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These templates are a starting point, not a finished document. They're general guidelines — review, amend, and adapt every one to your own situation, and get professional (legal, financial, or HR) advice before you sign, send, or rely on anything you build from them.

Business Template Library

Stop starting from a blank page.

Six ready-to-edit templates covering the documents every founder eventually needs — pitching investors, hiring, signing a client, or protecting your ideas. Download, fill in the brackets, and go.

📊 Investor Pitch Deck 📝 Freelance Contract 💰 P&L Financial Model 🔒 NDA 📄 Client Proposal 👥 Job Description

Six templates, ready to fill in.

Every template follows the same idea: the structure is done, the thinking is yours. Replace the bracketed placeholders with your own numbers, terms, and voice.

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PPTX

Investor Pitch Deck

A 12-slide deck structure covering problem, solution, market size, business model, traction, and the ask — with speaker notes on how to tell the story behind each slide.

  • Market opportunity & TAM/SAM/SOM slide
  • Built-in financial projections chart
  • Storytelling notes on every slide
Download PPTX
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DOCX

Freelance Service Contract

A starting agreement for hiring or working as an independent contractor — scope, payment terms, IP ownership, confidentiality, and termination, all in one place.

  • Deliverables & timeline table
  • Payment schedule and late-fee terms
  • IP assignment & confidentiality clauses
⚠ Have a lawyer review before use Download DOCX
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XLSX

P&L Financial Model

A 12-month profit & loss projection with live formulas — set your revenue growth rate and expense budget once, and every month recalculates automatically.

  • Revenue, COGS & gross margin built in
  • Editable operating expense categories
  • Color-coded inputs vs. formulas
Download XLSX
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DOCX

Non-Disclosure Agreement

Two versions in one file — Mutual (both sides share confidential information) and One-Way (only one side does) — for partnership talks, hiring, or vendor conversations.

  • Mutual & one-way versions included
  • Clear exclusions & term length
  • Governing-law field for your province
⚠ Have a lawyer review before use Download DOCX
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DOCX

Client Proposal

A structure for winning the work — problem, solution, scope, pricing, and next steps — built so a prospective client can say yes without a follow-up call.

  • Scope-of-work & pricing tables
  • "What's not included" scope guard
  • Built-in acceptance / signature section
Download DOCX
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DOCX

Job Description

Three versions in one file — full-time, part-time, and contractor — since what you owe each type of hire is genuinely different under Canadian employment rules.

  • Full-time, part-time & contractor versions
  • Contractor misclassification warning
  • Responsibilities, must-haves & how-to-apply
⚠ Confirm with your province before hiring Download DOCX
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How to use these templates

A simple order to work through any of the six, so you don't miss the parts that matter.

Step 1

Read it fully first

Before editing anything, read the whole document once so you understand what you're agreeing to or presenting.

Step 2

Fill in every bracket

Every [placeholder] needs your real numbers, names, and terms — an unfilled bracket left in a signed document is a real risk.

Step 3

Get it reviewed

For anything you'll sign — contracts, NDAs, job offers — have a lawyer or the right professional check it before you send it.

Step 4

Save your version

Once it's yours, save a copy under your own file name — so the next contract starts from your edited version, not a blank template.

Not sure which template fits your situation, or want a second pair of eyes before you send something? An IWEC mentor can help.

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