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…
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 Teri Kirk Manufacturers, particularly those in the auto sector, may receive higher levels of government support in the coming year, according to the Liberal Government’s Throne Speech, released on Sept 12. Published once per year, the Throne Speech outlines…
By Jan van der Hoop We spend a lot of time answering questions from business leaders about how to hire the very best people for their business. Everybody wants the very best talent money can buy (in a perfect world…
By Jan van der Hoop If you ran a business with an 80% defect rate in a core product, what would you do? Truth is, that’s likely the defect rate in your company’s hiring decisions. If your organization is normal,…
By Ben Molfetta It is crucial for most businesses to get ranked as highly as possible in search engine results. There is a direct correlation between search engine rankings, website traffic and inbound leads. Much of your website’s ranking is…
