The Main Street Journal
ABOUT
Launch – June 16th, 2023
The MAIN STREET JOURNAL was launched online in 2023, as a kind of Canadian, small business counterpoint to the venerable WALL STREET JOURNAL (WSJ), established in New York City in 1889.
Canada’s small businesses are smaller than most people think.
This is true for people that work in small businesses, for policymakers, business schools, and the business press. The self-employed and other small business owners don’t ‘get no respect’ and yet about 73% of private sector employment in Canada is made up of the 2.85 million self-employed individuals, and 1.3 million small employer businesses which average less than 7 employees.
We believe it’s time that these workers, and the small business owner-managers that employ them, got some respect. What’s more, we believe that business schools and policymakers should get out of their ivory towers and take a walk on Main Street!
The Editorial Board
Accounting + Tax How Canada’s SR&ED Should Affect Your Startup’s Tax Planning
by Rob Farrow, SBA (www.suttoninnovation.com) As an SR&ED tax specialist working with micro-businesses doing eligible experimental development, I have noticed...
Accounting Accounting Software for Micro-Businesses – Dashboards (Part 3)
KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID by Rob Farrow, SBA (www.suttoninnovation.com) The accounting strategy we recommend for small, high-tech startups is to...
Accounting Accounting Software for Micro-Businesses (Part 2)
Marketing vs. Reality Gap by Rob Farrow, SBA (www.the-hatchery.org) While software vendors market management insights heavily to sell subscriptions, industry...
Accounting Small Business Accounting Challenges by Business Size
Management Tool or Wishful Thinking? by Rob Farrow, SBA (www.the-hatchery.org) I've worked with tech startups and small businesses in Canada...
Finance + Investment Built to Start, Not to Scale
by Rob Farrow, SBA (www.robfarrow.net) According to an article published in June of 2026 in The Globe and Mail, Canadian...
FINANCE for CANADA’S SMALL BUSINESSES Canadian Tech Playbook
Here’s an enhanced, more polished version of your blog post—tightened for clarity, stronger flow, and a more provocative close, while...