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Human Resources
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 31, 2007
It is a tight labor market that is getting tighter. The Entrepreneurial Mind in an article titled, Time to Update Your Staffing Plans.
He has seven suggestions to prepare for a tightening hiring mar...
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Marketing
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 30, 2007
Understanding your customer is crucial. Knowing what they want will tell you what business you are really in.
Your customer gets the delivery of your product or service however, what they are really ...
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Succession Planning
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 29, 2007
What do you do if you are in the financial services industry in toronto and want to maintain your position in the worldwide financial services sector? Fund a study to see what you are up against.
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Sponsored Posts
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 29, 2007
The long hours and variety of tasks required to manage a small business demand good time management skills. Every small business owner feels stretched, especially during start-up. Running any kind of ...
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Startup
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 28, 2007
I do not normally write about these types of issues but I found this an interesting lesson on what to look for when developing a logo for your company. Drop by an read this post as it has tips on colo...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 26, 2007
I hadn't heard of this budget item in the Federal Budget but this Tax Fairness initiative is supposed to stop a practice that has been in place since 1972.
Flaherty's international tax fairnes...
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Succession Planning
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 23, 2007
What would you think of your 24 year-old taking over the business you had spent decades building? Could he handle it? How would things turn out?
In The Globe and Mail we have an actual case study of ...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 22, 2007
Why is it every time Alberta starts to do well the politicians line up to take their turn at pulling more money from our pockets?
Where is their fiscal management and leadership? How much more in tax...
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Government
, Succession Planning
, Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 21, 2007
Minority Conservative Government supports small business initiative to increase the Capital Gains Exemption.
The recent Federal Budget filed by the Harper Conservatives increased the lifetime capita...
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Human Resources
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 20, 2007
Immigrants will make up 100 per cent of Ottawa's population growth in four year's time.
I was reading a StatsCan report that as of 2001, 5.4 million people, or 18.4% of the total population, ...
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Human Resources
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 19, 2007
Growing businesses tend to hire and add employees to cope with growth.
This report doesn't specifically state the reason behind the growth in the number of businesses with employees in Alberta i...
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Human Resources
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 16, 2007
Are you having a challenge finding employees to fill vacant positions in your company?
According to a press release by the CFIB, there are 251,000 vacant positions in Canada, an all time high.
Ge...
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Economic Outlook
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 15, 2007
John Murney says that concentration of growth in Canadian cities will further erode the "influence and collective strength of rural Canada." What do you think?
Six metropolitan areas now cla...
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Doing Business In USA
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 14, 2007
canadian and the US business do a lot of trade together.
When I worked for in the Canadian Automotive after market, we imported the majority of our inventory from US manufacturers.
Over the years ...
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Entrepreneurship
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 13, 2007
Looking at starting a business in Newfoundland?
The Canada Business Centre in Newfoundland offers a number of resources online including a number of how-to guides for starting a business in Adventur...
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Internet Marketing
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 12, 2007
This attractive website, eBC, is a business resource centre providing e-business information and services to help BC business remain competitive in the online market.
The site contains guides for doi...
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Entrepreneurship
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 9, 2007
Two women entrepreneurs championed a training program on March 8, International Women's Day. This is a great example of women supporting one another by getting involved in training and delivering ...
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Sponsored Posts
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 7, 2007
From the start of a company ... "You know, the first year you're just trying to keep the doors open. You're a one-man operation so you're kind of close to everything...I always though...
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Entrepreneurship
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 6, 2007
Small business is the backbone of Canadian business. Yet when business owners go to get a mortgage they are often considered high risk by traditional lenders.
A new type of mortgage allows Canadian ...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 5, 2007
File your taxes online via Canada Revenue Agency is easier than ever and the NETFILE internet service continues to grow in popularity.
"Increasingly we hear from Canadians they prefer filing thei...
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Entrepreneurship
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 2, 2007
Vancity has been helping entrepreneurs in Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Greater Victoria with $20.6 million that is estimated to result in 4000 jobs and self-sufficient entrepreneurs.
Afte...
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Marketing
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on March 1, 2007
Canadians spend more time sitting in front of a computer on the Web than any other G7 country.
Against this background, he feels that Canadian businesses are missing the boat. Less than 36% of Canadi...
