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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Look for the rising tides -- and leave some upside on the table

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Toronto-based Yung Wu, a serial entrepreneur and former chair of MaRS Innovation District, offers the best one-page Entreprenurs' Playbo...
Thursday, December 04, 2025

Message to local governments: How best to help your most ambitious entrepreneurs

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The best blog topics surface organically. This post began as a Linkedin discussion with my friend and NextStars colleague, Saeed Zienali.  S...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Launching a Longshot: Never give up on your dreams

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Rocket Lab is a New Zealand spacecraft company founded in New Zealand that I wrote about several years ago. The founder, non-engineer but ro...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

We interrupt this blog for lions, elephants, giraffes and a warthog

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 Someone suggested I post some of my South Africa safari pictures here. My response: try and stop me! I flew into Johannesburg in February, ...
Monday, September 15, 2025

Getting Started with AI in your Business

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Today I recorded a podcast with Google's Natasha Walji about how AI is changing the game for Canadian entrepreneurs. (I will link to the...
Friday, August 22, 2025

CEOs are in the simplification business

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I just sent a note to a friend embarking on his first business media project, to help him understand his audience. Business leaders are a co...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Five Rules for Selling to Small Business

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

"Never close the door on someone wanting help"

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My friend Michael Hughes , a networking coach/advisor in Ottawa, believes relationships are the root of business success. He underscored tha...
Friday, July 18, 2025

"Talk to 100 customers"

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Talking to some startup entrepreneurs yesterday, I  got the definite feeling they haven't spent enough time talking to customers. It rem...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

The Canadian Entrepreneurship Advantage

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In Dubai yesterday, as part of my work with NextStars, a Toronto-based business advisory/mentoring firm, I gave a speech to a group of entre...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Why are Trump's lies so effective?

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 As a lifelong journalist (I co-founded a classroom newspaper in grade 5), I have always venerated truth. Which is why serial liar Donald Tr...
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Writer, speaker and consultant on business growth, entrepreneurship and opportunity. Former editor of PROFIT Magazine, former national entrepreneurship columnist for the Financial Post. My speaking topics include innovation, best practices, social media, and the future of business success.
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