Author: Brad Butt, Mississauga Board of Trade Local and Regional The Mississauga Board of Trade is the voice of business at the City of Mississauga and Region of Peel levels of government. COVID19 Pandemic All Governments have been focused…
Author: Tania Kolar At one time or another, most people have felt the unpleasant feelings induced by real or imagined fear. Fear can be immobilizing, but if we can take action to move past fear, we can transmute fear into…
Author: Stephanie Baird Marketing and Communications LOGIX Data Products Inc. My computer keeps asking me to run antivirus updates; is it even important? The short answer; yes. We know, we know, every program and its mother (as the idiom goes)…
Author: Ken Tencer , Spyder Works Inc. In these disruptive days, no company can grow without studying the entrepreneurial successes of such firms as Amazon, Google, Virgin and Uber. But there’s another type of entrepreneur you should be studying that…
Author: Philip J. Fogarty, KPMG Partner and GTA Audit Innovation Leader On the surface, family businesses share numerous traits with their non-familial peers. Dig deeper, however, and they are an entirely different breed. Priorities differ, issues of governance and succession…
A short history of Prism Care Corporation, 2019’s Small Business of the Year. Two decades ago, the commercial cleaning landscape was on the cusp of change. Expectations for what defined a safe and effective cleaning experience were beginning to evolve.…
Author: Ali Raza Jaffer, CPA, CGA, MBA, BComm, Chartered Professional Accountant Taking the leap in becoming an entrepreneur is one of the most impactful changes one goes through as they evolve in striving towards their goals. As the small business…
Do you have a post COVID security plan? Protecting your people, property and profit will be different as the province, Canada and the global economy returns to active status. What should you be considering as you strategize? Where are the…
April 11, 2017: The Mississauga Board of Trade (MBOT) supports the recommendations of the Mississauga Planning & Development Committee approved last night to create a Downtown Mississauga Community Improvement Plan. The staff report and recommendations were approved unanimously. That the…
By Echo Wang There are good businesses and there are outstanding ones. Those that differentiate themselves are the ones that truly thrive and stay in the minds of their customers. Coming up with proven ways to do this is the…
