Managers and leaders Ellis Orlan, BA, CPA, SF Partnership LLP, Toronto, ON, CYBF Mentor, eorlan@sfgroup.ca As Bernard Bass states, “Leaders manage and managers lead, but the two activities are not synonymous…Management functions can potentially provide leadership; leadership activities can contribute to managing. Nevertheless, some managers do not lead and some leaders do not manage.” Managing and [...]

Mentors and volunteers with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) drive the success of many of Canada’s best and brightest young entrepreneurs! This week (April 15-21st) is National Volunteer Week 2012 and CYBF is celebrating and recognizing the tireless efforts of our valued mentors and volunteers. We appreciate your investment in the success of our [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]