Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada is at a huge disadvantage for attracting and retaining those we rely on for innovation, employment growth and prosperity
Category: Entrepreneurs
The cost of a smile – and the big payoff for your business
Reading Time: 3 minutes People are more likely to buy from those who are smiling. And happy staff solve problems easier than sombre workers
What’s wrong with Canada’s tech sector?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Technology entrepreneurs are locked behind bars of asset ignorance
How banks can help Canada’s SMEs
Reading Time: 4 minutes They could start by formalizing the treatment of intangibles so (some of them) can be collateralized for banking purposes
The entrepreneur’s tricky work-life balancing act
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our business problems are difficult to leave behind, especially when the business is tied to us personally, financially or emotionally
Why the Alberta technology sector can’t seem to pull ahead
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alberta has been supporting technology for decades and nothing seems to push us over the top
Five things your business could learn from Starbucks
Reading Time: 4 minutes Customer service, exclusive products, ambience, pricing and systems are all important to the coffee giant – and you
How to avoid an onstage meltdown
Reading Time: 3 minutes Four tips to ensuring your speech or presentation doesn’t end in disaster
Despite government subsidies, Canadian innovation wanes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Burdensome regulation, limited competition and unfavourable taxes hold Canadian companies back
Sweet music for business: setting goals and reaching them
Reading Time: 3 minutes Establish ways to be accountable and do the same for your staff and the benefits will follow