I had been watching TED videos over lunch for 6 months or so when I got an email about an extra TEDGlobal that was going to take place in July in Oxford, England. This was going to be the 2nd TEDGlobal in Oxford in 5 years and it was going to become an annual event. […]
I like to pause at this time to look over the past year and into the coming year.As you look back over your year, ask your self these questions: What surprised me most in my business?How my business boomed this year. Usually, when people mention the recession word, business owners look for ways to slash […]
I went to TEDGlobal in Oxford England July 2009. This counts as best trip, conference and restaurant meal. (pictures here) The trip itself was cool because I had an 11-hour stopover in Iceland so; of course, I went to Reykjavik and then for a soak in the Blue Lagoon. I saw the Jeff Koons exhibit […]
I’ve had some very interesting discussions over the last few months about failing. One person, a CEO of a billion dollar company, suggested that maybe our goal shouldn’t be to stop failure, but to make it easy for people to not be afraid of failure and to support people who have failed. Fail often and […]
If you look for yellow cars all of a sudden it seems like every second car is yellow. The same goes for purple, blue, pink or brown ones. Now that I’m looking for information about hiring, there are resources popping out at me from everywhere. I had lunch with a friend, Shelley Fleckinstein of King’s […]
The Future without fish. A very scary documentary about the state of fish world wide. Final conclusion: we’re at the end of the line especially with large species. To help: don’t eat endangered species and eat lower on the ocean food chain like anchovies. I just watched this movie and it got me thinking about […]
You are going to notice a change in tone in these blog posts. The Business Owners Success Club started as an offline, monthly business improvement club with a number of local businesses. Over 3 years I amassed several binders and many mgs of info about various topics of interest to small business owners.This blog was […]
The theme this year is Global Warming. While I’m only a couple of credits shy of a BSc in Environmental Science (life and babies intervened), I’m not going to weigh in here. I’m going to point you to 2 talks that were given at TEDGlobal. James Balog has sobering time-lapse photography spectacularly depicting vanishing glaciers. […]
I watched the New York conference for Social Good on Live stream on August 28 from the comfort of my desk – no charge. The TED conferences are simulcast for a fee that is considerably lower than the in-person fee. Streaming your live conference allows people to attend who wouldn’t normally attend because of travel […]
The main reason for me to organize an annual Small Business Conference was to be able to speak at a conference. I wanted to and people weren’t banging down my door to get me to speak at theirs. Plus I like going to conferences and having one right here in the Annapolis Valley is very […]
