Montreal Business Coach

David D’Silva is an award winning Business Coach and Entrepreneur. Following years of running many successful businesses, David became a business coach in order to help others achieve the business success he experienced.

“Every Business Can Be Improved, Sometimes It Takes An Outside Perspective To Know How”

Many satisfied clients later, David is offering his business coaching services in Montreal. In a major city like Montreal, business competition is at its highest and only the strong will survive.

“What are your business goals?”

We all want to be successful but if we aren’t constantly changing, we will be left behind. As a business owner, you are expected to do so much. Sometimes you just need a little help making sure you are achieving your goals.

Business Coaching in Montreal, Quebec

Like many cities, Montreal has its own culture, meaning it has its own personality. In order to fit in, a business needs to have a compatible personality, whether that is the way it interacts with its customers, provides its services to other businesses or contributes to the local community.

Montreal is a metropolis of thriving businesses and a hub for major businesses to locate their headquaters. A quick look at the top employers in Montreal will show you an example of the caliber of business Montreal attracts and nurtures.

Montreal often goes against the national employment trends with lower unemployment numbers than other Canadian cities. With its ‘goods-producing sector’ and ‘service providing sector’ at the forefront of its employment economy, Montreal is appealing to product & service producing businesses.

Why get Business Coaching?

In any market, we are all subject to competition for customers, competition for suppliers and competition in marketing. As one of Canada’s healthiest local economies, competition is high for products and services. However, demand is also high so you not only battling others in your industry, you are also fighing to keep up with demand. Oftentimes, businesses fail not to competition, but to themselves through lack of future planning, scaling, upgrading and futureproofing.

If these are not things you have thought about, or you are not sure how your business is performing or could improve, a business coach like David D’Silva could be the answer.

Do you need help marketing your business? Is your work-life balance completely imbalanced??

Why Hire David D’Silva?

David D’Silva is an award winning Business Coach with experience coaching clients all over North America. From San Diego and Vancouver in the west, to Buffalo N.Y. and Montreal in the east, David has helped many clients succeed in a multitude of markets.

David has taken businesses in imminent failure and recovered them to become leaders in their field. Using techniques in marketing, production, financial management, human resources and more, David will analyze your business, identify your shortcomings and implement a plan to make your business competitive and successful.

Starting A Business In Montreal?

Are you looking to start up a business in Montreal?

Are you unsure how to start?

Setting up a business in Montreal can be intimidating for entrepreneurs. With a lack of experience, many business owners feel overwhelmed by the uncertainty of what to do and where to invest their time throughout the process. Do you focus on marketing or invest in better production methods? Have you correctly evaluated your market? Are your financials up to scratch? Have you evaluated the competition? Did you get the required business permits?

Oftentimes, some aspect is overlooked and this is where a business coach can help guide you through setting up your new business in Montreal, Quebec.

What Makes Montreal A Great Place To Set Up A Business?

Often described as the entrepreneurial hub of Canada, Montreal is a rich source resources for business growth both in educated population, per capita income, services and culture.

You only need to walk the streets to feel the culture of small businesses in Montreal. With a thriving community of consumers who love to explore and find new and interesting businesses, your clientele are already looking for you!

Not only is your customer base strong, but local authorities are going extra lengths to ensure small local businesses can compete against the modern corporations that make competition difficult. As an example, Montreal has various methods of assisting small businesses such as specific funding sources and subsidies in place to help develop and sustain local businesses. There are post-pandemic plans in place to develop downtown Montreal’s business community to help them recover and thrive in this post pandemic environment. This includes cultural (chinatown), tourism, non-profits, artistic,commercial establishments and more.

Apart from local municipal support, there are a number of other business support resources for the development of businesses. Which is best for you, will depend on what service or category you operate.

Although often overlooked, the various chanber of commerce located in Montreal are excellent resources of information and assistance for those planning to set up a new business or to revive a struggling business.

Entrepreneurs setting up small businesses are well catered for when it comes to resources for local Montreal businesses. The variety of entrepeneur services available offer assistance in various aspects of business planning and management such as market research, grant applications, business registries, networking and business plans.

Business Plan

Market Research

The very core of every business plan is market research. Without it, the rest of the information is of no value. First and foremost, you need to show a market for your product or service. How you perform market research in Montreal will vary depending on your niche but oftentimes, the statistics and data come from similar places. For Monteal and Quebec as a whole, you can use prvincial data such as Institut de la Statistique du Quebec. With a vast array of data on culture, economy, society, education, households etc., you can get excellent information separatd into many categories, about your potential market here and, update it year after year.

Taxation

Death and taxes is absolutely true, so no business plan is complete without a section on taxation. Taxation on materials, employees, tax credits, registering for GST & QST etc. For Montreal businesses, you can find information on a provincial level on Revenue Quebec. Also be aware of any local taxes or fees required for specific areas.

Marketing

As with most cities, you will never have a problem finding marketing agencies but in many cases, new businesses may need to do their own marketing initially to get some cash flow. Get registered on google my business to appear on google maps, look into google ads, niche magazines, newsletters, flyers, community networks on social media and stir up as much exposure as possible.

Business Location

A critical aspect of the survival of a business can be its location. Montreal has a great variety of areas, each with its benefits and drawbacks. Which location is right for you? Firstly, assuming you require a shopfront or office, consider your business and its requirements. Will you rely on high foot traffic where you can be ‘discovered’, or are you specialist without the need to be prominently on display? Do you need a lot of space e.g. manufacturing or storage? or simply a face to greet and administer services for a client?

Montreal’s downtown core business district (the Quartier des affaires) has a mix of residential and commercial buildings, meaning it has both a client base and business space. It also has an entertainment district (Quartier des spectacles) and an international district, plus cultural centers like Chinatown and Old Montreal.

Other areas to consider are the Mile-Ex district where many tech companies are located, or Mile-end, a former industrialized area of Montreal, now a charming business-friendly neighborhood.

Further from the island are also very attractive locations where tech companies have set up such as Laval’s Biotech city for science and biotech companies or zone industrielle de Saint-Laurent.

With a wide diversity of neighborhoods, Montreal has an area that can fit your business location needs.

Business Coaching In Montreal

If you need help with your business, contact Business Coach David D’ Silva and see how he can help your business become everything you want it to be.