Building a Family and a Business
“It’s hard to think of myself as a young entrepreneur, I’ve been doing it so long,” says Mrs. Lee Randell. She and her husband, Mr. Lee Randell, bought Peak Fitness in 2001 and have run the gym together...
Read MoreIssue: 2008-04-18
No Future for Food, If There is No Future in Food-
From farm to plate, our food travels many miles and touches many hands.My generation saw the traditional farm gobbled up by corporate agri-business and the cost of food decrease markedly. Today, average consumers pay only 10 per...
Read MoreShe’s the boss
There is a commercial on television that implores people to “fire your boss” and become self employed.Catchy line. In many ways, it sums up the feelings of many.In Ammanda Partridge’s case, however, she...
Read More‘Artrepreneurship’ on Training Wheels
Andrew Finton, of the Sundog Retreat Carving Program, likes to point to Calvin Morberg as one of his successful young carvers.Today he has a long way to point. Morberg’s off on a cultural delegation to Siberia.Four and a...
Read MoreFocused Decisions from Focused Conversation
You’ve got a problem and you need to fix it. Where do you start?With questions, of course!In essence, you have a conversation with yourself, your staff or your team, focusing on the problem that needs fixing.Your questions...
Read MoreLess Experience Could Mean More Opportunity
The labour market. It’s an issue that has been discussed to no end and we still haven’t reached a solution.Where do we find staff for our tourism businesses?Of course, we’ve been presented with numerous options...
Read MoreGeneration ‘why-not’
Those of us in the workforce who are over the age of 30 have one thing in common: we have nothing in common with those under 30.Those elements that are true in this sweeping generalization (crafted solely to offer a punchy lead)...
Read MoreShould I hire a young person or someone with experience?
THOSE WHO CHOOSE YOUTH SAY:Let’s face it: whomever you hire will likely be gone within five years. Workers are transient these days and that is not a situation that is unique to the young.However, a young person will not...
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