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The Blog

Straight answers on IT, security and getting a new business online, written without jargon or a sales pitch.

Starting Out

What It Costs to Start a Small Business in Ontario: Registration, Setup and Getting Online

Every cost of starting a business in Ontario, from Ontario Business Registry fees and incorporation to CRA registration, licences and getting online.

November 2, 2026Read the post →
News & Offers

Starting Out? What You Need Online, and What Can Wait

A new business needs only a few things online on day one. Here is what to set up first, what can wait, and the five products we built around it.

October 26, 2026Read the post →
Starting Out

Just Registered Your Business? Your First 30 Days of Setup, in the Right Order

A week-by-week plan for new Ontario businesses: name, CRA business number, GST/HST, domain, email, banking and Google.

October 19, 2026Read the post →
Running Your Tech

A Thanksgiving-Weekend Tech Check: Six Things to Look At Before the Busy Season

Renewal dates, access, recovery options, a test restore, updates and a payment-change rule. Six checks that take less than an hour.

October 12, 2026Read the post →
Security & Privacy

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Four Habits That Do Most of the Work

Two-step login, automatic updates, tested backups and a rule for payment requests: four habits that protect a small business without a big budget.

October 5, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

Launch Day Is the First Test, Not the Finish Line

Why 'who supports it after launch?' matters more than almost any feature question.

September 28, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

One Contact Form Means Privacy Law Applies

What most new Canadian businesses don't realize about PIPEDA — and the launch-day minimums that are genuinely minimal.

September 21, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

“Too Small to Hack” Is the Most Expensive Sentence

Attacks are automated, not personal. The day-one security baseline that stops most of them.

September 14, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

Consistency Reads as Competence

The 'send us your logo' test — and why a proper brand folder pays for itself at launch.

September 7, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

The Map Shows Before Your Website Does

The one free task that outperforms almost anything you could pay for — and the launch-day SEO stack in order of impact.

August 31, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

An Untested Backup Is a Hope, Not a Plan

Four questions about your hosting most owners can't answer — and why that's the problem.

August 24, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

Five Pages Beat Fifty

What a new business website actually needs — and the invisible details that decide whether it works.

August 17, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

Your Email Address Is Part of Your Quote

Why [email protected] closes deals that a free inbox never will — and the DNS mistake that sends invoices to spam.

August 10, 2026Read the post →
Launch Checklist

Who Actually Owns Your Domain?

The ten-minute check every business owner should run today — before it becomes a crisis.

August 3, 2026Read the post →