Home » January 19th, 2011 Entries posted on “January, 2011”

Disruptive Technologies Poised To Breakout In 2011

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BNET talks to Chief Analyst at IDC Frank Jens about disruptive technologies that are poised to make a big impact this year. Mobile, web-enabled television, and cloud services are the main points of focus. 2011 is shaping up to be a big year of continued technology adoption for small businesses. From advertising to operations, technology [...]

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Loblaw To Launch Four New Stand-Alone Joe Fresh Style Stores

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Fresh off the success of their Vancouver store opening, Loblaw has announced plans to continue expansion of the Joe Fresh Style lifestyle brand. Four new stand-alone stores will be launched in Mississauga ON, Brampton ON, Vaughan ON and Rocky View AB. “Joe Fresh® is a dynamic brand and growing exponentially so we are happy to [...]

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Rising Loonie Could Put Brakes On Interest Rate Hike

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As the Loonie continues to gain steam it’s taking the air out of Canada’s net exports. Combine lower national productivity with external pressures and uncertainty around the world and you have a recipe for stagnant rates.

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Josh James: On Entrepreneurship and Evolving Your Company

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Josh James is the founder of web analytics company Omniture which was acquired by Adobe for $1.8 billion in 2009. He gives a great talk about the many facets of entrepreneurship including the importance of evolving your company. Omniture had to adapt to Google’s entrance in the analytics market with a free alternative. James is [...]

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Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors

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Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media

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Gary Vaynerchuk: Do What You Love

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Evernote CEO: How To Build A Great Freemium Business

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2011 Shaping Up To Big Year For Loonie

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Analysts are lining up to predict a big year for the Canadian Dollar. Goldman Sachs and Scotia Capital have both chimed in predicting the loonie finish 2011 above parity with the U.S. Dollar.

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Torstar Moves Closer To Completing CTVglobemedia Sale

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Torstar moves one step closer to complete divestiture of 20% stake in CTVglobemedia.

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