It’s another New Year. So what. You have already looked at too many year-end reviews and predictions for 2016.  The consensus seems to be...

All justified in the relentless pursuit of #1 in auto sales. Volkswagen's emission test cheating is just the most recent example of...

Young entrepreneurs seem to get all the attention, but there are also a lot of experienced Boomers considering entrepreneurship for the...

This year's Honda Classic was a fascinating and dramatic display of old talent coming back and new talent rising fast. What made it...

It's a painful lesson: a good business plan is not enough.  It is necessary, but not sufficient, to get financing. The first question...

Strategic Leadership + Effective Management It is my favourite theme and the owner/manager's biggest challenge: balancing strategic...

Some ideas for better results in your business A few years ago, I came up with “The Seven Biggest Mistakes that Entrepreneurs Make and...

It’s better to have a plan My unplanned retirement at 52 seems to have been successful, if I look back over the last 15 years, but I...

Before you agree too quickly, let me explain the acronym APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur, "How to publish a Book," is the title of...

Check out this video and tell me if you agree that it actually promotes the most negative stereotype of entrepreneurs as greedy and...

Enjoy the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but don't miss the opportunity to learn some lessons to help your business go for gold! You can...

We could all be even worse off, but let's hope it gets better from here. For most of us the impact on our businesses has been...

Some good business advice from a Canadian cabinet minister in the 1960's government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. Imagine that! I'm...

I recently gave a course at Concordia University on Entrepreneurship and a dozen enthusiastic young entrepreneurs passed with excellent...

So the course is over and a dozen enthusiastic young entrepreneurs passed with excellent marks. Will they all succeed as entrepreneurs?...

That was the advice of David Lank, Director of the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies at McGill, in a seminar last evening. I...

My next teaching challenge is to present the subject of Entrepreneurship in the Continuing Education program at Concordia University. Can...

I am just completing the teaching of two summer courses in Financial Management at Concordia University. It's time for their final exams...

I had lunch yesterday with a client and friend who represents for me the essence of entrepreneurship. (He is too modest and discrete for...