Shopify Inc. has become Canada’s first Internet start-up since the dot-com crash to reach a billion-dollar valuation, thanks to one of the largest venture financing in Canadian history. The Ottawa e-commerce software company enables small and medium-sized retailers to launch … Read More »
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A New Skool for Entrepreneurs
Introducing iBOC, a unique online resource that was created to develop the human being we call entrepreneur. Part people developer, part company accelerator, and part social network for entrepreneurs who want their businesses to make a difference in the world, … Read More »
Attack of the Profit Zombies
In the spirit of Halloween, I can’t help but observe that we are on the edge of a real-life zombie apocalypse. Okay, so maybe we aren’t technically running for our lives from the undead and arming ourselves with axes and … Read More »
Hopscotch Business Planning Process – Strategy
Business schools teach how to write a business plan: thorough, specific, methodological, rational. Not very much about business is rational though. The stock market is not rational; Supplier negotiations are not rational; Company valuations are not rational; Purchase decisions are … Read More »
Last Chance To Receive One Free Session
This is your last chance to take advantage of our bundle pricing for the ChangeMaker Accelerator. Register before Thursday, September 12 and you will save $50 on the overall cost when you book all five sessions to transform your business. … Read More »
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Tagged audacious results, Bundle Price, business, business advice, Business in Vancouver, changemaker, ChangeMaker Accelerator Series, Company Culture, Darrell Kopke, entrepreneur, Institute B, leadership, Manfred Vollmer, new skool business, Responsibility, sam perera, Vancouver
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Start By Throwing Your HR Practices Out the Window
“Everywhere I go I ask workers, How much of your time do you spend circumventing stupid rules and ridiculous demands that have nothing to do with what you were hired to perform? Rarely do I hear “under 50%.” The truth … Read More »
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Tagged audacious results, business, Company Culture, entrepreneur, Gallup, generosity, Institute B, leadership, Responsibility
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Friday Finance Weekly 84TH Edition
Greetings folks and a warm welcome to the 84TH Edition of Friday Finance Weekly. Let’s get the party started right away. The US is considering a number of tax reforms in order to address the $17 Trillion deficit and one … Read More »
Friday Finance Weekly 83RD Edition
Greetings folks and a warm welcome to the 83RD Edition of Friday Finance Weekly. My apologies for tardy state of this newsletter. I am switching to a new system over the next several weeks and this will ensure timely delivery … Read More »
A Generous Corporate Culture Pays Back In Equity Value
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from working with iconic success stories like Starbucks and lululemon, is that consistent, audacious results are founded in positive relationships. These positive relationships in turn are founded in personal responsibility. So if you think … Read More »
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Tagged accelerator companies, Benefit Corporations, business, Business in Vancouver, Company Culture, Corporations are not Evil, Culture of Generosity, entrepreneur, Equity Value, Institute B, James Heskett, John Kotter, new skool business, unreasonable business
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2013 List of the Best Businesses For the World
Our friends at B Lab have been busy. As of November 2012, approximately 650 companies have achieved B Corp status; 12 states have recognized the model so far. That means B Corp’s annual Best for the World list is only … Read More »