Trina Alexson
The Management Maze
Managing Matrix Teams
The world is moving away from command and control structures, it is imperitave as a manager to develop matrix management skills…
Guest Blog
Guest Blog
The fallacy of the BIG IDEA ... - Yung Wu
On many occasions, I’ve been approached by friends, associates, acquaintances, who want to know what the “secret sauce” is for building a great business. Most of the time, the questions center around “how do I come up with the one, big idea?”. I’ve come to the conclusion that most people who think that they would like to become entrepreneurs, don’t end up doing so because they waste so much of their energy obsessing about finding that single, elusive, once-in-a-lifetime, idea that can make them billions and billions of dollars, overnight !!!
Pierre Robitaille
2.0 Leaders
Tapping Your Company’s Social Networks to Manage Talent
Few technologies or processes hold the enormous potential of social networking for changing organizations’ talent management effectiveness…
Mark MacLeod
The CFOs Corner
2009: The Year of the CFO
Economist Magazine has declared 2009 to be " the year of the CFO ". According to the highly esteemed publication "power will ebb from visionary bosses to the chief financial officer"...
Guest Blog
Guest Blog
NFQ!! - Yung Wu
I founded Castek almost two decades ago, on a couple of credit cards and a dream (at the time, we referred to it as a “wing and a prayer” ... now we prefer to remember it as a “vision for global leadership” *lol*). After 2 economic cycles, 3 major rounds of financing, 3 business model changes, and 2 “perfect storms”, I have reached the conclusion that “success” and “failure” are simply different points along the same continuum, and that every human being and business will eventually encounter both (probably many times!!).
Dave Williamson
In the Field
Selling Internationally - Know the Local Business Culture, Part 1
A multi part blog looking at factors to consider in "going global"...
Guest Blog
Guest Blog
12 Things I Love About How Our Portfolio Companies Operate - Jacqui Murphy
Over the years Tech Capital has developed a set of best practices for building technology companies. Some of these best practices have come from our own experiences and some have come from the fantastic people we have chosen to work with at our porfolio companies. We try to share these best practices with each new portfolio company that gets added to the Tech Capital family but this is the first time we have formally documented them… We also try to facilitate interaction between our portfolio companies so that they can all learn from each other’s best practices. Here are some of the highlights - hope you find them helpful.
Vincent Guyaux
Serial CEO
Elevator Pitch Anatomy
In the train between Dresden and Prague…
I had the opportunity, in the past few weeks, to get involved in events related to pitching a story. The first one was StartupCamp Montreal. This was my 3rd time as MC at this ever-growing event. The second event was the Etincelle contest in Quebec City. Between the two events, about 15 entrepreneurs pitched their companies in total. At StartupCamp Montreal, they had about 5 minutes and in Quebec City roughly 2 minutes to capture and share the essence of their business…
Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
Great Jobs Guaranteed! The ‘Executive Marketing Firms’ and ‘Agents’.
Sound intriguing? If it does, give your head a shake and forget about it!
David Wexler
The Business of HR
Securing Your People For The Good Times Ahead
Even now, your great people are being approached with respect to other interesting opportunities. There are thousands of jobs open at this time. Simply take a look at any job posting site, or peruse Executive Search firm websites. If you are not thinking about securing your people now, you should be. This will only become more important as the economy improves. Following are a few suggested do’s and don’ts as you begin this new year.