Happy 35th anniversary BDC Small Business Week™!

Business articles, illustrations, video content and infographics available at www.bdc.ca/sbw

MONTREAL, Oct. 15, 2014 /CNW/ - A full suite of business editorial resources is available at www.bdc.ca/sbw  in preparation for BDC Small Business Week^TM 2014, which runs October 19-25 under the theme "Back to Basics. Reenergize Your Business".

The copy includes five articles accompanied by illustrations as well as infographics, factsheets and the BDC Small Business Week^TM 2014 video.  Article topics range from cashflow management and the power of incremental improvements, to the importance of advisory boards, the role of business failure and the impact of non-financial compensation.  No authorization is needed to reproduce the stories and illustrations.

• How an advisory board can boost your business
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• 5 tips to manage your cash flow
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• More than money: How non-financial benefits can be a game-changer for your business
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• Step by step: How to innovate incrementally
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• Planning to fail: How mistakes can help your business
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BDC Small Business Week^TM 2014 activities include speaking engagements in Ontario and Quebec with Jean-René Halde, President and Chief Executive Officer, and a tour of Western Canada by Pierre Cléroux, Chief Economist. Mr. Halde and Mr. Cléroux will discuss the fundamentals of business success as outlined in a new research report to be released on October 20.

The full schedule of activities and a national calendar of events where organizations all over the country are invited to upload their specific Small Business Week events can be consulted here.

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About BDC Small Business Week^TM
BDC Small Business Week^TM is a Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) trademark whose origins date back to 1979 when BDC business centres in British Columbia's Lower Fraser Valley pooled their resources to organize a week of activities for entrepreneurs. This first event and the one that followed in 1980 were so successful that BDC officially launched BDC Small Business Week^TM across Canada in 1981. The initiative was quickly adopted by Canada's business community. In 2013, over 280 activities across Canada attracted close to 10,000 business people to BDC Small Business Week^TM. This BDC flagship event celebrates entrepreneurship at the local, provincial and national levels.

About BDC
Canada's business development bank, BDC, puts entrepreneurs first. With almost 2,000 employees and more than 100 business centres across the country, BDC offers loans,  consulting services, growth and business transition capital, securitization, as well as venture capital to more than 30,000 small and medium-sized companies. Their success is vital to Canada's economic prosperity. www.bdc.ca

SOURCE: Business Development Bank of Canada

Maria Constantinescu, Senior Advisor, Public Relations, BDC, [email protected], [phone]