Competitive Forces
Technology
Terms
Marketing
How to Start a Business
100

Physical goods, digital assets, or services bought via an online source.

What are examples of e-commerce?

100

AI systems rely heavily on this raw material to function effectively.

What is data?

100

When one business offers products or services to a consumer.

What is business to consumer?

100

SEO stands for this S______ E_______ O_______, which helps websites rank higher on Google.

What is search engine optimization?

100

This is the simplest form of business ownership in Canada, owned and operated by one person.

What is a sole proprietorship?

200

PESTEL is an acronym for... 

What is Political, Economic, Social, Technology, Environmental and Legislation 

200

This characteristic of data refers to its accuracy, completeness, and reliability.

What is data reliability?

200

Often used interchangeably with a business plan for new, high-risk, or entrepreneurial initiatives

What is the term venture plan?

200

This process divides a large market into smaller groups based on shared traits.

What is market segmentation?

200

Businesses earning more than $30,000 in annual taxable revenue must register for this tax.

What is GST/HST?

300

When a business continually scans the external environment for trends and changes that will have an impact on everything from consumer needs to company pricing decisions.

What is Environmental Scanning.

300

How to integrate vertically in order to have some more control over supply chain management with an increasingly unstable external environment.

What is SELF-RELIANT TECH?

300

Ability to implement business activities through online pathways such as the internet.

What is E-Commerce?

300

The ideal customer profile a business creates is known as this.

What is the ideal customer persona?

300

Analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is known as this framework.

What is a SWOT analysis?

400

A period of economic activity characterized by negative growth which reduces demand for goods and services.

What is a RECESSION?

400

Ensuring AI systems make fair and unbiased decisions relates to this concept.

What is AI ethics?

400

A new business that offers the possibility of positive outcomes but could involve risk for the entrepreneurial team members.

What is a venture?

400

When companies adjust all four Ps to appeal to a specific audience, they are developing this.

What is a marketing strategy?

400

Protecting your business name, logo, or slogan legally involves registering this.

What is a trademark or intellectual property?

500

We choose products and services that meet our diverse needs and interests rather than conforming to traditional stereotypes.

What is the term Component Lifestyles?

500

Setting measurable goals for AI initiatives involves defining these KPIs. What does KPI stand for?

What are Key Performance Indicators?

500

An individual, group, or organization who is impacted by a decision or series of decisions made from the venture.

What are stakeholders?

500

The 4 Ps of Marketing are?

What is price, product, place and promotion?

500

Depending on the industry, you may need these official permissions from municipal or provincial authorities.

What are licences and permits?

600

This piece of legislation ensures that small and medium businesses have equal opportunity to participate in Canada's economy.

What is the Competition Act?

600

A subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables systems to learn from data, identify patterns, and make decisions or predictions without being explicitly programmed for every specific task.

What is Machine Learning?

600

Businesses pay attention to the age, gender, and income related to their ideal customers and this type of segmentation is called:

What are demographics?

600

This can change over time based on many factors?

What is a target market?
600

When marketing teams tracking click and conversions they are doing so in order to be able to analyze:

What is data analytics?

700

What affects socioeconomics?

Wars, Russia, China, Issues in Canada between provinces all affect socioeconomics.

700

Platforms like HubSpot or Mailchimp handle repetitive tasks like email sequencing and social posting.

What is Marketing Automation?

700

Types of devices that can communicate with each other such as how traffic cameras can now connect with driver's smart watches.

What is the Internet of Things?

700

This is now law but also helpful when entrepreneurs are designing websites.

What is an Accessible website? Or AODA compliant website?

700

This acts as a blueprint that will help identify gaps that drive opportunities for AI. Identifying key pain points in a business will help you prioritize the most valuable AI initiatives you want to utilize in your e-commerce business.

What is a SWOT with a focus on AI?