I is for innovation

By Sharon Dotan I recently attended the Canadian Innovation Exchange (aka CIX) and heard a wonderful keynote by Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, and a passionate advocate for… Continue reading I is for innovation

Customer dis-service. Seller beware!

Reposted from blogpad By Jeff Bowman I oncehad a wonderful experience with a customer service representative from a local store that I frequent. The woman was courteous, smiling, had a… Continue reading Customer dis-service. Seller beware!

Market intelligence vital to success

By Sharon Dotan As moderator James Sbrolla said it best, it figures that a panel of three brilliant women would be participating in a session on market intelligence. Last week’s… Continue reading Market intelligence vital to success

Mentors- filling the experience gap

By David Pasieka Fresh out of school I started my career at one of the icons of Canadian business – Bell Canada. Included in the icon group were other national… Continue reading Mentors- filling the experience gap

The Great Canadian Innovation competition

By Av Utukuri In my last blog I told you that Canadians seem to be a pretty innovative lot, but that knowing where to turn for help and, particularly, being… Continue reading The Great Canadian Innovation competition

Traditional sales bunk

By Jeff Bowman Step right up ladies and gentleman, you won’t believe your eyes, let me direct your attention, you’ll be amazed! We all know that selling is the oldest… Continue reading Traditional sales bunk

Access to smart capital

By Hari Venkatacharya We have all been there- we are introduced to an early stage company that has an amazing technological innovation; they have put a core team together, raised… Continue reading Access to smart capital

Sarcasm and other things face to face

By Stephen Rhodes I’ve discovered sarcasm doesn’t always play well in email, or on Twitter. It’s a waste of time in a text message. Duh!!!! works but it doesn’t really… Continue reading Sarcasm and other things face to face

Building a web presence

By Radi Hindawi You hire a graphic consultant to develop a web presence for your company. After months of investing your resources and time and even more months of overcoming… Continue reading Building a web presence

Our greatest challenge

By Av Utukuri Being heavily involved in innovation and commercialisation, earlier this year I had a study commissioned through Leger and Leger to try to clearly understand what Canadians really… Continue reading Our greatest challenge