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
- Black Entrepreneurship Program – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
- Canada’s IP Marketplace: for businesses licensing and opportunities with public sector patent holders
- Canada’s Smartest Kitchen
- Canadian Federation for Independent Business (CFIB)
- City of Summerside Data Analysis Centre – demographics, households, development, industries, labour, community facilities, and more
- Community Business Development Corporation (CBDC)
- Federal and provincial funding available for employers to hiring and training workers
- Food Island Partnership
- Futurpreneur Canada
- Innovation Canada
- Innovation PEI
- Innovation PEI – Business Resources
- LaunchPad PEI
- PARO Prosper Peer Lending Circles
- PEI Business Women’s Association
- PEI Centre for Craft
- PEI Chambers of Commerce
- PEI Connectors
- RDÉE PEI
- Rotary International
- Rural Action Centres
- SkillsPEI
- Small Business Assistance – Government of PEI
- What makes a good business deal?
- Where to find names of PEI employers
- Workers Compensation Board
Take a look below at more local and national resources and stories to help you start your businesses
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