It feels like we blinked and its now May! CYBF is celebrating spring, our initiatives are growing! CYBF announced their official Canadian Delegation to G20 YES Mexico - We’re taking Canadian entrepreneurs global! Innovative startups! There is 1 week left to apply for Spin Master Innovation Fund - $50K financing & learn from expert mentors! CYBF is [...]
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Avoiding financial spreadsheet mistakes: Data links, formulae
Simon Selkrig, Strategize Financial Modelling, simon@strategizefm.com, Montreal, QC Article series: Avoiding financial spreadsheet mistakes Part 3 of 3 Spaghetti soup of data links A common mistake in preparing a business’ financial spreadsheets is creating a whole new spreadsheet rather than simply rolling over the document from the previous year. It may seem innocuous, but it [...]
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Why write a business plan?
Shauna Madsen, Madsen Avenue, Edmonton, AB, CYBF Mentor Creating a formal business plan is a daunting task. In large corporations, a team of individuals develop plans annually and typically across various departments – based on budgets, departmental goals and marketing plans. Small businesses do not always have the luxury of a team to take on [...]
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Ensuring the right people are in the right jobs
Terry Thompson, Surrey, BC, CYBF Mentor, tesh@shaw.ca Managing Corporate Culture article series The most critical responsibility of a CEOs and managers is to make sure the right people are in the right jobs. Nothing else matters if this function is not performed better than any other in an organization. Without the right people in the [...]
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The Week that was – April 23 – 27
What a great week for CYBF! We are booming with entrepreneurial activities! CYBF National office was a full house! We welcomed our Regional Directors to our Toronto office for their quarterly meetings. We hope you had a fantastic 3 days! Innovation, innovation, innovation! Find out what is buzzing around in the innovation world. TELUS teamed [...]
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