A Path to Success

How the ant saved up for winter or Marketing saves your butt - Strategy #32 From the Trenches

Don’t forget to “put in your marketing time”. You won’t regret it when business slows down.

Create your own summer job, get hands-on business training, and up to $3,000 in awards!

I'm involved with this program as you may know -- Summer Company opened for the 2008 year this past weekend.  

If you're between 15 and 29 years old, you can apply to Summer Company, a program designed to help enterprising young people start up and run their own summer business.

 

Link: Summer Company - Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

A commandment for success - Strategy #31 From the Trenches

It is very important to always treat people the way you want to be treated.

A new kind of pen for students

Here's a pen that will record what you write and keep track digitally. It uses special paper (with "dots") which is not too expensive. What do you think?

Attention Canadian Social Entrepreneurs! Call for Nominations

Saw this on the MaRS Blog -- Dec 4 is the MaRS Social Entrepreneurship event... Hope to see you there!

clipped from blog.marsdd.com Canada is ready to join eighteen countries from around the world in presenting the prestigious Schwab Foundation “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” award and we want to hear from YOU! Attention Canadian Social Entrepreneurs! Call for Nominations To apply and view the selection criteria, the benefits and the selection process, visit www.schwabfound.org/canada. The deadline for applications is November 10 and applying will only take a few minutes. Finalists will be profiled in a special supplement in the Globe and Mail and be invited to participate in the Summit on December 4 in Toronto, where the winner will be named at the Summit’s closing dinner. The winner will also be invited to join other award winners at the Global Summit for Social Entrepreneurship in Rüschlikon, Switzerland to showcase their success in addressing some of the world’s biggest social, environmental and economic problems. Please help circulate this call for nominations!

Surprise, Surprise - Strategy #30 From the Trenches

With collaboration you gain knowledge in other areas you may not have otherwise learned about.

How to build solid business relationships - Strategy #29 From the Trenches

Collaboration is more than networking. It is about building solid business relationships.