By Soulla Lindo There are many steps to starting a new business.There is getting up the courage to do it. There is coming up with a business plan. There is also that little detail called an idea. But there is also something that is so straight forward and fundamental that it often gets overlooked. What…
Tag Archive: Small business
Unique Talent
By Darrell Cook Each of us possesses a unique talent specific to our passions and skills that is truly one of a kind. This quality is the one that sets you apart from everyone else. It can be hard to recognize your talent if you don’t take a good look at what it is that…
An Interview with Sharon Chai, owner of the award-winning Bamboobino Line of Products
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. Bamboobino is an award-winning line of children’s clothing, bedding, accessories and towels made from soft, eco-friendly bamboo and organic cotton. I had been using bamboo towels and products for years, and upon finding out about bamboo’s wonderful properties (such as more absorbency…
An Interview with Nadine Strom, owner of Einai Designs in North Vancouver, B.C.
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. I attended Fashion Design school at Kwantlen College. After graduating, my sister asked me to make a few pairs of boxer shorts for her boyfriend. She went out and bought some fabric and I went ahead and made the boxers. There was…
An Interview with Larry Krupski, of Jacobs Hardware on Queen Street in Toronto
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. Samuel Jacobs founded Jacobs Hardware in 1925 at 422 Queen St.W. He and his family lived above the store. It was very successful, but when Samuel Jacobs died in 1942, his son David gave up his furnace installation business to take over….
SMB Spotlight: Beechmount Pool Services
Our How’s Business correspondent Randy Cooray chats with small business owner Rene Olsen about what it takes to run his company: Beechmount Pool Services.
Understanding the value of your business: Part II
By Mark Wardell (Continued from Wednesday) When it comes down to it, it’s all about systemization. As you answer the following questions, you’ll develop a more accurate picture of what you’ll need to work on to systematically increase your value. Mini-Diagnostic: • Does your company have a 3-5 year Strategic Objective, outlining your overall goals?…
Understanding the value of your business: Part I
By Mark Wardell Having worked with business owners of all kinds for close to 20 years, I have learned that, pretty much universally, entrepreneurs have a difficult time understanding what it is that makes their businesses truly valuable. Value is an illusive measurement. Revenues, assets, profits, and so forth, are all fairly simple to read…
An Interview with Ian Fraser, owner of Busy Bee Beeswax in Tweed, Ontario
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. In the spring of 2001, I was working in the fibre optics industry in Ottawa and was laid off, along with about 10,000 people across the region. So I moved to my cottage and tried to figure out how I could eke…
An Interview with Gordon Robert of Stoney Ridge Estate Winery in Vineland, Ontario
By Donna Marrin Tell us a bit about the history of Stoney Ridge Estate Winery. Stoney Ridge was founded in 1985, at a time when the Ontario wine industry was just in its infancy. In fact, Stoney Ridge was only the 18th winery to be licensed in Ontario. The winery was founded by winemaker, Jim…
Tag Archive: Small business
Ready, set, hang on a second…
By Soulla Lindo There are many steps to starting a new business.There is getting up the courage to do it. There is coming up with a business plan. There is also that little detail called an idea. But there is also something that is so straight forward and fundamental that it often gets overlooked. What…
Unique Talent
By Darrell Cook Each of us possesses a unique talent specific to our passions and skills that is truly one of a kind. This quality is the one that sets you apart from everyone else. It can be hard to recognize your talent if you don’t take a good look at what it is that…
An Interview with Sharon Chai, owner of the award-winning Bamboobino Line of Products
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. Bamboobino is an award-winning line of children’s clothing, bedding, accessories and towels made from soft, eco-friendly bamboo and organic cotton. I had been using bamboo towels and products for years, and upon finding out about bamboo’s wonderful properties (such as more absorbency…
An Interview with Nadine Strom, owner of Einai Designs in North Vancouver, B.C.
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. I attended Fashion Design school at Kwantlen College. After graduating, my sister asked me to make a few pairs of boxer shorts for her boyfriend. She went out and bought some fabric and I went ahead and made the boxers. There was…
An Interview with Larry Krupski, of Jacobs Hardware on Queen Street in Toronto
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. Samuel Jacobs founded Jacobs Hardware in 1925 at 422 Queen St.W. He and his family lived above the store. It was very successful, but when Samuel Jacobs died in 1942, his son David gave up his furnace installation business to take over….
SMB Spotlight: Beechmount Pool Services
Our How’s Business correspondent Randy Cooray chats with small business owner Rene Olsen about what it takes to run his company: Beechmount Pool Services.
Understanding the value of your business: Part II
By Mark Wardell (Continued from Wednesday) When it comes down to it, it’s all about systemization. As you answer the following questions, you’ll develop a more accurate picture of what you’ll need to work on to systematically increase your value. Mini-Diagnostic: • Does your company have a 3-5 year Strategic Objective, outlining your overall goals?…
Understanding the value of your business: Part I
By Mark Wardell Having worked with business owners of all kinds for close to 20 years, I have learned that, pretty much universally, entrepreneurs have a difficult time understanding what it is that makes their businesses truly valuable. Value is an illusive measurement. Revenues, assets, profits, and so forth, are all fairly simple to read…
An Interview with Ian Fraser, owner of Busy Bee Beeswax in Tweed, Ontario
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. In the spring of 2001, I was working in the fibre optics industry in Ottawa and was laid off, along with about 10,000 people across the region. So I moved to my cottage and tried to figure out how I could eke…
An Interview with Gordon Robert of Stoney Ridge Estate Winery in Vineland, Ontario
By Donna Marrin Tell us a bit about the history of Stoney Ridge Estate Winery. Stoney Ridge was founded in 1985, at a time when the Ontario wine industry was just in its infancy. In fact, Stoney Ridge was only the 18th winery to be licensed in Ontario. The winery was founded by winemaker, Jim…
Tag Archive: Small business
Ready, set, hang on a second…
By Soulla Lindo There are many steps to starting a new business.There is getting up the courage to do it. There is coming up with a business plan. There is also that little detail called an idea. But there is also something that is so straight forward and fundamental that it often gets overlooked. What…
Unique Talent
By Darrell Cook Each of us possesses a unique talent specific to our passions and skills that is truly one of a kind. This quality is the one that sets you apart from everyone else. It can be hard to recognize your talent if you don’t take a good look at what it is that…
An Interview with Sharon Chai, owner of the award-winning Bamboobino Line of Products
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. Bamboobino is an award-winning line of children’s clothing, bedding, accessories and towels made from soft, eco-friendly bamboo and organic cotton. I had been using bamboo towels and products for years, and upon finding out about bamboo’s wonderful properties (such as more absorbency…
An Interview with Nadine Strom, owner of Einai Designs in North Vancouver, B.C.
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. I attended Fashion Design school at Kwantlen College. After graduating, my sister asked me to make a few pairs of boxer shorts for her boyfriend. She went out and bought some fabric and I went ahead and made the boxers. There was…
An Interview with Larry Krupski, of Jacobs Hardware on Queen Street in Toronto
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. Samuel Jacobs founded Jacobs Hardware in 1925 at 422 Queen St.W. He and his family lived above the store. It was very successful, but when Samuel Jacobs died in 1942, his son David gave up his furnace installation business to take over….
SMB Spotlight: Beechmount Pool Services
Our How’s Business correspondent Randy Cooray chats with small business owner Rene Olsen about what it takes to run his company: Beechmount Pool Services.
Understanding the value of your business: Part II
By Mark Wardell (Continued from Wednesday) When it comes down to it, it’s all about systemization. As you answer the following questions, you’ll develop a more accurate picture of what you’ll need to work on to systematically increase your value. Mini-Diagnostic: • Does your company have a 3-5 year Strategic Objective, outlining your overall goals?…
Understanding the value of your business: Part I
By Mark Wardell Having worked with business owners of all kinds for close to 20 years, I have learned that, pretty much universally, entrepreneurs have a difficult time understanding what it is that makes their businesses truly valuable. Value is an illusive measurement. Revenues, assets, profits, and so forth, are all fairly simple to read…
An Interview with Ian Fraser, owner of Busy Bee Beeswax in Tweed, Ontario
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. In the spring of 2001, I was working in the fibre optics industry in Ottawa and was laid off, along with about 10,000 people across the region. So I moved to my cottage and tried to figure out how I could eke…
An Interview with Gordon Robert of Stoney Ridge Estate Winery in Vineland, Ontario
By Donna Marrin Tell us a bit about the history of Stoney Ridge Estate Winery. Stoney Ridge was founded in 1985, at a time when the Ontario wine industry was just in its infancy. In fact, Stoney Ridge was only the 18th winery to be licensed in Ontario. The winery was founded by winemaker, Jim…
Tag Archive: Small business
Ready, set, hang on a second…
By Soulla Lindo There are many steps to starting a new business.There is getting up the courage to do it. There is coming up with a business plan. There is also that little detail called an idea. But there is also something that is so straight forward and fundamental that it often gets overlooked. What…
Unique Talent
By Darrell Cook Each of us possesses a unique talent specific to our passions and skills that is truly one of a kind. This quality is the one that sets you apart from everyone else. It can be hard to recognize your talent if you don’t take a good look at what it is that…
An Interview with Sharon Chai, owner of the award-winning Bamboobino Line of Products
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. Bamboobino is an award-winning line of children’s clothing, bedding, accessories and towels made from soft, eco-friendly bamboo and organic cotton. I had been using bamboo towels and products for years, and upon finding out about bamboo’s wonderful properties (such as more absorbency…
An Interview with Nadine Strom, owner of Einai Designs in North Vancouver, B.C.
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. I attended Fashion Design school at Kwantlen College. After graduating, my sister asked me to make a few pairs of boxer shorts for her boyfriend. She went out and bought some fabric and I went ahead and made the boxers. There was…
An Interview with Larry Krupski, of Jacobs Hardware on Queen Street in Toronto
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. Samuel Jacobs founded Jacobs Hardware in 1925 at 422 Queen St.W. He and his family lived above the store. It was very successful, but when Samuel Jacobs died in 1942, his son David gave up his furnace installation business to take over….
SMB Spotlight: Beechmount Pool Services
Our How’s Business correspondent Randy Cooray chats with small business owner Rene Olsen about what it takes to run his company: Beechmount Pool Services.
Understanding the value of your business: Part II
By Mark Wardell (Continued from Wednesday) When it comes down to it, it’s all about systemization. As you answer the following questions, you’ll develop a more accurate picture of what you’ll need to work on to systematically increase your value. Mini-Diagnostic: • Does your company have a 3-5 year Strategic Objective, outlining your overall goals?…
Understanding the value of your business: Part I
By Mark Wardell Having worked with business owners of all kinds for close to 20 years, I have learned that, pretty much universally, entrepreneurs have a difficult time understanding what it is that makes their businesses truly valuable. Value is an illusive measurement. Revenues, assets, profits, and so forth, are all fairly simple to read…
An Interview with Ian Fraser, owner of Busy Bee Beeswax in Tweed, Ontario
By Donna Marrin Tell us about your business and how you started it. In the spring of 2001, I was working in the fibre optics industry in Ottawa and was laid off, along with about 10,000 people across the region. So I moved to my cottage and tried to figure out how I could eke…
An Interview with Gordon Robert of Stoney Ridge Estate Winery in Vineland, Ontario
By Donna Marrin Tell us a bit about the history of Stoney Ridge Estate Winery. Stoney Ridge was founded in 1985, at a time when the Ontario wine industry was just in its infancy. In fact, Stoney Ridge was only the 18th winery to be licensed in Ontario. The winery was founded by winemaker, Jim…
