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Spring Cleaning Hype – Re-purpose? Recycle? Or Sell?
Decisions, decisions. Where to begin? It’s on all of our minds. While spring cleaning is often viewed as a daunting, long drawn out process, it can be turned into a rather entertaining and rewarding venture.
Whether you choose to tackle the entire house, basement and garage or just one room, being prepared with the proper tools and resources will make life a lot easier when it comes time to re-purposing, recycling or selling your unused and unwanted items. …
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How-To: Fund your Business
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The Taxing issue of Business Deductions
Canada Revenue Agency has a full library of useful business information available online to help you figure out which taxes, and tax write-offs, apply to you. It has everything from figuring out payroll deductions to filing tax for your sole proprietorship or corporation, and even explains record keeping requirements for businesses.
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Offering Peace of Mind
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Financing your Business
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Managing stress through Exercise and Nutrition
You’ve heard it before: “Exercise causes the body to release a chemical called endorphins, also known as ‘feel good’ hormones…” Well, it’s true. Endorphins have the effect of reducing pain and can cause a state of euphoria, similar to those after eating chocolate. Hmm, let’s try a healthier example – after a good workout, like a “runner’s high.”
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How-To: Better Business Writing
There is always a dual purpose to any piece of business writing. Although primarily we want to accomplish something (make a request, place an order, lodge a complaint etc.), we also have an underlying purpose: to maintain a good relationship with the reader and promote ourselves and our organization.
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Thinking about starting a new business?
Remember your first love? Remember when you spent every waking minute thinking about him? Remember the butterflies and always wanting to be with him? Remember staying up late and dreaming up big plans for the future; plans that got you so excited you jumped out of bed in the morning? Remember the glow you got when you saw him; the glow everyone else noticed as well?
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Wrestling the Paper Tiger: A Self-purging filing system
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Matchmaking: the business of Romance
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Swirl: The little wine bar that could
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The Business of Art(isans): Part III
Wendy Van Riesen, Dahlia Drive, turns used shirts and slips into one-of-a-kind wearable art pieces and sells them at fairs, through stores and online. Her business started out as a class project while she was changing careers from acting to visual art. As part of her two-year textile course through Capilano University she had to learn how to make and use natural dyes. She chose to dye a slip she had on hand using flowers from her neighbour’s garden.
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Common-sense Networking Checklist