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How to Make Your Business Look Impressive

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

I’ve talked about sub-contracting and outsourcing a number of times before but I wanted to explore this issue further after some conversations I’ve had recently. A lot of sole proprietor consultants (like myself) have this feeling that we’ll never be taken seriously unless we have employees and a brick & mortar office. I don’t think [...]

How To Entertain Your Neighbours with Fake Lawyer Letters

Monday, July 14th, 2008

I apologize for being a bit lax on my blogging schedule these past few weeks. I will get back to some serious writing this week. I took a quasi-vacation last week in which I didn’t do a heck of a lot of work and played with my kids lots, drank beer, got a tan, hung [...]

Tired of Being Crammed Between Gen X and Gen Y?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

This is something that I swore I would never advertise because I feel it is a liability to my business - I am 30 years old. Now that I’ve put that out there, it’s a much more interesting conversation to explore why my age has been a liability in my business these past five years.
Let [...]

Fuel Efficiency - the VW 1L, 110 MPG Mustang and the Impact of Biofuel on Food Prices

Monday, July 7th, 2008

A trio of articles caught my attention this weekend - all of them related to our obsession with high fuel efficiency vehicles that lower our impact on the environment. We’ll start with a follow up on the VW 1L, then a story about a suspicious highly efficient Mustang and finally an interesting statistic about biofuels.
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The Hatemail Bag

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

When I go out to do research for clients, sometimes I have to send bulk mailers to a large number of people. Earlier this week, I had to send invitations for comments on a new post-secondary education program to several thousand people. Here are some of the better responses I got and how I responded [...]

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