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How I Survived Dragons’ Den and Lived to Tell About It

How I Survived Dragons’ Den and Lived to Tell About It

It’s 10 a.m. on a wintery Wednesday and I am standing, backstage, in the Dragons’ Den studios at the CBC’s towering Toronto broadcast centre. A camera intrudes into my personal space and an associate producer is prodding me with questions: Am I ready? Am I worried?...
Going It Alone a la Gaga is Not the Best Formula

Going It Alone a la Gaga is Not the Best Formula

Entrepreneurs that are successful as sole proprietors are rare. Most often, success is the product of collaboration. Recently, I caught myself reading a New York Post article, as I very infrequently do, about the rise and fall of Lady Gaga, who received a tepid...
Which Leader Are You…  A Fox?  Or a Hedgehog?

Which Leader Are You… A Fox? Or a Hedgehog?

The ancient parable of the fox and the hedgehog has come into increasing view in popular culture lately. And while its origins are somewhat ambiguous, the allegory has been applied to entrepreneurs, scientists, philosophers, playwrights, business leaders, economists,...

Miss Virginia needs some stealthy goalie pads

A kid in New Hampshire has developed stealth goalie pads, which he claims have increased his save percentage.  Stupid, but novel…. not unlike Gary Bettman.  What do I think, you beg?  Over the years I have used many different leg pad designs including a white...

How to Sell Great

In this series I will be posting pieces semi-monthly containing my philosophies on web marketing, product design and conception, and of course Entrepreneurship. While the title looks like a grammatical error, it ain’t.  “Great” is what your ideas,...