Entrepreneur magazine has a great article titled "Small-Business Myths Busted" that contains 10 great myths. You do need to remember that Entrepreneur magazine is a US based magazine. Their...

If you are looking for ideas to start a small business in Canada, check out the Small Business Canada Best Business Opportunities 2006 article where Susan says: ...these are the business...

Forbes has a great article for small business owners, "If You Manage Nothing Else" with three tips on managing the cash flow in your business including 1) Get access to short-term credit....

I was shocked to learn that so many young MBA students are cheaters. Jeff Cornwall states that "we need to infuse legalistic ethics, but morality and values into business education." That...

Susan Ward from Small Business Canada is the Guide for this website from the About network. Susan does a lot of original writing and puts a lot of thought into the content she creates. She has...

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...

In a post with more than 50 Ways a Manager can get Employees to Quit Frank at Dumb Little Man has captured too many of the stupid little management tricks that self absorbed and out of touch managers...

According to the title on the Forbes article is "Small Businesses Turn Pessimistic" (U.S.). Chief among small-business owners' complaints in the NFIB survey is the difficulty...

The greatest opportunity you have to make sure that you get paid is when your sales team is making the sale and getting the credit application. Get your sales team to set proper expectations on...

A recent Statistics Canada's study has shown about half of all Canadians report using the Internet for personal use at work. Perhaps now is a good time to create a Internet Access Policy (IAP)...

I stumbled upon a wonderful resource for leadership. It is the Center for Creative Leadership. On September 21, 2006 from 1-2 PM (ET) they are putting on a webinar, "Implementing an Effective...

Overall we are number four (4) in the world for doing business but number one (1) for starting a business. Yahoo for us! You can view all the results over at the World Bank, Canada page. Apparently,...

Choosing to write an article about startup mistakes either means I have personally experienced business failure or I think I know more than I actually do. In my case it may be a bit of both. I do...

With 928 work related deaths from injuries and work-related diseases, safety is a serious health, safety, and management issue. On September 6, 2006 the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) announced...

Recognized as #1 NATIONAL "Business to Business" CONFERENCE & EXPO 2 Cities - One day only! VANCOUVER: OCTOBER 12, 2006 TORONTO: OCTOBER 19, 2006 The SOHO-SME reaches out to thousands...

I have been online long enough to remember the days that the banks were not online. Today that has all changed. I came across HSBC a growing Canadian Bank that has a small business resource area. if...

This will not happen to me or I will figure something out when something happens. Yesterday, I was the featured blogger at Rosa Say's "Joyful, Jubilant Learning" forum. I started...

Is it taking longer to collect customers outstanding invoices? What is the trend collecting your Accounts Receivables? It is not uncommon to see the financial health of your customers change over...

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...