Resources

Presentations

• Michelle DeBeyer: HR Information Session [PPT, 0.4MB]
• PricewaterhouseCoopers: Optimizing SR&ED [PDF, 0.4MB]
• PricewaterhouseCoopers: Tax Planning For Entrepreneurs [PDF, 0.2MB]
• PricewaterhouseCoopers: Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Gowlings: Legal Bootcamp [PPT, 0.5MB]
• Geoff Taber & Chad Bayne, Introduction to Shareholder Agreements [PPT 0.8MB]
• Jacqui Murphy, Tech Capital: The venture capital perspective [PPT, 1.6MB]
• Derek Smyth, EdgeStone Capital: Think BIG and execute as if you were public [PDF, 0.7MB]
• Geoff Taber & Chad Bayne, Osler: Venture capital from a legal perspective [PDF, 0.5MB]
• Neil Henderson & Tony Orsi, Bereskin & Parr: Intellectual property: An entrepreneur’s dream or nightmare [PPT, 0.2MB]
• PricewaterhouseCoopers: SR&ED overview [PDF, 0.3MB]
• Gary Svoboda, Adventus Research: Market research: How to validate your company's technology [PPT, 0.2MB]

Guides

Packed with advice for entrepreneurs from local resources. Also includes information about service providers and organizations and associations working with startups in Waterloo Region. See the site for more information on the annual event.

• 2007 (3.6MB)
• 2006: Chapter 4 (2.9MB)
• 2005: Chapter 3 (1.1MB)
• 2004: Chapter 2 (484 KB)
• 2003: Chapter 1 (246 KB)

General resources

• PricewaterhouseCoopers: 2008 Report on Emerging Canadian Software Companies [PDF, 3.2MB]
• PricewaterhouseCoopers: 2007 Report on Emerging Canadian Software Companies [PDF, 2.4MB]
• Ernst & Young: Doing Business In Canada [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Ernst & Young: Business Plan Guidebook [PDF, 0.4MB]