Pebble smartwatch creator plans to hire co-op students

By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press TORONTO – Oprah Winfrey’s travelling roadshow of dreamboards, mantras and spiritual reflection lands north of the border Monday as the embattled media maven rallies her hardcore Canuck fans. The arrival of “Oprah’s Lifeclass: The Tour” promises to share inspiring life lessons that have guided Winfrey herself, even as the [...]

Few jobs. Shut programs. How art schools are adapting.

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By Peter Nowak It’s true what they say: once you’ve tried 80 inches, you never want to go back. I’m talking, of course, about televisions (get your mind out of the gutter). I recently spent a few days with Sharp’s new 80-inch Aquos TV and, having fallen in love, I’m sad to say I have [...]

0savesSave by Saeed Khan I’m going to try something a bit different this time. Here’s your chance to help a startup founder with some common startup challenges. Max Cameron is a cofounder of Big Bang Technology, the makers of Woople, a hosted eLearning platform for enterprises. Max’s company has grown from 2 founders to 10 [...]Related posts:

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0savesSave I posted this originally back in 2009. I used to watch the show Pitchmen on television. Unfortunately one of the two main characters — infomercial star extraordinaire Billy Mays — passed away suddenly that year. The show lasted one more season but I don’t think it’s on TV any more. Regardless, it was an [...]Related posts:

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0savesSave   By Saeed Khan A couple of months back, Mark Andreesen had an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “How Software is Eating the World“. If you haven’t read it, you should. There’s nothing earth shattering in it, particularly if you work in technology, but Andreesen gives a lot of good context and [...]

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By LORRIE GOLDSTEIN, QMI Agency The problem with complex issues is that they’re, well, complex. Take the stand of Tea Party protesters against Big Government and the Occupy Wall Street crowd against Big Business. Many Tea Partiers condemn Occupy Wall Streeters as dirty, communist-loving hippies, while many Occupy Wall Streeters accuse Tea Partiers of being [...]

0savesSave   NOTE: The following is a guest post by Veronica Figgarella. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. An entrepreneurial approach to identifying an opportunity As Product Managers we need to become experts in understanding the market our products are used and sold into,  and smart about [...]

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0savesSave   Tweet this: Simplicity and Elegance Require Deep Attention to Detail – http://wp.me/pXBON-2Wh – #prodmgmt #design #innovation By Saeed Khan There’s a mantra these days (or does it qualify as a meme?) in product design that simplicity is critical and complexity should be avoided. The KISS principle — Keep it simple stupid – has [...]Related posts:

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“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me.… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful—that’s what matters to me.”
R.I.P Steve Jobs. He was the patron saint of entrepreneurs. Newton once reflected that if his vision extended farther than others’ it was because he stood upon the shoulders of giants. [...]

Dear Readers; Time to knock David Suzuki off his pedestal again. I wish we had a time machine so that we could shoot him back about 200 years just to see what living without oil and electricity would be like! Being ecologically conscious is one thing, but joining the Mennonites is a horse of a [...]

Dear Readers; The average house in Canada now sells for around $300,000 dollars…….. except in Vancouver, where it’s worth over a million! Wanna know why? Well let us end the confusion…… it’s because of these guys from Hong Kong! ——————————————————- Thousands of millionaires waiting to move to Canada! By Tom Godfrey, QMI Agency TORONTO — [...]

A U.S. architectural firm best known for creating some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world has turned its creative eye to the Great Lakes, advocating for a new economic and environmental vision that spans borders. The bi-national blueprint from Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill is still in its infancy, but the concept has garnered [...]

Postmedia saves Sprouter in a quiet acquisition.

Aspiring local entrepreneurs let out a sigh of relief recently at the news that Toronto-based Sprouter, a web service that connected people with experts in business, marketing, and other helpful fields, won’t be shutting down after all—it has been acquired by Postmedia, the corporation behind National Post and Canada.com. The acquisition comes after a period [...]

0savesSave Tweet this: Guest Post: 5 Innovation Lessons from Steve Jobs http://wp.me/pXBON-2UC #prodmgmt #innovation NOTE: The following is a guest post by Adam Costa. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. — Steve Jobs has been at the forefront of innovation for well over 30 years. But how [...]No related posts.

In Ceredigion, a small county in mid-west Wales, three young entrepreneurs are building thriving rural businesses.  And, as anyone working in rural development can tell you, entrepreneurship is one the biggest drivers of economic success for small communities.  
In Farmers Weekly, Debbie James writes: 
“It’s a typical weekday afternoon in the Sweet household.
Tom is at the computer sifting [...]

NOTE: The following is a guest post by Catherine Constantinides. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. — Tweet this: What can Tacos Teach Product Managers about Social Product Development http://wp.me/pXBON-2Tk #prodmgmt #socmedia Warning: The following article contains many puns. Product management and the social web The social [...]Related posts:

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