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TRAINING: PART ONE

Three ways your business may be falling behind

Here are blind spots to check, as you consider your business's state of digital preparedness

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PART FOUR: CROWDFUNDING

Tips to score crowdfunding success

By researching past projects to see what works, and what doesn’t, and following these suggestions, you can boost your chances of a successful campaign

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PART FOUR: BYOD

Ten steps to manage personal devices brought to work

The 'bring your own devices' to work – or BYOD – movement is a sea change, and it’s up to businesses to make the best of it. Here’s how

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U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 5, 2012.
PART THREE: CROWDFUNDING

Crowdfunding: the equity divide between borders

While Canadian entrepreneurs are free to offer many different types of rewards to supporters, there’s one thing they can’t offer: equity. That’s one big difference that results from new U.S. law

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Rob Maurin, vice-president of content, community and communications for Wave Accounting
PART THREE: BYOD

When employees’ personal devices are the rule at work

Smaller companies are becoming adept at not only accommodating employees bringing their own devices to work, but creating an environment around it

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Screen shot of PepperDev's Kickstarter page for its Hungry Fins video game project
PART TWO: CROWDFUNDING

A kickstart to raising funds on Kickstarter

Perhaps the best-known crowdfunding site can be difficult for Canadians to tap. Here’s some advice

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PART TWO: BYOD

Young aren’t only ones bringing own devices to work

The trend to bring personal smartphones, tablets and the like to the office is on the rise, but the nature of the phenomenon isn’t exactly as you might think

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PART ONE: CROWDFUNDING

Wealth of options: How to pick a crowdfunding site

There are many different crowdfunding platforms and strategies, from all-purpose to niche to DIY sites. Here’s how to choose

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PART ONE: BYOD

Mixed blessing when employees bring their own devices to work

More employees are using personal smartphones, tablets and other device at work, raising security and other challenges that companies must handle

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Google Maps
PART FIVE: BIG DATA

Big Data’s future? Take a hint from Google Maps

As ways for the massive amounts of data out there to be stored, mined and aggregated still evolve, here are some key considerations for how it will take shape

Small Business Briefing
Britain ramps up funding to spur startup culture

All the latest news related to entrepreneurs

British Prime Minister David Camero, talks to young entrepreneurs Lenique Louis at the Prince's Trust headquarters in London as part of the government's launch of StartUp loans initiative and publication of Lord Young's report on enterprise, Monday, May 28, 2012.
Silicon Valley investors drawn to Calgary startups

Eric Simons hid out on couches, eating the company's food, until he was finally detected

The skyline of downtown Calgary taken Sept. 9, 2010.