Portion of the cover of Your Business magazine June issue.
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Retro cool: Entrepreneur revives the Pop Shoppe: Brian Alger re-registered lapsed trademarks in attempt to appeal to boomers and Gen X. The cover story from the June issue of Your Business magazine.
The secrets of the exploding-pop trick: How the cover shot came together for the June issue of Your Business magazine.
Cheap tricks pay for road warriors: Without the resources of their bigger brethren, small businesses must work hard to save money.
Students decide who gets venture capital funding: Experiential learning provides real-world experience and one lucky entrepreneur walks away with $125,000.
How to spot cash crunches ahead of time: Cash-flow modelling is a useful tool that can help a small business assess risk and plan for costs, accountants say.
Disposable gadgets irk former Apple designer: 'We just make too much crap,' designer of the original Macintosh PowerBook says.
Ten powerful strategies from The Risk Takers: Seize control of your career by running your own business, author of new book says.
Software firm provides time for 'personal pet projects:' Fusenet was founded under this very premise, and wanted to give employees the right to their work.
Connecting the mobile work force: Organizations can boost individual productivity with new networking tools, Microsoft VP says.
Emotional intelligence trumps technical know-how: When hiring, Softchoice Corp. looks for recruits with adaptable, creative attitudes - and they must like dogs.
Getting customer feedback - and using it effectively: To gauge customer service, Holt Renfrew goes beyond traditional methods to innovate with social media.
Firm helping to restore degraded forests: Invasive species removed from B.C. woodlands by ERA Carbon Offsets, which sells the resulting carbon credits.
Make connections, keep in touch: Networking comes naturally for president of Sotheby's Canada.
Portable ICU for the battlefield: Our monthly Inside Jobs video series continues with a look at a Thornhill Research contract with the U.S. military.