Have a look at some of the exciting things that happened this week: There is lots of interest in CYBF’s Spin Master Innovation Fund – Have you applied yet to get $50K in start-up financing, mentoring, workshops and more to help you with YOUR innovative start-up? Apply before May 10th! Communitech Hub launched Hyperdrive, a $30-million [...]

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Simon Selkrig, Strategize Financial Modelling, simon@strategizefm.com, Montreal, QC Article series: Avoiding financial spreadsheet mistakes Part 2 of 3 Referencing files from an email This is a classic rookie error. Users of the spreadsheet have no idea about the source of the data, because the spreadsheet developer has merely referenced numbers from an Excel file attached [...]

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Rose-Marie Almond, Hatchlings Incubation Centre, Oshawa, Ontario Building an advisory board Here are three important considerations to keep in mind when building an advisory board: Diversity. Having a board entirely made up entirely of accountants, lawyers or marketers is not very useful. Select board members based on their specific skills, their background (personal and professional) [...]

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In 2010, Jasmine Gervais, Émile Arragon and Jean-Philippe Desjardins, three CYBF young entrepreneurs, founded Orangerine, an agency operating in the digital world of web integrated production and new distribution platforms. Orangerine designs and produces multiplatform advertising campaigns that involve video production, web development, interactive media and digital display. The Montreal-based business has worked with well-known [...]

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Sidney Halpern, Chartered Accountant, Winnipeg, MB, CYBF Mentor The following five steps help you build a healthy corporate culture within your business. 1. Define a ‘healthy corporate culture’. It could include: Integrity, honesty and wisdom Team orientated for collective rather than individual goals Professional excellence 2. Define the demographics of the people needed to build [...]

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