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Strategy

What Matt Damon Can Teach You About Sales

Can’t see the video? Click here. Warning: If you are at work or around the kids DO NOT play this clip, there is a ton of profanity.  Just wait until you get home or find yourself a pair of good headphones or even a closet at work. This probably had to be one of my [...]

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Your Football Strategy & Preparation – What Business Owners Can Learn From Football Players & Coaches

I played College football a very long time ago, well perhaps not that long ago.  And during football season we spent a ton of time strategizing and preparing relative to how long we actually played the game.  In business we are constantly in the game but how much effort (not necessarily time) do we put [...]

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GROUPON.COM in Toronto? This is the Power of Crowds.

Ok,  so Chris Brogan did a post on this a few days ago and when I saw it, I thought it was genius.  My next thought was that this would work very well in Toronto.  There are tons of businesses, that provide good unique products and services, that need to generate more traffic through their [...]

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Pitching to People with Money – Angels & Dragons

Are you getting ready to raise some cash for your business?  Are you thinking about growing your business with private equity?  If you answered yes to any of those questions, I would highly recommend that you check out the Dragon’s Den on CBC.  The show is very educational, especially for young entrepreneurs, who are pitching [...]

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A Response to Seth Godin’s Harvesting Article

On June 7th, Seth Godin penned another excellent piece on Harvesting.  To summarize, Seth hits on the fact that starting, running and developing a business takes time and a huge amount of effort; and at the end of the day, when you have toiled and perspired, you should be able to harvest the opportunity. Furthermore, [...]

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Building A Non-Profit Rockstar : The Strategic Plan

Last week I had the opportunity to begin working with Alicia Mathlin – a very good friend – on her latest venture, SheShouldKnow, an organization created to prepare and empower young women with the skills necessary to become self-sufficient in all aspects of their lives.  Inspired by her desire to giveback and provide guidance to [...]

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“Hey Jarel, I Am Starting A Business”

Every  day I get questions from friends and friends of friends who are starting businesses or trying to grow their existing businesses. This is the latest conversation that I had with a young lady who is starting her own business in the fashion industry.  FYI, I have edited the following email string to protect her [...]

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