What's Your Best Grooming Tip?
Three local luminaries share intel on how to prepare for your next big meeting.

Three local luminaries share intel on how to prepare for your next big meeting.
Back to Basic Business Planning
Entrepreneurs can learn a lot from third, fourth and fifth graders.

Entrepreneurs can learn a lot from third, fourth and fifth graders.
Size Matters in B.C. Tech
Why, asks Brent Holliday, can't B.C. have a game-changing industry anchor?

Why, asks Brent Holliday, can't B.C. have a game-changing industry anchor?
Test of Time
Reflections on a labour of love and building a legacy in the arts.

Reflections on a labour of love and building a legacy in the arts.
Big Government Shift
Using new media not only to recruit new employees but engage existing ones.

Using new media not only to recruit new employees but engage existing ones.
Naomi Yamamoto
Naomi Yamamoto the B.C. minister of state for intergovernmental relations forget what you've heard about it being considered a weakness when we change our minds

Naomi Yamamoto the B.C. minister of state for intergovernmental relations forget what you've heard about it being considered a weakness when we change our minds
Tom Prendergast
Tom Prendergast the CEO of TransLink tells BC Business readers to adhere to one’s core values.

CEO, TransLink I was once told by a mentor that during difficult and trying times one should adhere to one’s core values. And when all else fails, fall on the sword of truth.
Richard Jaffray
Richard Jaffray the Founder of Cactus Restaurants Ltd. says it's all in the details

Founder, Cactus Restaurants Ltd. Way back in 1984, when I first moved to Vancouver, I worked at Earls as a waiter. I went and asked the owner, “Bus” Fuller, for some advice on opening a new business. One of Bus’s big things is that you really have to know what your costs are in business, and you better know the cost of what you’re selling; you might be better off closing your doors because you could be losing money on every customer. That was his advice, and eventually Bus and his son Stan ended up being silent partners in my business when I started Cactus Club in 1988.
Peter Wall
Peter Wall the Founder and majority shareholder with Wall Financial Corp. suggest get away from the ticks

Founder and majority shareholder, Wall Financial Corp. I hated Manitoba, especially the ticks. Have you ever had ticks? You go in the bush and they just go right into your skin and you have to cut them out. So we came here and we picked strawberries, and I still hold the record for the most strawberries picked in one day by an 11-year-old: 243 pounds. Anyway, that was the best advice I got: Move to B.C.
Peter Busby
Peter Busby the founder and managing director, Busby Perkins+Willorganize suggest you organize your business around a commitment to an environmental future

Founder and managing director, Busby Perkins+Will When I was very young in my career, I worked for a famous architect in Europe, Sir Norman Foster. He’s the guy who told me, “If you’re going to do something, you’ve got to be the best.” And certainly I adhere to that. I also learned early to heed the general advice that the environment is the future, and unless we solve our environmental issues, it’s not worth doing business.