The Alberta chapter of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) brings Howard Lindzon, co-founder and CEO of StockTwits, to speak in Calgary on Nov. 17. Mr. Lindzon is an angel investor who has scored a number of successes, including Rent.com (purchased by eBay for $415 million U.S.), Golfnow.com (acquired by Comcast), and Wallstrip (bought by CBS Corp. His new media and online business investments also include Bit.ly, Tweetdeck, Limos.com, Blogtalkradio.com, Buddy Media, Ticketfly, and Assistly. His latest project, StockTwits, is a real-time financial platform for the investing community where traders and investors share ideas and information. He'll be speaking from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Melrose Cafe and Bar. Tickets are $40 for CIRI members, $80 for non-members.
A day of leadership advice
Internet entrepreneur Chris Hughes, also known as “the kid who made Obama president,” and Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson are the featured speakers at Power Within: Leadership Mastery, taking place in Toronto on Nov. 22. The event, which runs all day at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, is being billed as "everything you need to improve productivity, increase sales, profitability and drive innovation." Other speakers include Billy Beane, Rick Belluzo, Connie Podesta and Les Brown.
EDITOR'S PICKS FROM REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS
Don't toss off your head shot
People spend hours agonizing over the words they want on their LinkedIn or Twitter profiles, ensuring they perfectly reflect who they are and how they want others to perceive them. Then they take a hasty look through their picture files, and toss up a photo taken by a friend, or worse, a picture snapped by an office colleague on a smart phone. That’s a mistake. Your corporate head shot or executive photo is often the first impression you make with someone. And for many, it is not well aligned with the personal brand for which they want to be known. Read on for some tips from a professional photographer.
FROM THE ROSB ARCHIVES
Court failure in order to innovate
Roger Martin, dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School, participated in a video in April, 2010, where he pointed out that "to innovate you have to court failure." Making incremental changes to your product, he said, doesn't count.
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