Orchard Villa long term care: How experience and strong relationships helped us tackle an unknown pandemic
Author: A&O Contracting On the 24th of April, 2020, our long-term customer, Lakeridge Health, requested us to respond to the COVID19 pandemic outbreak at Orchard villa long term care home. At this point, much about the virus was still an unknown. It got its...
Business Success through Personal Growth: Foundational Training and Coaching
Author: Larry Lall, Business and Personal Coach The MECC Cornerstone Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “An army marches on its stomach.” He knew that the ability to feed his army determined the extent of his success for each conquest. Today, this lesson is more relevant...
The Process of Selling Your Business Has Already Begun
Author: Bill Black, President/Exit Planner Exit Planning Group When you started your business, it was probably obvious that you needed a plan. It may be less obvious, though, that when you leave your business, no matter how you do it, you’ll also need a plan. The...
Revolutionizing your Resolutions: Make 2021 a Year of Growth by Learning How to do Business in the Era of the Next Abnormal
Author: Ken Tencer - CEO, Spyder Works Inc. I think we can all agree, 2020 was quite a year. From a global pandemic to a rapidly changing work environment and economic uncertainty, the changes we’ve seen have come to affect us all. As CEOs, we’ve been left to find a...
Who Are Those Masked People on The Cover?
Author: Ellen McGregor, CEO Fielding Environmental Chair of MERG (Mississauga Economic Recovery Group) Even with a mask, you will no doubt recognize our illustrious MBOT Chair and partner with Speigel, Nichols, Fox - Susanne Balpataky, MBOT President & CEO - David...
Business as Usual In Unusual Times-How Our Essential Plumbing Business Makes It Work During the Global Pandemic
Authors: Mike and Vesna Kolakovic, Owners Mr. Rooter® Plumbing of Mississauga ON During the COVID-19 global pandemic, essential businesses like plumbing have been key to ensuring people have access to the products and services they need to survive. We provide plumbing...
Helping Your Business: CECRA Applications – Who Can Apply and What is Covered
Author: KMB Law During the COVID-19 economic crisis, both commercial landlords and commercial tenants have suffered material impacts to their business and revenue streams. On April 16, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced the Canadian Emergency...
Not So Risky Business
This article is part of Credit Valley Conservation’s Greening Corporate Grounds Take Sustainability Outside series. We’re challenging businesses to think outside the box when it comes to corporate social and environmental sustainability. Business risk related to...
Feeling Uncertain During Times of Uncertainty
Author: TD It’s ok to feel uneasy Some Canadians may be experiencing feelings of uncertainty regarding their investments amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting market volatility. We understand. Between evolving news coverage, new working and living conditions and...
Identifying “The Gap”
Author: W.R. (Bill) Black CExP™, CFP ®, CEA®, CIM®, President / Exit Planner Business owners have a lot of information at their fingertips. There are calculators and assessments available for just about every aspect of your business and personal...
Protecting Remote Desktops at Home
Author: Robert Baird, CEO and President LOGIX Data Products Inc. Are you or your employees working from home? Whether this is a new environment for you, or you have been doing it all along, there are some things to consider when working remotely. You may find...
No Unicorns Need Apply
A new approach to innovation can level the playing field for emerging businesses – and leave Silicon Valley in the dust. By Ken Tencer, Spyder works Silicon Valley has brought us many dreams that have turned sour: social media that is anything but;...
What to do when the bank comes knocking
Author: KMB, Keyser Mason Ball, LLP The advantages and risks of entering into a forbearance agreement with your lender COVID-19 is creating financing difficulties for all businesses. It is now harder to pay lenders and suppliers. What can you do...
Mississauga Battles COVID-19 – Restart Your Business Safely
By Darren Dobson As the City of Mississauga reopens during phase two, business owners ponder what they need to do and where to get Personal Protective Equipment. First, all companies should follow the advice of the Province of Ontario and their local...
The Alchemy of Fear
Author: Tania Kolar At one time or another, most people have felt the unpleasant feelings induced by real or imagined fear. Fear can be immobilizing, but if we can take action to move past fear, we can transmute fear into exhilaration by taking small action amid...
The Importance of Keeping your Antivirus Software up to Date
Author: Stephanie Baird Marketing and Communications LOGIX Data Products Inc. My computer keeps asking me to run antivirus updates; is it even important? The short answer; yes. We know, we know, every program and its mother (as the idiom goes) wants you to do an...
The million-dollar differences between entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs
Author: Ken Tencer , Spyder Works Inc. In these disruptive days, no company can grow without studying the entrepreneurial successes of such firms as Amazon, Google, Virgin and Uber. But there’s another type of entrepreneur you should be studying that may be even more...
Understanding the Family-Business
Author: Philip J. Fogarty, KPMG Partner and GTA Audit Innovation Leader On the surface, family businesses share numerous traits with their non-familial peers. Dig deeper, however, and they are an entirely different breed. Priorities differ, issues of governance and...
