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- Wealth: Be the banker
Private mortgage investments are a relatively low-risk vehicle that offers shelter from volatile equity markets - Management sucks
As employer-rating websites proliferate, so too will criticism of your firm. how should you respond? - X,Y, Zoom
Never before have Canadian entrepreneurs had to manage and motivate a workforce as generationally diverse as today's employees. Here's your quick reference guide to getting the most out of the three key generational cohorts - Patent depending
Protecting your intellectual property from would-be competitors could be the most valuable move you ever make — or maybe just the costliest. Here's how to select the safeguard that's right for you. - The biggest lie in business
Most entrepreneurs deceive themselves by claiming to know their competitive advantage. Discover the truth about your company, and you can send your sales soaring. [Honestly!] - Listening to customers: Sandbox solutions
Listen closely to your customers, and they could take you into lucrative markets you’d previously resisted. - 5 lessons from the federal election
Winning and losing voters is a lot like winning and losing customers. - Security: Stop, thief?
Can you protect your business from today’s increasingly sophisticated crooks? - Retention strategies: Barriers to exit
Worry less about keeping recruiters out and more about keeping employees in. - Pursuits: Biking to your liking
Just like running your own business, mountain biking delivers plenty of thrills and few spills. - Dragons’ Den: Fly like a dragon
What does it take to build a great business? Ask these super-successful entrepreneurs-turned-investors. - Going for brokers
Having built Canada's hottest young growth star, Alex Haditaghi is now patiently pursuing his goal of becoming North America's No. 1 mortgage middleman. - Bruce Poon Tip: Growth guru
Bruce Poon Tip used product innovation, savvy marketing and smart hiring to build the world’s largest adventure-travel company. Now, despite a lawsuit from retail giant Gap Inc., a consolidating industry and the headline-grabbing sinking of his Antarctic cruise ship, Poon Tip has a more crucial task: to stay entrepreneurial against the odds. - Recruiting: Let them have pie
Smart, motivated employees are key to keeping Wellington West on top of its game. In return, they’re rewarded with a share of the company. - Ring the alarm?
Canadian consumers are anxious about the state of the economy, but they’re not panicking. - Exporting: Perfect vision
By exploiting its competitive edge with laser-like focus, Revision Eyewear has built a platform for bigger breakthroughs. - Startup capital: Completing the circuit
A new online community hopes to connect more startups to capital by applying mass collaboration to venture investing. - Ask the legends: Boston Pizza’s Melville & Treliving
The owners of Canada’s largest casual-dining chain serve up their best advice on managing growth, working with partners and running a roadside restaurant. - 2008 Wealth Guide: How I invest
The wealth-building strategies of successful entrepreneurs. - Scuba diving: Into the deep
Scuba diving is your ticket to action and attractions you won’t find above water. And it’s easier than it looks. - Recruiting: Close the hire!
Sorry, HR, but if you want to hire today’s best employees, you need to take a lesson from sales and marketing. - Kelly the Intern
PROFIT’s MBA-equipped researcher on staying cool when a tough economy and tougher rivals try to rough you up. - 2008 Sales Handbook: Test - Nurturing sales leads
Cultivating sales prospects is essential to your firm's growth. Take this true/false test to learn whether your lead-generation strategy will bear fruit. - 2008 Sales Handbook: Hiring – How to hook a sales hero
It’s never been easy to find great salespeople, and it’s only getting harder. We asked entrepreneurs and sales gurus to reveal what works best to attract top sales reps. - 5 Lessons from American Idol
Love it or hate it, the teachings of the billion-dollar-a-year TV franchise should be music to every entrepreneur’s ear. - 2008 Sales Handbook: Body language - Phrases of the flesh
Learn to speak body language, and watch your sales soar. - Medical tourism: Sun, sand and stitches
Are you an impatient patient? Medical tourism can put you on the fast-track to better health. - Firing employees: Goose bumps
The thought of terminating toxic employees is terrifying when they’re the guardians of vital knowledge or valuable relationships. Here’s how to do it without losing the golden egg. - Debt collection: Doug, the bounty hunter
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