Download the Toolkit
Download the Leading Lenders’ tools in PDF format here:
Tool #1: Welcome to Leading Lenders!
Tool 1.1: Entrepreneurship in Canada
Tool 1.2: Women Entrepreneurship in Canada
Tool 1.3: How Much Do You Know About Women Entrepreneurs?Tool 1.4: The “Discouraged Applicants”: Barriers for Women Entrepreneurs
Tool #2: Understanding Biases and Stereotypes
Tool 2.1: Rethinking the Meaning of EntrepreneurTool 2.2: Myths or FactsTool 2.3: How to Overcome Biases and StereotypesTool 2.4: Stereotypes, Society and Culture
Tool #3: Access to Information
Tool 3.1: Information BarriersTool 3.2: Helping Women Entrepreneurs be Better Informed
Tool #4: Lending Policies & Practices
Tool 4.1: A Golden Opportunity: Women Entrepreneurs and Business FinancingTool 4.2: Disqualifying FactorsTool 4.3: Entrepreneurial Relationships with Women
Tool #5: Distinct Features of Women Entrepreneurship
Tool 5.1: Women Entrepreneurs and their BusinessesTool 5.2: Sectors of Women EntrepreneurshipTool 5.3: Motivation and Risk AdversityTool 5.4: Women Entrepreneurship and GrowthTool 5.5: Women Entrepreneurship and InnovationTool 5.6: Women Entrepreneurship and ExportationTool 5.7: Mastering the Balancing Act
Tool #6: Women Entrepreneurs and Diversity
Tool 6.1: Underrepresented Women EntrepreneursTool 6.2: Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs
Tool 6.3: Black Women Entrepreneurs
Tool #7: Financial Literacy
Tool 7.1: What is Financial Literacy?Tool 7.2: Women Entrepreneurs and Financial LiteracyTool 7.3: Education and Aspiring Women EntrepreneursTool 7.4: Building Her Network
Tool #8: Becoming a Leading Lender
Tool 8.1: Being a Leading Lender
