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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

There are new opportunities announced all the time to help innovative start-ups in Canada thrive! Innovation is important to our country and our economy and when it comes to supporting these start-ups, Canada ranks among the world’s best. A recent article in Techvibes listed the Top 25 Technology Startup Ecosystems in the world. Three Canadian [...]

What an exciting week it was! Here are some for the great initiatives and activities: National Volunteer Week – Thank you to all CYBF mentors and volunteers for the work you do to support youth entrepreneurship! Applications opened for CYBF’s Chairman’s Awards for Best Business and the FuEL Awards. TELUS and CYBF announced that they [...]