Vancouver, BC, Canada

As the world descends on Vancouver, local businesses are reaping the benefits. But do the Olympic Games bring prosperity to everyone?

It is much easier to continue to do business in a time of crisis or inconvenience

You never know where your next great customer relationship or business partner relationship is until you reach out and meet them.By sitting in a coffee house in Vancouver BC I am in unfamiliar...

Nervous about the future? New survey shows you’re not alone.

Remember the Red Paperclip guy? The guy who made fourteen trades, starting with one red paperclip and ended up with a 3 bedroom home?

The old adage is true..... you may need to kiss a lot of frogs to meet your prince or princess in business. I recently met up

Lush Cosmetics Gets In The Spirit and Raises Awareness

I"m writing this from beautiful Vancouver, B.C. - looking out at majestic mountains. What a wonderful place to be. Next weekend, I am a volunteer for a charity event. I chuckled heartily when...

It is always very special when you can bring different parts of your life together - which is what I experienced this last week in several respects. I invited colleague, friend, and mentor...

It started with a simple conversation between me and a Canadian friend about the great service called "Nexus" at the U.S. / Canadian border where you can fairly quickly go through a special...

I'm in Vancouver heading to the Canadian praries ........ offering some time to ponder ideas, create new content, and enjoy a few days off. A wise sales leader reminded me the other day...

1-800-GOT-JUNK?, (http://www.1800gotjunk.com) headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, is a company devoted to junk and its people. How do they do it? Here´s a portion of a Q & A with the company´s spokeswoman, Lindsay...

Recently I had the privilege to meet co-authors Judy Thomson and Gayle Hallgren who released Work the Pond! — Use the Power of Positive Networking to Leap Forward in Work and Life ....

On this blog and elsewhere, I mention that I am not a marketer, but a true sales person through and through. Good or bad, whether running my own organization or assisting others to...

In Vancouver BC, the city government is considering creating a special property tax for home-based businesses. The gist of the reasoning is that: ....it's not fair for a home-based business to pay a...

I was thrilled to attend a fantastic one-day event in Vancouver, BC yesterday led by Michael Port , the "guy to call when you're tired of thinking small." I met Michael two years...

Just a quick post today as I continue to soak up Vancouver BC. Here's an interesting little post from Management Issues about how people who are all talk are often no action....