Archive for the ‘Canada’ Category
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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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.
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Proud to be a Toronto Small Business Owner
July 27th, 2010
TD Small Business Happiness Index reveals benefits of business ownership
TORONTO, July 26 /CNW/ – Ninety-eight per cent of Toronto business owners say owning their own business gives them a sense of pride and accomplishment. With this in mind, it’s not surprising that they are a happy group:
- Two-thirds would describe themselves as ‘very happy’
- 87% say they are happier owning and running their own business.
These are findings from the TD Small Business Happiness Index, which examined the attitudes and behaviours of North American small business owners in a dozen urban centres.
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Canada targets small business financing needs
April 22nd, 2010
Reuters – The Business Development Bank of Canada will make $500-million available to small and medium-sized businesses over three years to buy equipment get on-board with the recovery of the economy.
Small business give CIBC thumbs down
April 22nd, 2010
Bank ranks last in a CFIB poll measuring services for smaller businesses, while credit unions earn top grades.
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LinkedIn to open office in Toronto
March 29th, 2010
LinkedIn, the popular online social networking service for business professionals, announced Monday it plans to open an office in Toronto as part of an international expansion plan that has seen the U.S. Internet company set up shop in Australia, Ireland, The Netherlands, India and the United Kingdom.
In moving to establish a footprint in Canada in the next few months, LinkedIn plans to hire a full team, including a Canadian country manager who will help oversee the company’s ambitions to increase its user base, grow its advertising business and further its subscription and recruiting businesses here.
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Canadian Small Businesses ready to hire
March 22nd, 2010
From the Toronto Sun
More than one-third of Canadian small businesses expect to hire new employees and many are ready to take on increased risk, two signs that the country’s main driver of economic growth is picking up speed.
With increasing workloads expected, 38% of small business owners said they are planning to hire in the next year to manage the pickup, a finding in the Angus Reid Public Opinion poll conducted for the quarterly American Express Small Business Monitor found.
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Cashing in on solar power
March 14th, 2010
From the Hamilton Spectator
Ontario’s new solar-power price incentives have more and more Ontarians looking for pots of gold at the end of sunbeams.
The micro feed-in tariff or MicroFIT program, which pays a premium price for solar energy, is prompting homeowners to eye the power potential of their roofs as businesses spring up or expand to meet demand for solar panel installations.
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Canada risks missing digital revolution: Google CFO
March 14th, 2010
From the Financial Post Feb 24/10
From his office in Silicon Valley, Patrick Pichette has a unique view of the business landscape in his home country of Canada.
What he sees is a country in danger of missing out on international opportunities afforded by the Internet and the digital revolution that could turn Canadian businesses into global champions.
Yesterday, the Canadian-born chief financial officer of Web giant Google Inc. — a post he once held at BCE Inc. — was in Toronto to speak to a gathering of business leaders about using the Web to think beyond the borders of the Great White North.
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