How to Start a Home-based Business--Afternoon workshop, 1:30-3:30 pm, Hazeldean Library, 50 Castlefrank:  http://bit.ly/sA6fIw  Call 613-580-2424 x32140 for information.  The Entrepreneurship Centre presents this information-packed workshop.

Business Plan Basics for Starting a Small Business. bit.ly/nGx7jZ   Main Library, Ottawa, 120 Metcalfe St., Auditorium, 12 Noon - 1 pm, free, no registration.   Join us for the 1st day of OPL's Lunch & Learn Spekaer Series for Small Business Week.   Email Business@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca with questions, or call 613-580-2424 x32140

Canada was the only country that ranked in the top 20 in the 10 metrics that were considered to determine the Best Countries for Business: property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, freedom (personal, trade and monetary), red tape, investor protection and stock market performance. See the full list here.

Lunch & Learn Speaker Series for Small Business Week http://bit.ly/rop4W5  Free, no registration required, Oct. 17-21, Main Library, 12 Noon-1 pm. RSVP for networking following Friday session:  Business@BiblioOttawaLibary.ca.  Great speakers, informational sessions of interest to small business owners, those thinking of starting a business, and professionals.

Join us Wednesday September 21^st from 6:30-8:30pm at the Nepean Centrepointe branch as the Library partners with the OCRI Entrepreneurship Centre to present this workshop outlining the rules and regulations of starting a business and business planning. For further information and registration please visit http://bit.ly/qjhbYu

Ottawa workshops on website design: Weebly Main Library, http://bit.ly/nSt6xf Oct 5, 6:15 pm;  Wordpress Alta Vista Branch,  http://bit.ly/osBqbx Thurs, Oct 13, 6:30 pm

If you want to learn how to create a website, come to one of these workshops.  The Wordpress wokshop, at Alta Vista branch, is free and demonstrates this free content management system hat allows you to build and manage your own website. 

Learn and practice networking skills FREE at Ruth E. Dickinson Library, 100 Malvern, Mondays, Sept 19 and 26, 6:30-8:30 pm  http://bit.ly/obYTTs