Becoming an entrepreneur in Montreal, Quebec

By Cristian Ivan
Student ID: 6442501

Presented to
Zsolt Szigetvari

MB-14.278
Marketing Department
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, Canada
H3G 1M8

Monday Nov 26th 2012
Business Communication section C
Fall 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Figures 3 Executive summary 4 Introduction 5 Purpose Statement 5 Methodology 5 Career requirements 6 Academic Article 6 Academic Book 7 Blog 7 Discussion Forum 8 Newsletter 8 Facebook Page 9 Peer Reviewed Journal 9 Tweeter Feed 10 Charitable Organization 10 Expert interview 11 Findings 12 Discussion 12 Conclusion 13 Recommendation 13 Bibliography 14 Appendix …show more content…

The reality is that companies have been founded by a wide variety of professionals that either learned from a mentor, from school, from lucky events and even no known education at all, only on their own., * * * * * * * * ACADEMIC ARTICLE * Title: Explaining nascent entrepreneurs' goal commitment: an exploratory study. * Author(s): De Clercq, Dirk; Menzies, Teresa V.; Diochon, Monica; Gasse, Yvon. * Date of Publication: 03/22/2009 * Google Scholar Keyword(s): Becoming a Canadian entrepreneur * URL: <http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/Journal-Small-Business-Entrepreneurship/204931984.html> * Description: Study on nascent entrepreneurs and their commitment in founding their business. * Justification: This is the most relevant article because it explains what investments are required in order to start a company, and understand the commitment an entrepreneur has to have in order to succeed. * * ACADEMIC BOOK
Title: Startup
Author(s): Kevin Ready
Date and Location of Publication: 2011, New York, US.
URL: <http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/book/978-1-4302-4218-5>
Description: This book describes what are good attitudes regarding starting a business. It also explains ways of maintaining a focused mind, and how to apply solutions to the entrepreneurial challenges.
Justification: This academic book is most