by Mississauga Board of Trade | Jan 29, 2015 | Advantage Mississauga, Uncategorized, Youth
By Rosa Lokaisingh The communication gap between industry and academia is so wide that it has significantly impacted the high youth under-employment rate in Mississauga and surrounding areas. After conducting several Business and Student Engagement Focus Groups over...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Jan 28, 2015 | Human Resources, Research, Uncategorized
By Devin Kreuger “Why do I live where the air hurts my face?” I saw that message on Twitter recently, and it made me smile. But it brings to mind the fact that it is cold all the time these days… The daylight is elusive… It’s dark when we wake, and dark again when we...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Jan 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Teri Kirk No matter the size of your business or your industry sector, finding funding is one of the biggest and most common challenges faced by entrepreneurs today. The problem, however, is not the availability of funds – in fact, Canada offers one of the richest...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Jan 21, 2015 | Marketing, Uncategorized
By Lisa Kember If you use email marketing to grow your business, there are some challenges these days. Since the Canada Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) went into effect, you must get consent – either explicitly through the recipient opting in to receive your messages or...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Jan 20, 2015 | Marketing, Uncategorized
By Chris Hubbard Many entrepreneurs start marketing, become disappointed with the results, and stop. Then they get desperate and start again … and stop again. This cycle of marketing failure can be broken. With a little attention—and possibly some help and...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Jan 19, 2015 | Strategic Planning, Uncategorized
By Fred Pidsadny The answer to the question depends on who is being asked. The results of a major study of 1000 companies, government agencies and not-for-profits in over 50 countries, reported in Harvard Business, were rather shocking……well at least to...
