Capital News Articles

• 11/02/05 - Entrepreneurialism Okanagan Style
• 10/26/05 - "Burns' Business Builder" - Beyond the Box
• 10/19/05 - The Sales Overhaul – Step 1 - The Sales Audit
• 10/12/05 - Overhauling Your Sales Effort
• 10/05/05 - The Inside/Outside Marketing Measurement System
• 09/28/05 - Overhauling Your Marketing Efforts
• 09/20/05 - Why You Need A Leadership Overhaul
• 09/14/05 - The Three Most Important Measures of Business Success
• 09/07/05 - Creating Your Own Fresh Start
• 08/28/05 - Identifying Your Defining Moments
• 08/23/05 - Achieving a Balanced Life
• 08/17/05 - It is Never Too Late to Start Action Oriented Listening
• 08/09/05 - Mid Year Reality Check
• 08/03/05 - Thinking "Beyond the Box"
• 07/20/05 - Growing Your Leadership
• 07/13/05 - Shifting Your Customer Base
• 07/06/05 - Dare to Try Something New
• 06/29/05 - Leading In a Crisis
• 06/22/05 - Is Change Ever Easy?
• 05/25/05 - Rethinking Your Intellectual Property
• 05/10/05 - AceTech Technology CEO and Founder Reception a Key Event
• 05/04/05 - Not Your Normal Startup...
• 04/27/05 - The Three Step Plan To Freedom
• 04/20/05 - Implementing Business Research
• 04/13/05 - The Role of the "Encouragers"
• 03/28/05 - The Leadership Challenge
• 03/23/05 - The Okanagan Partnership’s Okanagan Economic Summit
• 03/16/05 - Delivering One Customer at a Time
• 03/09/05 - How Many Customers Have You Lost This Past Year?
• 03/02/05 - Providing International Students with a Unique View of Kelowna
• 02/22/05 - Tracking the Skies
• 02/16/05 - Encouragement to Get Involved in Coaching
• 02/09/05 - Improving the Profitability of Your Business
• 02/02/05 - Talking Technology: Networking: NAT hosts manufacturing reception
• 26/01/05 - Talking Technology: Ways to become a business vision keeper
• 19/01/05 - Talking Technology: Following the VPC2 formula to success
• 12/01/05 - Talking Technology: What's your most valuable asset?
• 05/01/05 - Talking Technology: Here’s a different view on setting goals for your business
• 29/12/04 - Talking Technologies: Making your New Year's radical revolutions
• 22/12/04 - Leadership: Build on company’s strengths
• 15/12/04 - Leadership: Breaking all of the conventional networking rules
• 08/12/04 - Succession planning for your business is critical
• 01/12/04 - Leadership: Catching up with the leader..
• 24/11/04 - Don't let marketing e-mails become annoying
• 17/11/04 - The ups and downs of the technology CEO
• 10/11/04 - Leadership:
• 03/11/04 - Leadership: Five keys for setting up your business to sell it
• 27/10/04 - Strive to have your business excellence recognized
• 20/10/04 - To expand or not to expand, that’s the question
• 13/10/04 - Leadership: The one-page performance management plan
• 06/10/04 - How to become an ‘outperformer’
• 29/09/04 - A true example of outstanding leadership
• 22/09/04 - Show compassion, care when in a leadership role
• 15/09/04 - Leadership: The contrarian’s guide to leadership
• 08/09/04 - A contrarian’s guide to leadership
• 01/09/04 - Leadership drawn from a mutual respect
• 25/08/04 - Deriving leadership from faith
• 18/08/04 - Leadership is an evolving skill
• 11/08/04 - Prospera backtracks on policy
• 04/08/04 - Maximize value of your business
• 14/07/04 - How to avoid making fatal business decisions
• 07/07/04 - The importance of leadership
• 23/06/04 - Tips to help avoid common mistakes in sales business
• 09/06/04 - Implementing core values in your business
• 02/06/04 - Evolution one step at a time
• 26/05/04 - Memorial Cup: An experience not soon forgotten
• 19/05/04 - High tech CEOs given a chance to share concerns
• 05/05/04 - AceTech hosts technology CEO..
• 28/04/04 - Cooperating with your competitor has ..
• 14/04/04 - Gathering competitive intelligence is essential
• 07/04/04 - Soaring higher with the Angel
• 31/03/04 - Balancing the life of today’s entrepreneur
• 24/03/04 - OUC Okanagan: Get involved in new university..
• 17/03/04 - How to implement a profit improvement scheme
• 10/03/04 - The Fourth Way to Grow a Business in Prioritized Steps
• 03/03/04 - UBC-OUC Merger Welcomed
• 25/02/04 - Four ways to grow a business's bottom line
• 18/02/04 - Discounting your business away
• 11/02/04 - Nurturing your customer
• 04/02/04 - Tip #2 to grow your business
• 28/01/04 - The Okanagan Partnership Launch
• 21/01/04 - Grow your business with customer advisory board
• 14/01/04 - Four ways to grow your high technology business
• 07/01/04 - Don't be afraid to start a business revolution in 2004
• 17/12/03 - Small Okanagan high tech firm making its way
• 10/12/03 - Three business leaders thanked
• 03/12/03 - The leader in RFID technology
• 26/11/03 - Tracking everything that moves
• 19/11/03 - The untouchables technology can't break through
• 12/11/03 - Reshaping energy using new fuel cell technology
• 29/10/03 - How to market with the customer's permission
• 22/10/03 - An alternative to hours spent pushing the lawnmower
• 15/10/03 - New economy competitors must also collaborate
• 08/10/03 - Market assessment thinks out an idea's validity
• 01/10/03 - Become comfortable embracing the wireless world
• 24/09/03 - Don't ignore need for business succession planning
• 17/09/03 - The first non-browning apple
• 10/09/03 - Biotechnology an emerging Okanagan Industry
• 05/09/03 - Helping to inventory lost contents
• 13/08/03 - Angel investors can help a firm flourish
• 06/08/03 - Harvest Golf Course sets example for service
• 23/07/03 - Considerations to ponder when selling a business
• 16/07/03 - Windward Software hitting all the right buttons
• 09/07/03 - Buying into high tech
• 02/07/03 - Putting you and your business to the mid-year
• 25/06/03 - Prospera offers high technology companies
• 18/06/03 - How to become an effective high technology CEO
• 11/06/03 - Preparing students for high-tech jobs
• 04/06/03 - Voice technology uses the Internet
• 28/05/03 - AceTech hosts technology CEO/founder reception
• 21/05/03 - New sources of capital for CEO's
• 14/05/03 - Protect your intellectual property
• 07/05/03 - How to increase market value
• 30/04/03 - Create an awesome business
• 23/04/03 - Sound advice for how to retain your employees
• 16/04/03 - The roller coaster life of a high technology..
• 09/04/03 - How to diversify your high technology business
• 02/04/03 - Taking the moral high ground
• 26/03/03 - Expansion: Increasing your business's bottom line
• 19/03/03 - High Tech: Choose your distribution channel wisely
• 12/03/03 - Understanding the principal-centred business plan
• 05/03/03 - Building the bridge to your critical information
• 26/02/03 - Budget impact on technology
• 19/02/03 - Treating employees right
• 12/02/03 - Geton delivers e-commerce solutions
• 05/02/03 - Building a high performance software team
• 29/01/03 - High Tech Access to Capital
• 22/01/03 - Disability marketplace invested in
• 08/01/03 - Put your sense of leadership qualities to the test
• 18/12/02 - Time to institute new revolutions for the New Year
• 11/12/02 - Navigator Multimedia Inc. - Communication
• 04/12/02 - Total Care Technologies - Building a high tech firm
• 27/11/02 - Global Multi-media - New spin on multimedia
• 20/11/02 - Hotchkiss - Looking to Lead
• 13/11/02 - US Expansion - Westbank Business Reaches
• 06/11/02 - School Library Software - Climbs high-tech trail
• 30/10/02 - Quantech Software - Firm Finds Its Niche
• 23/10/02 - Airtreks - Airtreks Relocates to Kelowna
• 16/10/02 - OptiMedirect - Creating Paperless MD's Office
• 09/10/02 - Valley High Tech a Surprise For Many

