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  • Entrepreneurship

Why Canadians Need To Love Fall In Love With Capitalism

Canada is losing its entrepreneurial soul. The country has 100,000 fewer entrepreneurs than two decades ago despite adding 10 million people, its provinces rank below all 50 U.S. states on economic freedom, and the middle class is drowning in record...

  • Reddit Marketing

How Reddit Became the Dark Funnel for Enterprise Software

The enterprise software deal your team just lost? There’s a good chance the winning vendor was chosen in a Reddit thread six months ago. Nothing in your Salesforce instance recorded it. Your attribution model didn’t flag it. Your SDRs never...

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  • Marketing, Social Media

The Real Secret to Having Amazing Brainstorming Sessions

Remember rule #1 in Fight Club? Don’t talk about Fight Club. Remember rule #2? Yeah, it was the exact same thing. When it comes to the rules of brainstorming everyone seems to have their own thoughts and opinions on how...

  • Entrepreneurship, Inspiration

The Different Mindset Between Successful People And Everyone Else

What’s the most valuable thing you own? Is it your house? Is it your car? Is it your phone? It’s none of the above. The most valuable thing you own is your time. Where you invest your time today will...

  • Entrepreneurship, Just Business

10 Powerful Business & Negotiation Lessons from Ari Gold

Young entrepreneurs often have the hardest time negotiating because of lack of confidence. We often find ourselves believing that we’re not as smart as someone with years of experience in negotiating and that everything they say is gold. Some individuals...

  • Entrepreneurship

Three Simple Ways To Limit Distractions When Working From Home

One of the biggest challenges of working from home is the constant distractions. There’s always something other than work that needs attention. Whether it’s the dishes, painting or reorganizing a closet – the opportunity for distractions are plentiful. One of...

  • Entrepreneurship, Startups

Reading vs. Doing: Balancing Learning & Taking Action

I’m sitting here writing these words with 14 different tabs open in my browser. 6 of them are articles about startups, 3 are about marketing, 3 about conversational bots and 2 are about the Philadelphia Eagles. Will I read all...

  • Entrepreneurship, Inspiration, Just Business, Young Professionals

Four Things Every Young Professional Should Stop Doing Immediately

In the late 2000’s I was grasping for straws. I had no idea where my career was going to take me and had no idea what I was going to do after I walked across the stage at University. Looking...

  • Content Marketing, Marketing

How To Create The Perfect SlideShare Deck

In this post, I’m going to show you the formula I’ve used time and time again to craft SlideShare decks that go viral. There are tons of different Slideshare decks that have generated hundreds of thousands of views but this...

  • Content Marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Storytelling, Technology

2016 Digital Marketing Predictions From Six Marketing Experts

If 2015 was any indication, 2016 is going to be a wild one. In 2015, we saw trends like video streaming finally take off and podcasts become the hottest trend. We saw new technologies sore to the front pages of...

  • Technology

Crate: A Buffer Suggestions Replacement For Sharing Content

For the past few years, I’ve worked with brands all over the world to help with content marketing. Whether it’s the creation of ebooks and blog posts or managing their social media accounts – I’ve always been involved in content...