Category: Entrpreneurship

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Make it Here: Assembly Line to Save America

Us vs Them. Global vs Local. Unification vs Isolation. Which is it? Help thy neighbour or look out for thyself. The Internet has brought our world together. Like it or not. Just 5 days after Donald Trump jumped into the Apple-China manufacturing debate Tuesday, calling for Apple CEO Tim Cook to make Apple products in [...]

Donald Trump’s Advice on Being Successful: Screw China, Buy Aussie Hair Spray and Always Get Even

After spending a little more than a hour at Sydney’s Entertainment Centre with the flamboyant billionaire, otherwise known as “the Don”, it’s hard not to appreciate his candid in-your face intensity and dog-eat-dog business practices. At least with him, it’s not the usual blah blah blah tell them what they want to hear, politically correct [...]

Beyond Talent: Unleashing the Best from Within

Why is it that seemingly two people with similar talents can get such drastically different results? One seems to have the Midas touch where everything turns to gold. While the other never seems to get a break and is often found on the losing side of his goals or achievements.  I was reminded of John [...]

The Evolution of More: When Will We Ever Get It Right?

It seems in business, or any topic that involves money, most people’s mentality is that the bigger the number the better. After all doesn’t making $350K a year sound much better than $50K? Or better yet your company making $1B a quarter is much better than making $5M a quarter, right? Don’t get me wrong, [...]

Anatomy of A Web Business

I’m a big fan of DIY and their WordPress Thesis Theme. Over the past year or so they’ve come up with some really great information not only pertaining to blogging but also online business. Recently they posted an article called The Anatomy of a Web Business (The 10 Body Parts)…I agree with most of  their [...]

Marketing Ipads & Chicken Rotisseries: Is it all about the Presentation?

“Marketing high-tech products is pretty much all about persuading people and organizations that the disruption to their lives is worth the benefit they will ultimately derive from the product”. This quote was in a great article from the Ottawa Business Journal that I recently read. Great marketers know that we are motivated by two things, [...]

The Fisherman’s Story: What are you working for?

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village. As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish. The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many [...]

It’s About You, Not ‘How-To’

After watching the first few minutes of the disgraceful video about ‘Black Friday’ on Youtube last week coupled with an email from Nick Tart, the young co-author of What it Takes to Make More Money than Your Parents, describing the biggest complaint his readers had which was that his book didn’t give enough ‘how-to’ advice, I [...]

TIFF: Matching Celebrities with Entrepreneurship To Create The Ultimate Experience

I was barely two years-old when Murray “Dusty” Cohl had this passionate belief that the city of Toronto could and would support a film festival. To say I could relate to what he was thinking at that point in time would be ridiculous. However I can understand Roger Ebert’s comment of Dusty when he said, [...]

Return to Pangaea: Has the Pendulum Swung Back?

Pangaea  was the super-continent that presumably existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before it split into the current configuration. The name was coined in the scientific discussion of Alfred Wegener’s theory of the Continental drift. Although the 6.8 people that inhabit planet earth do not live geographically on one [...]