Entrepreneurship

Risk Taking, Determination & Business Focus

August 23, 2014 ♦

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New research by Gallop is showing how successful entrepreneurs differ from the rest of the crowd. I’m not sure they discovered all of what makes them better as entrepreneurs, but it’s interesting information, that any business person could use to improve their own success. Who better to model yourself after…

Digital Agency Lands on Inc’s Fastest Growing Companies List

August 22, 2014 ♦

Advertising, Branding, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Search, Startups

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Is Meteoric Growth a Smart Business Strategy? Inc. 500|5000 is a prestigious list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America. Being chosen on the list makes a positive statement about the company and gets their name in front of tons of potential investors and buyers. However, business has to be sustainable.…

Twitter Tips – Taking it to the Next Level

August 12, 2014 ♦

Career, Entrepreneurship, Networking, Relationships, Self-Improvement, Social Media, Work

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There’s Lots of Ways to Make Twitter more Effective Twitter has had its 8th birthday this year and it’s still going strong. It’s the top microblogging platform and millions of businesses use it. Whether they use it well is another matter. It can be a great way to connect with…

Motivating Others May be the Greatest Power You Possess

July 20, 2014 ♦

Career, Entrepreneurship, Relationships, Self-Improvement, Uncategorized, Value Proposition, Work

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What Motivates Key People in Your Life? If you haven’t the foggiest idea of what motivates people, it will be virtually impossible for you to get the best work, effort, and outcomes with them. People are motivated by different values – their value system. That set of values, which very…

Good Communicators are a Key Business Asset

June 15, 2014 ♦

Entrepreneurship, Partnerships, Social Media

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Can you imagine if your company’s employees all stopped exchanging information? How long would your business last? Would it thrive? Would your new business flood in? Not likely. This post is about how vital the free flow of information is and that the habit of free exchange is key to…

Definition of Business Development

June 14, 2014 ♦

Entrepreneurship, Marketing

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A New Look at Biz Dev Let’s look at some new, enlivening and actionable definitions of Biz Dev. Defining creates a solid foundation for everything you’re about to do as an entrepreneur. I’m excited to bring you this new definition; views, insights, and news about this new profession. There’s a growing…

Beautiful Wine Art – Leanne Laine

May 22, 2014 ♦

Art, Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized

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Leanne Laine is an internationally renowned artist in British Columbia, who has been producing astonishingly beautiful artwork since the beginning of the last recession (and before). I talked about fascinating people with the intention of finding and introducing them to you. Here’s a fascinating person creating art in the world’s favourite city. Proof…

Holland Marsh Winery Bradford

April 6, 2014 ♦

Entrepreneurship

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Wine Entrepreneurs The Holland Marsh Winery offers a unique blend of grapes grown on the property located on Keele Street right in the Holland Marsh (and grapes drawn another unnamed source :). HMW retail store is just northwest of Newmarket and Aurora and is worth a tour. Holland Marsh Winery some very…

Why Generation Y is So Important

March 27, 2014 ♦

Career, Entrepreneurship, Relationships, Self-Improvement, Work

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Generation Y is the biggest, most interesting topic of our time. Don’t doubt it. This sort of generational thing has happened before. And business, investment, politics, culture and everything else flowed out of that change 46 years ago. Future Shock In 1969, a Montrealer named Alvin Toffler wrote a top…

Crowd Funding — Lifting Gen Y’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

March 23, 2014 ♦

Career, Entrepreneurship, Networking, Work

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One thing that has absolutely changed from 20 to 30 years ago, is access to credit. Easy credit encourages and even enables entrepreneurs to take chances. Getting funding from banks has and always will be impossible, because banks aren’t about profit, they’re about risk management. Banks have it easy. They…