Originally published in the Globe and Mail. As Richard Beaumont drove down the highway toward Herman Miller’s head office in Zeeland, Mich., in 2010, he felt equal parts excitement and fear. If the meeting with the office furniture giant went well, it would likely change the trajectory of his own small business, Toronto-based Green Standards […]
You may have heard the phrase “cash is king.” In small business, cash is not king; cash is air. Without it, the business cannot survive. It is its very lifeblood. For small businesses to grow and prosper, cash must be forecast, monitored, and ideally enhanced. Big business methodologies have some value in small business, but […]
Originally published in the Globe and Mail. Freshly crafted beer may be the star item on Yellow Dog Brewing’s product menu, but the Port Moody, B.C., microbrewery serves up much more than tasty ales. With a prime spot right across from the city’s biggest park and a backyard that includes a patio and picnic area, […]
Originally published in the Globe and Mail. For a while, the stamp card was the currency of customer rewards at Presotea Co. Ltd., a bubble tea retailer with 12 locations in the Greater Toronto Area. The system was simple: Card holders got an ink stamp for every bubble tea they bought and were rewarded with […]
The following article was originally published in The Globe and Mail on Wednesday, Feb. 05 2014, 5:00 AM EST. To read the full version of this article, click here. Long-life Laptop Battery the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want you to Have Fed up with the dwindling battery life of his BlackBerry Bold 9000, Carleton University chemistry […]
