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Brian Alger, the 41-year-old entrepreneur who re-registered the lapsed trademarks for the Pop Shoppe.— Hamin Lee
Retro cool: Entrepreneur revives the Pop Shoppe: Brian Alger re-registered lapsed trademarks in attempt to appeal to boomers and Gen X. The cover story from the June issue of Your Business magazine.
Portion of the cover of Your Business magazine June issue.
The secrets of the exploding-pop trick: How the cover shot came together for the June issue of Your Business magazine.
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Cheap tricks pay for road warriors: Without the resources of their bigger brethren, small businesses must work hard to save money.
Mount Allison University, a campus of extraordinary beauty, is nestled on the Tantramar marshes in the picture-perfect town of Sackville in the province of New Brunswick.
Students decide who gets venture capital funding: Experiential learning provides real-world experience and one lucky entrepreneur walks away with $125,000.
Cash-flow modelling is often done when a firm is thinking about expanding, making a acquisition and/or applying for a line of credit.
How to spot cash crunches ahead of time: Cash-flow modelling is a useful tool that can help a small business assess risk and plan for costs, accountants say.
Cellphones readied for recycling.
Disposable gadgets irk former Apple designer: 'We just make too much crap,' designer of the original Macintosh PowerBook says.
Erik Gerdes, 30, hooks his rope into the bolt above his head at Cinammon Slab wall at Smith Rock State Park near Redmond, Ore., Friday, March 16, 2007.
Ten powerful strategies from The Risk Takers: Seize control of your career by running your own business, author of new book says.
Fusenet, an up and coming online development company representing a few established brands, encourages a very social culture for the staff.
Software firm provides time for 'personal pet projects:' Fusenet was founded under this very premise, and wanted to give employees the right to their work.
Antoine Leblond, senior vice-president of the Office Productivity Applications Group at Microsoft.— Rosa Park
Connecting the mobile work force: Organizations can boost individual productivity with new networking tools, Microsoft VP says.
At Softchoice Corp., an IT services business based in Toronto, it's important that potential employees be a people person, if not a dog person.
Emotional intelligence trumps technical know-how: When hiring, Softchoice Corp. looks for recruits with adaptable, creative attitudes - and they must like dogs.
Holt Renfrew clients attend an intimate cocktail and ?conversation with Oscar de la Renta? event in April. Mr. de la Renta is shown with Barbara Atkin, vice-president, Fashion Direction, Holt Renfrew. — Holt Renfrew
Getting customer feedback - and using it effectively: To gauge customer service, Holt Renfrew goes beyond traditional methods to innovate with social media.
An ERA worker plants a seedling. The firm is helping the City of Langley, B.C., to restore woodlands logged more than a century ago.— ERA
Firm helping to restore degraded forests: Invasive species removed from B.C. woodlands by ERA Carbon Offsets, which sells the resulting carbon credits.
Well known as a collector of Canadian art and as an art historian, David Silcox was recently awarded the Order of Canada. — Rosa Park for The Globe and Mail
Make connections, keep in touch: Networking comes naturally for president of Sotheby’s Canada.
MOVES is a stand alone life support system developed by Thornhill Research for the U.S. military that affixes to the side of a stretcher.
Portable ICU for the battlefield: Our monthly Inside Jobs video series continues with a look at a Thornhill Research contract with the U.S. military.
