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CES 2012 – FROM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE

January 15, 2012 The 2012 International CES was the largest in the event’s 44 year history, with a record number of more than 3,100 exhibitors across the largest show floor in CES history – 1.861 million net square feet of exhibit space – and drawing a record of more than 153,000 attendees, including more than...

CHOOSING INCENTIVE PLANS

February 21, 2012 “The right incentive plan properly implemented can drive your business ahead like a rocket ship. But if expectations increase faster than actual payouts-watch out for trouble!” Incentive Plans Can Pull Companies Together! Years ago the only employees offered incentive pay were sales personnel, piece workers, and top executives. Today most large corporations, and...

SELLING INTO THE USA – BE AWARE!

April 16, 2012 Note: The comments shown below have been gathered from a number of sources and recent articles. The information has been provided for your guidance. We recommend that you seek tax and legal advice from professional service or contact us directly. The business landscape is changing in the USA and the various State...

ALWAYS CONNECTED, BUT ALWAYS DISTRACTED!

December 29, 2012 Take a step back and ask what’s more important: taking in what’s online or taking in what’s right in front of you? This article might be something to think about for 2013. (The article As Told by John McGreavy appeared in the December 12, 2012 Information Week The author is the real-life...

LESSONS LEARNED IN MY FIRST 80 YEARS

October 15, 2013 Blackstone Blog – Some interesting comments, we might all want to consider The Chairman and Founder of Blackstone’s Ventures Funds reflects upon lessons learned in the 1st 80 years of his life, Blackstone’s Byron Wien Discusses Lessons Learned in His First 80 Years (founder Blackstone Ventures) 02/12/2013 I was scheduled to speak about the...

A REVIEW OF REALCOMM 2011

The 13th Annual REALCOMM event was attended by some 400 delegates representing major Real Estate owners, property developers, major tenants and the Federal Government. The theme of this Conference was ‘BEYOND ROI’ – Driving Business Value with Technology. The focus was on how to get beyond the defensive posture of cost justification for every IT expenditure...

RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EXECUTIVES – BASIC CONSIDERATIONS

In all Marketing Activities there are three major objective standards towards which effort must be directed: Return on Investment Net Profit as a Percent of Sales Sales and Market Participation In order to establish goals and manage your resources towards their achievement, you must recognize and become involved with a wide range of key business...

CANADA AS AN INNOVATION CENTRE

Innovation represents an act of spontaneity or being creative, yet most people recognize it to be a change in the thought process for doing something or “new stuff” that is made. It may refer to an incremental emergent or radical and revolutionary change in thinking, products processes or organizations. Scholarly literature on innovation typically distinguishes...