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Your business is growing and you’re looking to improve your competitiveness. You’re considering integrating new technologies, enhancing work processes, new market opportunities, diversifying products or services, and/or creating new value for your customers

The questionnaire below will help Link North staff assess how we can support the development of your business in our initial consultation with you. Don’t worry, this form is confidential and for internal use only.

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Section 1: Contact Information
Name*
First Last
Position
Email Address*
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Personal Telephone Number*
Alternate Telephone Number
Secondary Contact Person (if applicable)
Name
First Last
Email Address
Enter Email Confirm Email
Personal Telephone Number
Alternate Telephone Number

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Section 2: Business Information
Business Operating Name*
Legal business name (if different)
Business Address*
Business website
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Q1. What sector does your business operate within?*
- Agrifoods
- Manufacturing
- Resource-sector based services
- Health Sciences
- Information Technologies
Q2a. Business structure?*
- Corporation - provincial or federal
- General partnership
- Limited partnership
- Sole proprietorship
Q2b. Business registration month/year*
Q3. List and describe the roles of owners and managers in the day-to-day operations*
Q4a. Out of founders/shareholders, how many are francophone?*
Q4b. Out of founders/shareholders, how many are indigenous?*
Q5. Including yourself, how many paid employees do you have?*
Q5a. How many are part-time? (less than 28 hours weekly)
Q5b. How many are full-time? (28+ hours)
Section 3: Business Development Challenges & Opportunities
This section will help us understand the challenges facing your business and operations, as well as opportunities for business and market growth. We will discuss how our BOOST funding program and programming offered by our regional and provincial partners can support your business to overcome challenges and capitalize on opportunities.
Q6a. Consider the top challenges with operating and developing business? Which challenges are most important to overcome? (select up to 3)
- Market development
- Customer retention, new customer acquisition
- Product development, diversifying
- Competition, enhancing the customer value proposition
- Employee attraction, retention and/or training
- Marketing and branding
- Production and work processes
- Business or operational capacity
- Integrating new technologies and modernizing equipment/operations
- Financial – funding, financing
- Other – please specify below
Q6a. If chose "other" above, please specify:
6b. Elaborate on these challenges.*
Q7. Consider the opportunities to grow and/or improve business and operations. Which opportunities are most feasible and desirable to pursue within the next 12 months? (check all that apply)*
- Sales - Customer acquisition
- Boosting sales, repeat sales
- Marketing and branding
- Market development
- Employee attraction and retention
- Production and work processes
- Financial - cash flow, accounts receivable
- Financial – funding, financing
- Business model
- Other: please specify below
Q7a. If chose "other" above, please specify:
Q8. Link North’s BOOST program supports short-term projects (< 6months) that enhance operations and grow the business. Describe the project(s) and costs you’re looking for Link North to support.*

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Section 4: Business Model and Value Proposition
The next series of questions will help us better understand your business model and value proposition. Link North’s programming and services centre around the Business Model Canvas, which is a popular one-page tool that visually communicates the feasibility, desirability, and viability of your business model. Among other things, the business model communicates how your offering creates and delivers value to your target customers, and how the business generates revenue and profit.
Q9. Describe the products and services that you offer.*
Q10. Which customer needs does your business satisfy? What customer problems do you resolve?*
Q11. Provide a profile of your target customer(s). Consider their age, income levels, interests, location, etc. Describe your interactions and relationship with them.*
Q12. What value do you create and deliver to the customer? Consider different values such as price, risk reduction, convenience, accessibility, performance, brand and newness.*
Q13. What activities drive revenue generation and customer retention?*
Q14. What value is your customer willing to pay for and why?*
Q15. What are your revenue streams? Which revenue streams contribute the most to your overall revenues and profitability?*
Q16. Consider your project and business development plans over the next 6-12 months. Describe how they impact your business model and value proposition?*
Q17. What key factors drive your operational and production costs?*

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Section 5: Financial Information
Q18. What is your revenue for the last three months?*
Q19. What is your revenue for the last twelve months?*
Q20. Have you applied for, and/or been approved for funding from any of the following programs or organizations in the last year?
- NOHFC – Innovation stream
- NOHFC – launch stream
- Starter Company Plus
- Financial institutions
- Angel investment or venture capital
- I did not apply for funding or financing
- Other - please specify below
Q20. If chose "other" above, please specify:
Before you submit the questionnaire, please provide any additional information you feel is relevant
Consent
Were you referred to Link North?*
- Yes
- No
Please specify which organization or channels.
Agreement*
- I have read and agree to Link North's Terms of Service.
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