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Entrepreneurship in New Brunswick
Entrepreneurship 110
What makes New Brunswick special?
Let’s watch this video and see if we came up with any of the same reasons!
Can you think of any reasons why a company or entrepreneur
would want to start a business inNew Brunswick?
Business New Brunswick Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-mds-zDCVI
So what reasons did you see for starting a business in NB?
Canada’s only bilingual province (In a country that boasts two official languages, that’s pretty big!)
Business costs are lower- general corporate income tax rate is lower than in USA
Well-connected to the world- Same-day access to millions of consumers by I-95/Rail/Air/Sea
Well-trained and well-educated workforce
International recognition
What 6 businesses are highlighted in the video?
Creating media push casts for Blackberry users
Turning old used tires into roof shingles
Enabling doctors to see medical images from anywhere in the world
Monitoring social media sites for BIG companies
Extracting carbon from natural gas thereby reducing carbon footprint
Building natural resistance in spruce seedlings
Why is Moncton a good place to do
business? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
VkiMh9bM3YE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CyAcgbxr7g#t=121
Is there opportunity in New Brunswick?
You betcha!!!
If Xerox, UPS, FedEx and IBM chose New
Brunswick then there must be something
here for us!
Where do we go for help?
http://www.newbrunswick.ca
http://www.greatermoncton.org
http://www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca