Lack of funds is usually the biggest concern among aspiring entrepreneurs. Securing the much-needed capital can be daunting, but this should not discourage you from pursuing and eventually building your own businesses.       Establishing small enterprises with little capital is feasible. There are numerous examples of companies worldwide that started out with very minimal funding […]

TORONTO — Vic Fedeli, Minister of Finance, has completed a successful week-long investor relations tour of the U.K., France and Germany, during which the messages of Ontario’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and being open for business and open for jobs were heard loud and clear by international investors and CEOs. Minister Fedeli met with business […]

Being an entrepreneur has awarded me a number of personal and professional successes. It has been exciting, fulfilling and a lifelong dream worth pursuing. You probably sense a “but” coming, and your instincts are on point. The entrepreneur journey is not a road free of obstacles. In fact, it can be a mountainous backroad with […]

Companies across the globe are coping with major disruption caused by enterprises such as Amazon in retail and Uber in transportation. Where are they innovating and seeking growth? Gabriel Hamani is CEO of BHI, a division of Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s leading financial institution. He discusses some of the key trends BHI is seeing among its […]

Adopting the Right Mindset for Experiential Marketing Steve Kurniawan is content marketing and digital marketing strategy of Nine Peaks Media. He outlined some of the concepts small businesses need to pay attention to before they get started. “The main idea is customers are more likely to buy based on emotion, not logic,” he writes. He […]

Having a company cofounder, someone to share the burden of starting a new business, can be a key factor in its success. But it’s a relationship that can evolve over time and at various stages of the business journey can become fraught. In short, starting up with another founder has its pros and cons, as […]

Running a small business may not seem too challenging from a distance. After all, it’s a small business, so how much operational and management work could there be? But since I started my own agency, I’ve realized that running a small business or firm isn’t as easy as it looks. The good news is that […]

It’s often said that 50% of startups fail within the first three to four years, and most don’t even make it past two. I used to have a hard time understanding why there was such a high failure rate, despite all the facts and statistics, but after pushing through those first four years, experiencing the […]

As the CEO of a public company, your job is twofold: ensuring profitability and protecting shareholders. That’s likely a big reason why the board of Silicon Valley darling Snowflake Computing recently named Frank Slootman its new CEO. The ex-Greylock Partners VC has already taken two tech companies public, and his appointment as CEO of Snowflake […]

Becoming a successful business owner or let’s say a well-known entrepreneur is a dream, everybody, work all their lives but have you ever thought if you really have it all that it takes to become what you desire? You may browse the internet for such habits and routine that will take you there, but the […]