The Instigator Blog is asking for Montreal bloggers to unite and is proposing: With that in mind, I'm proposing a weekly (or regularly scheduled) breakfast meeting for every entrepreneur out...

I just learned that February 4-10, 2007 is International Development Week. Held the first full week of February each year the goal is to highlight and illustrate the work of Canada's Development...

I came across this post from InstaBloke and was struck by the brilliance of this idea. I used to bookmark a favorite for everyone who has ever linked to me or commented on my blog. I did it with......

Here is a list of a few links I found to Canadian Small Business Online Resources that I thought you might find useful. Canada's Small Business Resource Centre: Get statistics and detailed...

This was an internal video designed to wake up the troops. Now it is so popular Kodak has released it onto the WWW via YouTube. I laughed and laughed as they make fun of themselves and pull their hair...

One of the great things about D&B is the research and access to information available via their small business site D&B Express. I found these comments from entrepreneurs about having...

Do any of our readers have information about what is going on in Canadian Forestry? I was reading the Toronto Star and ran across this article: "The company told us they wouldn't sell it to...

Making your business a great place to work requires more than buying a box of donuts once in awhile - you need to build trust. This great article from The Chronicle Herald in Halifax, NS explains the...

Toronto is home to the MaRS convergence innovation center designed to position Canada for leadership in the highly competitive global innovation economy. They have a great website with tons of...

Family squabbles about money is not new. What is new is the amount of money being left by parents to their adult kids. Family money is viewed as a special kind of money and takes on many symbolic...

Hiring the right people for the right job, for the right reasons is always a challenge because our own beliefs, behaviors, and actions can get in the way. The key is to be prepared... "The art...

Seems like lists are all the craze these days and I have long wondered why it was so hard to find Canadian bloggers online. Well the other day Sean from Buzz Canuck posted his list of Canada's...

I do not hear it anymore but when I first started in business my friends used to say, "You pay for lunch, it doesn't cost you anything because you get to "write it off." I would...

Not exactly the first company you think of when looking for a list of leads for your marketing campaign but D&B has a surprisingly wide selection of marketing directories including: Guide to...

Looking to grow? Looking for new markets? Maybe it is time to look outside of our Canadian borders and past the US for new markets. ...if you're not exporting finished products, you're still...

The retirement of baby boomers is starting to get more attention as we get closer to the time when they will be retiring. As Baby Boomers begin to retire and the labour shortage spreads beyond...

Continuing good news in Alberta, job creation is at it's highest since 1980. The bad news is that strong job growth anywhere will always attract those workers looking for a better pay cheque. In...

Over on my original blog I debunk the myth that 9 in 10 businesses fail in the first year - in fact 76 percent of new [US] businesses were open after two years. I came across some Canadian stats......

I discovered a new website today, there is a great article titled "How to Get Better Responses to Your Advertising" that contains 12 tips to get a higher response to your advertising....