This is a survey to see if there is interest in a program to help newcomers develop well-balanced ideas to start a business in BC.
If you are a refugee interested in starting a business - and especially if you were a business owner in your home country - please take a few minutes to answer the questions in our survey. We will use this information to create a program to suit our interested clients.

This survey is 15 questions and should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Please note that your responses will only be used for data collection purposes, and will not be published or shared with any other party.

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* 1. What is your Immigration Status?

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* 2. What is your age?

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* 3. What is your gender?

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* 4. What is your country of origin?

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* 5. Did you have a business in your home country?

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* 6. What is your English level?

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* 7. If you were a business owner in your home country, what kind of business did you run?

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* 8. What city do you live in?

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* 9. How interested are you in a free program that would help you create and develop winning business ideas that you could start in Canada?

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* 10. How soon could you start this program?

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* 11. Would you like to participate in this program: (check all that apply)

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* 12. When is the best time for you to attend classes ? Please choose all the options that work for you.

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* 13. Are you working now?

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* 14. What difficulties do you see in deciding a small business idea in Canada? (check all that apply)

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* 15. Would you like help with these aspects of deciding a good small business idea:
(check all that interest you.)

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* 16. Would you be interested in participating in a focus group on this program? A focus group would allow us to speak to you in-person, in a group setting, about what you want from this program.

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* 17. Your contact email - we will use this to get in touch with you about a focus group (only if you're interested in participating in one) and to send you more information about the program as it comes up.

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