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The Ministry ofEconomic Development and Innovation
Presentation to Ontario Library Association (OLA)2013 OLA Super ConferenceInter-Ministerial Forum
January 31, 2013
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Overview of the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
Ministry Goals and Strategies
MEDI’s Business Publications
Resources for Business
Small Business Enterprise Centres
SBEC Client Success Story
Youth Entrepreneurship
How to Connect with MEDI
ContentsContents
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Ministry Goal and StrategiesMinistry Goal and Strategies
Our Goal:
To help grow a strong, innovative economy that provides jobs and prosperity for all Ontarians. To accomplish this, we offer the programs, services and tools businesses need to innovate and compete in today’s fast-changing global economy.
Our Strategies:
1.Building prosperity through increased productivity and innovation
2.Promoting Ontario as a place to invest, innovate, trade and grow your business
3.Supporting regional growth through the province’s strategic sectors
4.Promoting the modernization of government
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MEDIMEDI’’ss Business PublicationsBusiness Publications
• Ontario Business Reportshttp://ontariobusinessreport.com
Ontario Business Reports are a bi-monthly online journal for business in Ontario. OBR tracks business trends, highlights successful companies and reports on government incentives and programs to support innovation.
• Leading Growth Firm Serieswww.ontario.ca/economy > under “Publications”
The Leading Growth Firm Series researches and reports on effective leadership and management practices of Ontario’s high-growth firms. The most recent report, Expending Customer Bases (Report 21), shows how Ontario’s high growth firms continue to be leaders in job creation, to succeed in competitive global markets and to be drivers of innovation.
• E-Business Serieswww.ontario.ca/ebusiness
MEDI’s E-Business Toolkit helps entrepreneurs use e-business solutions to benefit their bottom line. The toolkit includes an introductory handbook and 12 booklets on e-business topics from getting started to advanced business solutions (available at www.ontario.ca/ebusiness). Popular titles include Social Media Marketing, E-Commerce: Purchasing and Selling Online, and Increasing Traffic to Your Website Through Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Techniques.
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Resources for Business Resources for Business
• Ontario Business Program Guide www.ontario.ca/businessprograms
A one-stop, user-friendly directory of Ontario government support programs and services for business that can assist them in starting, growing and expanding. The guide contains listings for over 65 programs.
Follow us on Twitter: @ONBizPrograms@ProgEntreON
• Your Guide to Small Businesswww.ontario.ca/economy > under “Publications”
A guide on how to start up, run and grow a small business in Ontario, with links to government services and business associations where users may register a business, learn about taxes and how to create a business plan, access checklists, tip sheets and case studies showcasing entrepreneurs with successful e-business models and more. The resource is available free of charge on the Ministry website and through Small Business Enterprise Centres.
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Resources for Business (continued)Resources for Business (continued)
• ONe-Source for Businesswww.ontario.ca/onesource
An online portal that provides users information and forms they need to start, operate and grow a business. ONe-Source gives users:
• direct access to a wide range of programs, services, forms and information from different levels of government
• the ability to search and filter programs and services and save relevant items in their account
• the ability to fill out forms and submit them online
• Business Info-LineToll-free: 1-888-745-8888
TTY Toll-free: 1-800-268-7095
Toronto: 416-212-8888
TTY Toronto: 416-325-3408
One number to call for government information and services to help you start or grow your business in Ontario. Created especially for small business, the Business Info Line is collaboration between ServiceOntario and Industry Canada.
Callers are seamlessly connected to 12 business-related programs with information about: paying taxes; hiring and staffing; and licensing, approval and publications. Service agents can be reached between 8:30 am and 6:00 pm.
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Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBECs)Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBECs)Ontario’s network of 57 Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBECs)
• Provide new entrepreneurs and existing small businesses (under 10 employees) across Ontario with access to information, expertise and technology to help them start up and succeed.
• SBECs are a provincial-municipal partnership. The centres are managed locally, coordinated provincially, supported by public and private sector partners and networked province-wide. Staff are municipal employees.
• Local networks include banks, other government departments and agencies, local post-secondary institutions and business associations including local Chambers of Commerce/Boards of Trade.
• In 2011/2012, SBECs conducted over 27,000 one-on-one business consultations, assisted in the creation of over 10,500 new businesses with over 14,100 jobs created by SBEC clients. SBECs also offered 2,100 seminars and workshops and answered 33,600 person-to-person general business inquiries.
