Competition among Canadian small businesses is fierce. Here are the top difference-makers so your business will survive and thrive.

2. Small Business is Huge in
Canada – and Intense
Each Year
Canadians create
99,000 small
businesses
Canadians lose
89,000 small
businesses
Only 10% of
Canadian small
businesses survive

3. Seize Opportunity and be a
Little Lucky
Sometimes the best ideas
come from trial and error.
National Leasing was one of
many businesses within the
Megill Stephenson Company. It
was the most successful so we
ran with it.
Find your most successful idea
and do the same.

4. Step out of Your Comfort Zone
Don’t fear risk; manage it

5. Step out of Your Comfort Zone
Utilize or invest in new technology
Expand your business
Constantly strive
for innovation
Lend an ear to hear
the crazy ideas

7. Build a Strong Corporate Culture
and Empower your Employees
Establish values and commit at the leadership level
Provide a comfortable environment
Measure your employees’ feedback and adjust
accordingly
Implement employee ideas
Train managers to take an active role in employees’
career planning ambitions

8. Why is Corporate Culture Important?
Employee Engagement
Business-booming Ideas

10. Set Lofty Performance Standards
Research competition and find your niche
Set goals to keep yourself accountable
Be the best at one thing in
your industry
Avoid complacency and
improve inefficiencies

11. Adapt on the Fly
Measure your performance
Jump on
market trends
Invent your own solutions;
it’s the best way to solve
your unique problems

12. Final Lessons
Seize opportunity: you must follow
a lot of rainbows before you find
that pot of gold
Don’t lose your entrepreneurial
spirit and ability to innovate
Don’t fear risk; instead, manage it

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