1.
How
many employees in your Business?
2.
What is your
Business's Gross Annual Revenue? (in
$'000s)
3. Is yours a
Home-Based Business?
4.
If you answered
Yes to the question above, is your Home-Based
Business:
4a.
Your Business is
your primary source of income.
4b.
Do you hold another job as well as running your own Business?
5. Do you belong to
any Local/Municipal Business associations?
6.
Do you belong
to Regional/Provincial Business
associations?
7.
You are a member
of: (click all that apply - leave blank if
none)
8.
Business
publications (e.g.FORTUNE) are important to your
Business.
9. Do you subscribe
to any trade journals or magazines?
10.
You often read: (click all that apply - leave blank if
none)
11. Has your
Business ever received Government funding?
12.
Mass advertising
(e.g.television,radio) is critical to your
Business.
13.
Niche/targeted
advertising is critical to your Business.
14.
You advertise at
a high saturation.
14a
You advertise at
a high frequency.
15.
What percentage
of sales do you typically spend on
advertising?
16.
Besides word of
mouth, what single advertising medium is your most
successful?
17.
Your Business
predominantly provides goods or services to:
18.
What is the
approximate value of your Business's non-liquid
assets (e.g.vehicle,property)? (in
$'000s)
19.
What is your
Business's trading area?
20. Do you have a
Business web site?
21.
If you answered
Yes to the question above, what approximate percentage
of your Business's trade comes from the web
site?
22. Is your Business
suitable for franchising?
23. If Yes to the question above, have you considered it?
24.
Zoning bylaws
affect your Business.
25.
The Government level that has the most direct impact on your Business is:
26.
Do you plan on selling your Business to fund your retirement?
27.
Do you plan on passing your Business on to family?
28.
Are other family members directly involved in your Business?
29.
Do you have children living at home?
30.
Your accounts
receivable policy is very aggressive.
31.
You consider
yourself to be:
32.
You go out
regularly to attend organized social events.
33.
Inventory
depreciation is a large concern for your
Business.
34.
Your Business is
affected by seasonal fluctuations.
35.
Internet
Copyright infringement can seriously damage your
Business profits.
36.
What is your
age?
37.
Your Business is
agriculture-based (e.g. orchardist, fruit/vegetable
products).
38.
You provide a
select group of customers with customized goods or
services.
39.
You regularly
read trade publications.
40.
Business-development workshops are important to
you.
41.
You use these
media to advertise your Business: (check all that
apply)
42.
You use these
media to seek goods/services you need: (check all
that apply)
43.
Internet/computer-based goods/services are a large part
of your Business.
44.
Do you transact Business electronically? ("e-commerce")?
45.
You have
purchased the following Business services within the
last 2 years:
46.
You normally
purchase these Business services (above) from outside
sources.
47.
If you ever
needed these Business services, you found them best
through:
48.
You have a
comprehensive Strategic Plan for your
Business.
49.
Questionnaires
are a good way to measure customer
satisfaction.
50.
Reason you
started your independent Small Business: (check all
that apply)
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