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SBECs services include:
• Free consultations with a qualified business consultant on all aspects of starting and operating a small business, including business planning and market research
• Guidance on support programs available from all levels of government
• Internet and computer access for business research and planning
• Referrals to local business specialists such as lawyers and accountants
• Up-to-date, leading-edge information geared to the needs of the entrepreneur including directories, trade indices and books entrepreneurs can peruse on-site
• Workshops and seminars
• Guidance on licenses, permits, registration, regulations and other requirements to start and build a business
• Import and export information
• Information on patents, copyright and trademarks
• Mentoring and networking opportunities
Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBECs)Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBECs)
Nearly all SBECs are working with libraries in their regions. For example:
• Enterprise Toronto holds events at Toronto ReferenceLibrary and other city libraries
• Mississauga and Collingwoodare co-located with libraries
• Barrie library helps the SBECto review the region’s High School business plan competition submissions
SBEC-Library Relationship
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Central Region
1. Greater Barrie BusinessEnterprise Centre
2-3. Brampton Small Business Enterprise Centre (Brampton & Caledon)
4. Markham Small Business Enterprise Centre
5. Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre
6. York Region Small Business Enterprise Centre (Newmarket)
7. Halton Region Business Development Centre (Oakville)
8. Richmond Hill Small Business Enterprise Centre
9-12. Enterprise Toronto (4 locations)
13. Vaughan Business Enterprise Centre
14. Business Advisory Centre Durham (Oshawa)
15. Muskoka Enterprise Centre (Bracebridge)
16. Greater Collingwood Small Business Enterprise Centre
Eastern Region
17. Small Business Centre (Belleville)
18. Leeds and Grenville Small Business Enterprise Centre (Brockville)
19. Business Advisory Centre Northumberland (Cobourg)
20. Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre
21. Prescott-Russell Enterprise Centre(Rockland)
22. Entrepreneurship Centre Kingston
23. Kawartha Lakes Small Business Enterprise Centre
24-25.The Entrepreneurship Centre (Ottawa & Orleans)
26. Business Advisory Centre —Peterborough
27-28. Enterprise Renfrew Country (Renfrew & Pembroke)
29. Lanark-North Leeds Enterprise Centre (Smiths Falls)
Western Region
30. Hamilton Small Business Enterprise Centre
31. Niagara Falls Area Business Enterprise Centre
32. St. Catharines & Area Small Business Enterprise Centre
33. Orangeville & Area Small Business Enterprise Centre
34. Brantford-BrantBusiness Resource Centre
35. Chatham-Kent Business Enterprise Centre
36. Guelph-Wellington Business Enterprise Centre
37-39. Waterloo Region Business Enterprise Centre Kitchener, Waterloo & Cambridge)
40. London Small Business Centre
41. The Business Enterprise Centre Owen Sound & Area
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Northern Region
50. Enterprise Temiskaming (Haileybury)
51. Northwest Business Centre (Kenora)
52-53.The Business Centre — Nipissing Parry Sound (North Bay & Parry Sound)
54. Enterprise Centre Sault Ste. Marie
55. Regional Business Centre (Sudbury)
56. Thunder Bay & District Entrepreneur Centre
57. The Business Enterprise Centre (Timmins)
42. Saugeen Shores Small Business Enterprise Centre (Port Elgin)
43. Business Enterprise Centre of Sarnia-Lambton
44. Huron Small Business EnterpriseCentre (Seaforth)
45-46. Windsor Essex Small BusinessEnterprise Centre (Windsor & Kingsville)
47. Woodstock & Area Small Business Enterprise Centre
48. Stratford & Perth Small Business Enterprise Centre
49. Elgin-St. Thomas Small BusinessEnterprise Centre
The Small Business Enterprise Centre NetworkThe Small Business Enterprise Centre Network
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Preena Chauhan is a local entrepreneur who has benefited from the support and services of the Halton Region Small Business Centre.
After participating in the Ministry’s Summer Company program in 2005, Preena used the skills and experience she gained to establish a food manufacturing business called Arvinda’s. Preena also received exporting-related assistance from the Centre that allowed her to export her products across Canada and the United States.
Arvinda's retail line which now consists of 12 products are sold at specialty food stores in Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver and New York.
SBEC Client Success StorySBEC Client Success Story
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Promoting Youth EntrepreneurshipPromoting Youth EntrepreneurshipSummer Company
Provides enterprising students 15 to 29 with hands-on business training, mentoring and grants of up to $3,000 to start and run their own summer business.
Ontario Global Edge
Provides grant funding to approved post-secondary institutions to facilitate entrepreneurial work placements in small and medium enterprises around the world for post-secondary students.
Youth Entrepreneurship Partnerships
Provides funding to not-for-profit organizations for projects that promote the development of entrepreneurial skills among Ontario youth aged 12 to 29, including those in rural/remote areas and areas with high and/or special needs.
Future Entrepreneurs
A voluntary curriculum support program that teachers use to introduce an entrepreneurial mind-set and skills to students in Grades 7 to 10.
Business Plan Wizard
An e-learning application that teaches Grade 7- 12 students how to develop a business plan in a fun and interactive way using animated narratives and other features. It also supports teachers in the instruction of the Ontario Business Studies curriculum and has the Curriculum Services Canada’s seal of quality certification.
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How to Connect with MEDIHow to Connect with MEDI
Phone:
Business Info-Line:
Toll-free: 1-888-745-8888
TTY Toll-free: 1-800-268-7095
Toronto: 416-212-8888
TTY Toronto: 416-325-3408
General Inquiry: 1-416-325-6666
E-mail:
Ministry: [email protected]
Minister: [email protected]
Web: www.ontario.ca/economy
Social Media
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/ONeconomyYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/MEDTOntarioFlickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/MEDTOntario
