Every business starts off small some tips can help yours be profitable

Nearly all Canadian businesses are small businesses so understanding best practices for these types of companies is necessary for growth

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You may dream of creating the next major corporation, and who are we to tell you otherwise? However, there are no big businesses without small businesses . And today, when any single person can become an LLC, a brand, or a service provider with a website and a little ambition, the overwhelming majority of businesses are considered to be small. That majority is as high as 99 per cent here in Canada, according to BDC .

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Even if you’re destined to grow, you need to start somewhere

Take a close look at the examples set by the biggest business owners and most rich people in the world. Elon Musk famously began from scratch when building PayPal and other platforms that would eventually get him to a place where he could embark on Tesla, SpaceX and his seemingly countless accompanying pursuits. The next name that comes to mind is Jeff Bezos, and how Amazon began as a small, independent book-selling platform.

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Examine small business best practices for continued growth

Regardless of whether you’re intentionally setting out to build a practical, sustainable small business that meets your financial needs and possibly fuels a passion of yours, or if you’re going for the home run, mega-corporation dream — every modern business owner should know how to run a small business. Familiarizing oneself with the basics of entrepreneurship, marketing and branding is pivotal for growth and success.

One great resource for this type of education is The Small Business A to Z Mastery Bundle . Featuring lessons from marketing instructor Debbie LaChusa and digital marketing strategist Nour Boustani, you will discover marketing and branding techniques that will help get your business off the ground and remain profitable, as well as scaling practices for successful growth.

Available now for $26.40 with code CYBER20, the bundle contains nine courses and nearly 200 lessons on skills that small business owners need to master.

Prices subject to change. 

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