Canada Questions

What is a good resource for grants available to business in Canada? Startups are preferable due to the nature of this site, but any would do. Outside of waiting until their announced in the paper,...

Funding Canada Grants

asked Apr 19 '11 at 06:10

Canadiancreed
136 points

I am considering starting presales of a product. Since money may be coming in I wanted a business bank account so if I am ever sued for any reason I'll only lose what I put in the business and not...

Incorporation Canada Corporate Structure Liability Sole Proprietorship

asked Apr 11 '11 at 20:18

Stu R
66 points

I plan to sell software and add "the software comes with no warranty and should not be held liable for loss of data" and etc. I also plan to offer on-site training for the software. 'Support' will...

Canada Liability

asked Apr 12 '11 at 11:10

Stu R
66 points

I currently run a Canadian Corporation, but I'm finding taxes (both accounting fees and bookkeeping) a real pain and expense. I would like to keep the corporation and basically find out how to...

Tax Canada Accounting Sole Proprietorship Corporation

asked Apr 14 '11 at 14:37

Geek Gal
16 points

Need a partner for hosting our windows / SQL application in Canada...all data and backup on Canadian servers. Any good (reputable companies only) suggestions? Price is a factor but it has to be a...

Canada Hosting

asked Dec 18 '10 at 00:59

Paroon Chadha
61 points

I use Paypal to handle payments. Recently I found out they require the customer to have an account for large transactions. However, it is impossible for a corporate credit card user to create an...

Credit Cards Canada

asked Dec 11 '10 at 07:55

Steve Hanov
596 points

Anyone know in Canada where to register? What are the other steps? Has anyone done it that can summarize the steps?

Non Profit Canada

asked Dec 16 '10 at 03:40

User5996
11 points

Is it better to hit up your friends and family before the Holiday gift giving season or afterwards in the New Year? Assuming I have enough cash to wait till after the New Year. Another factor is...

Funding Canada

asked Nov 9 '10 at 02:47

Jonotron
13 points

I'm currently in an intellectual property dispute over software I developed in a new start-up (Canadian corp). It was written under the false pretense that I would have 25% ownership of the...

Software Incorporation Canada Intellectual Property

asked Nov 11 '10 at 09:27

Adrian Schneider
456 points

My part-time bookkeeper and I are currently reviewing Xero for accounting. I like the online aspect of being able to enter and view data online (my bookkeeper works from home). The cost seems...

Canada Saas Accounting

asked Oct 27 '10 at 12:14

Jonotron
13 points

This is definitely a different flavor of a common question. Here are the basic stats: Online only startup -- no physical presence. Everyone works from home. We have 8 people in 4 countries (5 in...

Tax Canada International USA

asked Oct 4 '10 at 06:15

User4625
26 points

My dad also loved the business plan I had. He has his own company (which is not even close to what I am doing). He registered it as a sole proprietorship. He is an engineer so thats his company. He...

Legal Tax Canada Business

asked Aug 28 '10 at 10:27

Bhargav Patel
784 points

CapitalFactory, Y-Combinator and TechStars are doing great job of helping startups to start up. Does anybody know of a similar initiative in Vancouver, BC, Canada? I am sure people from other...

Incubators Canada Seed Funding

asked Feb 27 '10 at 06:37

Alex
32 points

I'm looking to register a business name in Canada, however looking at the Revenue Canada web site I believe my only options are to register as either: Sole Proprietorship : Downside here being...

Legal Canada

asked Oct 16 '09 at 00:38

Wally Lawless
126 points