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Energy Issues
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 30, 2007
Whether you look at Toyota developing a prototype for a Hybrid car back in 1987 or Suncor in Alberta making a decision to develop the tar sands when the price of a barrel of oil was headed towards $5/...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 29, 2007
Neil McIntyre is a Canadian (almost finished his CA) who blogs, pretty unusual for an accounting professional. He wrote a great little article titled 6 quick facts about the capital gains exemption in...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 29, 2007
Neil McIntyre is a Canadian (almost finished his CA) who blogs, pretty unusual for an accounting professional. He wrote a great little article titled 6 quick facts about the capital gains exemption in...
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Economic Outlook
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 28, 2007
Despite concern over the impact of a slowdown in the U.S. the Canadian economy seems to be doing pretty well.
Hiring growth was led by Alberta in the natural resources, trade and transportation sect...
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Taxes
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 26, 2007
Wow, this is something I thought I would never see a politician state publicly, one of those things like "When pigs fly!" and "Hell freezes over." Well apparently, pigs fly and hel...
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Government
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 24, 2007
Surprise!
This is a business pal you never knew you had. You can find them at www.bizpla.ca
BizPaL helps you generate a personalized list of the business documents you need for the levels of govern...
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Outsourcing
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 23, 2007
Outsourcing has grown in popularity over the years but according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers Canadian companies are more likely to outsource and create partnerships:
Customers in Australia, ...
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Entrepreneurship
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 21, 2007
This is an interesting interview from the Chicago Tribune.
They interviewed David Campbell is chairman and chief executive of Acco Brands Corp. One of the largest suppliers of branded office-supply p...
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Canadian Business Resources
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 20, 2007
Hurray! Women Presidents Organization coming to Vancouver.
The Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) will host a Vancouver chapter kickoff reception on Wednesday, May 23 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. ...
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Entrepreneurship
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 18, 2007
From Atlantic Canada comes the second "Carnival of Small Business Issues". Nice to see another canuck providing thought leadership and contributing to the small business online community.
T...
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Economic Outlook
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 17, 2007
The Financial Post cites Alberta being at the center of Canada's inflationary problems. Alberta's growth of nearly 7% is unusual but is being driven by the fact that Alberta is sitting on the ...
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Marketing
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 16, 2007
Is there a segment of potential customers who are consistently under served? This would be a group of potential customers whose needs are not currently being met by their current supplier.
This group...
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Startup
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 15, 2007
So, you are thinking of starting your own business? The rewards can be significant. It is easy to get excited and carried away with enthusiasm.
Do you have what it takes? The intent of this article i...
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Entrepreneurship
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 14, 2007
I was looking over my friend Ed Brenegar's blog and noticed that he interviewed popular singer and song writer Christine Kane. I have read Christine's blog previously and was impressed with th...
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Business Blogging
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 12, 2007
When I first started writing online I wrote to record what I was learning, attract visitors interested in small business topics, and build business relationships. Once in awhile someone would contact ...
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Marketing
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 10, 2007
Yesterday, on the Remote Control CEO, I wrote linked to a fresh resource about baby boomers, women in business, a new book about Boomer women and a blog about everything relating to boomers.
If you ar...
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Business Banking
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 9, 2007
I stumbled upon Scotia Bank's new program announced May 7 to help entrepreneurs get new business of to a running start.
"Scotiabank's 1,500 small business experts work with customers pro...
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Sponsored Posts
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 7, 2007
Courtesy D and B Canada, here is some great info on extending credit.
Extending credit -- it's the careful balance of limiting risk and maximizing profitability while maintaining a competitive ed...
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Business Blogging
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 4, 2007
Blogs have become A powerful tool to educate, inform and build relationships with clients and prospects alike. To do this requires giving away information. The Internet has a set of community values a...
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Entrepreneurship
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 3, 2007
They have leadership skills. They are their own best leader and understand leading others is NOT about changing people. It is about changing, growing and working on themselves.
They lead by example. ...
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Business Blogging
by Greg Balanko-Dickson on May 2, 2007
Thanks to my dear friends, Rosa Say and Toni Howard, we just returned to Maui from the Big Island today.
We were in a cabin in the rain forest and without Internet access for about five days.
I sto...
