The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur

While the Presidential election in the United States is attracting considerable interest around the world, the Canadian federal election campaign is heating up here in Canada. Yesterday I received an email from a local business owner. She was urging locals to vote for the Green Party candidate who is running second and is the only [...]

Recently I’ve tried to find contact information for a couple of people and failed miserably. I found it terribly frustrating and began to wonder why someone would make it so hard to be found.
The first was the guest of a teleseminar I attended. He was talking about using LinkedIn and invited participants to connect with [...]

The other day someone on a committee I’m on didn’t receive the email notice about the last meeting - even though everyone else did and she’s received emails from this person in the past.
Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of grumbling about people not receiving emails. Even emails from people who have been “white listed”. [...]

Adding new technology to your business is always an iffy proposition. Yes you may gain new tools or abilities. New technology allows you to do new things in your business or helps you do old things better or faster.
But there’s always a downside, a cost. And that cost isn’t always financial. Often the learning curve [...]

Yesterday I started reading Timothy Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek. Although I’ve barely cracked the spine, he said something that really got me thinking.
He compared two people: one making $100,000 per year working 80 hours per week vs. one making $50,000 per year but only working ten hours per week. He pointed out it’s not about [...]