Archive for the ‘business resource’ Category
Social Media: Comment on Facebook’s Timeline Takes Off
January 19th, 2012
Jeff DeChambeau, a Senior Analyst at T4G, an IT services company, made a comment on a start-up community site (Facebook timeline is too awful to be an accident) on how Facebook is manipulating user behaviour to increase brain activity and increase susceptibility to advertising , along with a link to his personal blog.
Result: 35,000 hits in 24 hours.
Then CBS News/Techtalk contacted him and created an article on over-sharing information around the topic and quoted him.
Nice to see a positive example of an insight being spread around the Net.
Toronto Small Business Workshop Series
November 2nd, 2011
Debbi Arnold of D.A. Consulting is presenting Small Business Workshops at the Miles Nadal JCC (750 Spadina Ave, at Bloor). The next two are:
Time Management: November 4, 2011. 10:30am-12:30pm. Learning effective time management skills to set yourself up for success
Marketing 101: November 11, 2011. 9:15am-12pm. Learn marketing fundamentals to build a successful business.
Each seminar is $40. Register online via Paypal at http://www.daconsult.ca/
Free Business Assessment Tool for Small Business
September 29th, 2011
Bruce Hunter, CEO of Lighthouse 360 reports that 93% of business owners have no plan on how to increase the value of their business. Much of this stems from the entrepreneur “working in the business” rather than “working on the business”.
Bruce has a useful tool on his website – a free business assessment tool that can get a small business owner started down the path of thinking more strategically around the growth and how to manage it.
BOSS Toronto Business Networking Event
September 6th, 2011
BOSS System, a premier B2B Toronto business networking organization in the GTA, is having their big quarterly event this Thursday Sept 7 at the Old Mill Restaurant/Convention Centre in Toronto’s West End. There will be presentations, vendor exhibits, structured networking to build business contacts and give-aways as well.
TorontoSmallBusiness.com, in partnership with SouthCostaRica.com, is giving away one week’s accommodation at the luxury vacation Villa Mariposa as a draw prize.
For event details, visit the BOSS website
Sixteen Ontario Businesses to work with Seneca College
August 23rd, 2011
Through an investment from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, sixteen small- and medium-sized businesses will work with Seneca College to develop new technologies, conduct research and bring business and technology ideas to market.
It’s an interesting list of companies focused on plastics, personal mobility, health, security and many more.
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Resource for Ontario Small Business
July 12th, 2011
The Ontario government has a resource site for small business owners, covering registration, starting up, possible venues for grants and loans and more. Here’s the link:
Ontario Small Business
For getting found on the Internet once your small business is set up, visit TorontoSmallBusiness.com
Business Networking Groups
May 2nd, 2011
As part of their small business series, the Globe & Mail published this article on the importance of business networking. One networking group not mentioned in BOSS Business Owner Success System, which takes a novel approach to “speed networking” plus offers group purchasing benefits.
Globe Article Link
Business Continuity Planning for Small Business
June 9th, 2010
We don’t spend much time thinking about how a natural disaster (think ice storm or flood) can impact the operation of your small business through loss of power, internet access or even physical access to your office or plant.
Having contingency plans is a good idea (starting with data backups!)
Here’s an article from CTV that scopes the issues:
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HST Transition Credit for Small Business
May 18th, 2010
The Ontario government is providing one-time assistance to small businesses who have to make change to their POS and accounting systems for the upcoming Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) that comes into effect in Ontario on July 1, 2010.
This website and download information can help a small businesses understand if they are eligible for a small business transition support payment called “Small Business Transition Credit”.
Ontario HST Website
Sales Spider gets Good Press for Small Business Networking
May 13th, 2010
Sales Spider, the entrepreneur network for small business, home business and business opportunity, just got a big write-up in the Toronto Globe and Mail. The founder Russell Rothstein shares how he looked at other social networking sites to create a business networking site.
Read Article Here
Sales Spider Website
