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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

MONA HUBINETTE of Whytecliff Travel Ltd., a West Vancouver travel

agency.

SMALL BUSINESS Week — Oct.
25 to 3! — is an annual event or-
ganized by the Federal Business
Development Bank (FBDB) and
sponsored provincially by the
Ministry of Economic Develop-
ment, Smali Business, and Trade,
and locally by the North and West
Vancouver branches of the Cana-
dian Chamber of Commerce.

This celebration of en-
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trepreneurship attracts some
100,000 small business owners an-
nually to events across the coun-
uy.

Dramatic changes in the world
economy have made many small
business strategies obsolete, says
the FBDB.

With this year’s theme ~— En-
trepreneurship: Competing in a
Global Economy — organizers are
focusing on the fact that today’s

business competition comes from
international sources, even if the
company’s markets are local, pro-
vincial or national in scope.

For local information on Small
Business Week, contact the North
Shore branch of the FBDB at
666-1957 or the Chamber of
Commerce (North Vancouver,
987-4488; West Vancouver, 926-
6614). :

NADINE DION of A Shade Better, a North
Vancouver company specializing in
window design.

Discovery Innovation
Centre Provides
Assistance In the
Following Areas:

@ Protecting Your Idea

Technical Assistance and
Prototype Development

® Market Assessment

@ Your Business Options
@ Business Planning

& Sources of Funding

The Innovation Centre also delivers
the Industrial Research Assistance
Program (IRAP) and Technology
inflow Program (TIP) through an
arrangement with the National
Research Council of Canada.

Discovery Innovation Centre
Suite 400, “The Station”
601 West Cordova St.
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1G1
Tel: (604) 684-0647

Fax: (604) 688-2914
Sponsored by

B.C. Ministry af Advanced Education,
Training and Technology

Smalt Business Week® ,

October 25 to 31, is an annual

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contributions Canada's small

and medium-sized businesses
make to our economy.

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Entrepreneurship: Competing

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the dramatic changes that are
taking place in the world today,

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Workshop “How to Start a Home-Based Business” Nov. 9 & 10
(evenings), Park Royal Hotel. For information and registration,
phone Roger Cayford (work) 665-2755; (home) 921-6103.

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Small Business and Trade

Federal Business
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of Economic Development,

Banque fédérale

Canada