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How to Use These Pages
The main page Business Development links to a couple of short essays about the Newfoundland economy and then poses over a hundred links, links that go mainly to news sources. If the link is broken and you can’t find the report, analysis of the link should give you a clue to the topic.
(1) If you are concerned about emigration of youth from Bonavista, consider reading the linked essays.
(2) If you are concerned about emigration of youth from Bonavista, consider following some of the links.
(3) If you are meeting with another like-minded resident of Bonavista, consider agreeing on a topic, spend a week thinking about it, then meet again to discuss that specific topic. Rinse and repeat.
(4) If you have organized a meeting to take action, first meet with half a dozen strong candidates for emigration and half-a dozen parents to measure local interest in starting small businesses in Bonavista.
(5) Remember always that the idea is to allow secondary school students to gain experience in starting and running a business. There is no pressure on being self-supporting; students generally have their shelter, food and clothing needs met. But there should be a goal of generating more cash than is spent and documenting the entire process. Every aspect of starting a business should be used and documented. Business experience is a valuable asset, even if the student emigrates for work.
(6) The hundreds of links are set there to open your mind to the sorts of ideas that can help businesses to start, grow, and ultimately retain growth.
(7) A good example can be seen at Sunday, September 24, 2023, This page is a news item about a plant-swap stand, a Plant Library. A small business can encourage any tangible item for barter, such as kitchen utensils, books, appliances and so on.
I do not believe that over a hundred businesses can start and create full-time jobs for 208 young people.
I do believe that over a hundred links to ideas might trigger an idea in our imaginative youth.
“Making Bonavista the daffodil/tulip/bluebell/crocus capital of the island/nation/world” can be done, if not with narcissus, then with roses, or apple trees or pear trees or …
Above all: Think positive; dwell on solutions, not on problems. If you find yourself thinking “ That won’t work here ”, switch that thought to “In how many ways can I make something like that work here”. It’s just a matter of training your mind to think.