I can say that from my experience women entrepreneurs are more organized, know their limits, and are more willing to get help with the areas they do not have skills or experience with. I have noticed...
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The former editor and publisher of PROFIT, The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs has a blog and he has some pretty unique content. For example, he wrote about David Chalk's talk at the Toronto...
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The last in my six part series about achieving Work Life Balance ends with the most challenging, "How ton efficiently manage your time." I have written about Time Management extensively on...
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Lets talk about how you can set "realistic business goals" as part of the continuation in my series on Work Life Balance What's That? When was the last time you reviewed your business...
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As I was thinking about the Royal Banks recommendation that business owners simply "Put your family and home life first" I really struggled coming up with suggestions and ideas that would...
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Creating balance between business and home will prevent stress, tension, and regret as your family pressures you to 'spend more time at home'. The key is to create healthy boundaries between...
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One of the things I found interesting about the Royal Bank report on small business was the five recommendations 1. Set clear boundaries between work and home. 2. Take time for yourself and your...
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In an article at Canadian Business a survey by Noel Wasserman cites the fact that many founders of company are underpaid by as much as $30,000 per year and as few as 1 in 20 founders will have...
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There has been a lot of discussion in business circles about the 2006 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, going to Professor Edmund S. Phelps because he has been such a supporter of entrepreneurship....
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Franchising is big business. Like any growing industry it can attract players that really have no proven model [read: no good reason to be selling a franchise in the first place]. That is not to say...
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I sometimes think people who own and operate small businesses think that they are playing in the World Series. It is the bottom of the Eighth inning, bases are loaded and your best hitter has stepped...
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I was doing some research for one of my Alberta clients and remembered that there were loan programs for Women Entrepreneurs. The Alberta Women Entrepreneurs opened in November 1995 and has responded...
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In a discussion with my Mastermind group I stumbled upon a growth roadblock that some entrepreneurs experience - fear of getting too busy. I think it is a close cousin of the fear of success and the...
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Insights into selling and advertising to the affluent, mobile and powerful baby boomer generation by Anita Campbell titled "But I am Not OLD! Selling to the Graying Entrepreneur" really is...
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The Ontario Provincial Government has announced a $1 million program to help students gain experience starting their own business. Titled the Summer Company program the government is trying to show...
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I was thinking about my article on the Canadian Startup Boom and as a third-generation entrepreneur that has had four businesses in the last 16 years I can honestly say that I would buy a business...
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Yes entrepreneurship can be taught, if you have a desire to grow personally, are willing to learn, and change. Look at this from the Nanaimo News Bulletin: Small Businesses grow from solid plans...
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"Forty-nine top entrepreneurs who have demonstrated leadership, drive and innovation have been chosen from an impressive list of nominees as Prairies region finalists in the Ernst & Young...
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