Great companies are easy to spot, but difficult to build
I’m sure if you asked 10 people the definition for a great company you would get 10 different answers. An employee might say a great company is one with a great pay and benefits package; a manager...
View ArticleHow to: turn information into knowledge
If you’re in business, you know the only way to grow is to keep learning. There is no shortage of new skills to learn and old ones to master. The internet’s infinite reach has made it easier than ever...
View ArticleAfter a short break we have returned to our improved program
Whoever coined the term, “a change is as good as a vacation” was both right and wrong. After seven-plus years of putting out Make It Business magazine, my business partner, Josh, and I took a little...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs optimistic despite gathering clouds
Since the 2008-2009 recession most small businesses I know have trimmed the sails, cut the fat and just about any other cliché you can think of that involves reducing costs. So I can imagine how they...
View ArticleSearching for keys to growth a process without end
Growth is shorthand for a lot of business virtues: new clients, increased revenues, innovation, expansion, success. Whether you’re gaining market share in a mature industry, or you’re cutting through...
View ArticleEven an old dog can learn a few new sales tricks
Just for a lark, I keyed in the word sales into Amazon.com. It came back with 1.1 million results. There is no shortage of advice on this topic and we, at Make It Business magazine, touch on it with...
View ArticleSpring is in the air – it’s time to clean up and cheer up
As I walked my daughter to her preschool recently, we stopped several times along the way to examine the buds and blossoms that were just breaking their winter cocoon. The gentle rain could not dampen...
View ArticleTrevor Linden on Business
The name Trevor Linden is synonymous with hockey excellence in Vancouver and BC. The accolades that Linden has collected over his 20-year career are prestigious and many: the Order of Canada, the Order...
View ArticleLinden brings captain qualities to the business world
He showed up to the interview with a cut on the bridge of his nose. If it were 2007, it might have been a souvenir from a cross-check to the face or a stick in the grill – and I wouldn’t have paid it a...
View ArticleBC needs more capital to fund its future
I recently attended a presentation by a colleague on the state of capital investment in BC’s high-tech sector. He gave a mixed review of the state of the sector. On the positive side, there are a lot...
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