Entrepreneurship in New Brunswick

Entrepreneurship 110

What makes New Brunswick special?

Let’s watch this video and see if we came up with any of the same reasons!

Can you think of any reasons why a company or entrepreneur

would want to start a business inNew Brunswick?

Business New Brunswick Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-mds-zDCVI

So what reasons did you see for starting a business in NB?

Canada’s only bilingual province (In a country that boasts two official languages, that’s pretty big!)

Business costs are lower- general corporate income tax rate is lower than in USA

Well-connected to the world- Same-day access to millions of consumers by I-95/Rail/Air/Sea

Well-trained and well-educated workforce

International recognition

What 6 businesses are highlighted in the video?

Creating media push casts for Blackberry users

Turning old used tires into roof shingles

Enabling doctors to see medical images from anywhere in the world

Monitoring social media sites for BIG companies

Extracting carbon from natural gas thereby reducing carbon footprint

Building natural resistance in spruce seedlings

Why is Moncton a good place to do

business? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

VkiMh9bM3YE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CyAcgbxr7g#t=121

Is there opportunity in New Brunswick?

You betcha!!!

If Xerox, UPS, FedEx and IBM chose New

Brunswick then there must be something

here for us!

Where do we go for help?

http://www.newbrunswick.ca

http://www.greatermoncton.org

http://www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca