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Imagine this is you. You awake one morning to discover your small business has hit the big time, firing on all cylinders and demand for what you do seems to never end. How do you personally respond to the growing needs for your services? Do you have the right team assembled? Are your policies, procedures [...]

As part of my ongoing relationship with American Express, I followed their recent “Take Off with American Express” contest and wanted to profile the winner, Trish Duncan. Who do you call in Toronto when you have a leaky roof?  Up until yesterday, I would turn to Google or the Yellow Pages to find a roofing [...]

In today’s competitive market, business owners are forced to deal with rising costs while trying to maintain the best prices for their customers. How you operate your small businesses is essential not only to running a highly profitable company, but to maintaining a competitive edge in the industry. It is crucial that business owners like [...]

“Cash is King” was one of the first lessons I learned from a mentor early on in my life as an entrepreneur.  “Never underestimate the importance of having a cash reserve in the bank”, he said. What Arlin Sorensen meant when he took me aside was too make sure that we kept a cash reserve [...]

October is our month to celebrate small business in Canada.   Canada was built on the hard work of our small businesses and they are the heart of the Canadian economy.  Working in the Canadian small business community as an IT consultant for the past 16 years, I have known this for a very long time.  [...]