Okanagan Science and Technology Council's Newsletter

• Oct '05 - THE INNOVATION INCUBATOR - Burns' Innovation Builder Column by Steve Burns
• Sep '05 - Talking Technology - Love what you do and the money will come.
• Mar '05 - Talking Technology - Not Your Normal Start-Up...
• Jan '05 - The Hidden Benefit of OSTEC Membership
• Dec '04 - The Hidden Benefit of OSTEC Membership
• Nov '04 - Talking Technology - The Leader in Active RFID Technology
• Oct '04 - Talking Technology - A True Example of Outstanding Leadership

Silicon Valley North Articles

• Dec 03 - Tracking everything that moves
• Nov 03 - Rethinking your intellectual property strategy
• Oct 03 - Emerging biotech industry in the Okanagan
• Sept 03 - Soaring higher with the angels

Business Strategy

• Defining Your Strategic Objective
• Defining Your Company Story
• Incubating Your Business Idea
• Four Ways To Grow Your Business
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
• Planning To Sell Your Business

• Financing Your Business
• Financing Your Business (Growth)

Human Resources

• Motivating Your Employees
• Leadership Attributes To Avoid
• Leadership Self Test

• Ecommerce Tips
  • Tip 1
  • Tip 2
  • Tip 3
  • Tip 4
  • Tip 5

• Customer Loyalty
• Customer Loyalty Steps

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