Category Archives: Small Business Tips

From the time we were kids we've been told, "Don't give up. You have to stick with it." In certain instances that is very good advice. Not everything we try is going to be easy. Some of the things most worth achieving take practice to master. The problem arises when we apply this philosophy as…

Everyone is afraid of something. The list of common phobias is long and varied, claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces), arachnophobia (spiders), agoraphobia (fear of not being able to escape), acrophobia (heights). We'll stop there lest we start giving you ideas of things to fear.  If you're a small business owner your list of fears is…

Vacation is great. It's a time to relax and recharge your batteries.  Unfortunately, it's often also a time to go and do and cram as much as fun as possible into a short amount of time. If you take this approach to vacationing you can end up feeling like you need a vacation to recover…

Recently someone gave me a silver Canadian coin with a face value of $5.  The gifter mentioned that I should look up the real value and try to find someone willing to buy it from me because it's actually worth more than that. A quick internet search confirmed that currently a coin like this goes…