A Self-Evaluation Guide to Starting a Business of Your Own (http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/mi04119e.html)

This guide from Manitoba’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism offers a detailed, interactive approach under these three stages: Stage 1 (Assessing Your Potential for an Entrepreneurial Career); Stage 2 (Finding and Evaluating a Product or Service Idea); Stage 3 (Should You Start a New Business or Buy an Existing One). The first two stages may be particularly applicable.