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“You Spoke, We listened” Maker’s Mark transparently reverses it’s decision
After a major uproar in the distilled spirits community, Maker’s Mark has “listened” and reversed the decision to change the ABV from 90 down to 84. A classy call by a classy brand. I will admit, I...
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International Days and a question about what makes them special…
Today is International Women’s Day, and it got me to thinking. How many “days” are actually “International”?……. As it turns out……a lot…. Nevermind all the fake Facebook ones or the cheesy menial...
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Growing up Entrepreneur; an anthology in the making
Being an Entrepreneur is all that I have ever known. When I tell my “story”, I start with “I may have never had a J-O-B in my entire life”. Maybe a little untrue, I worked for A&W as a teenager The...
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Growing up Entrepreneur; finding inspiration
Inspirations come in many forms. Inspiration has no sense of “time”, or timing. Sometimes it comes when you need it most and other times you search so hard for it that you exhaust yourself looking....
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Growing up entrepreneur; When did you give up on saving the world?
The “Entrepreneurial Spirit” is distinct. The daily collision of risk management, innovation and possible failure makes us obvious in a crowd. The brightest business people, athletes, professionals,...
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Restaurants Top The List Of The Most Tried & Failed Small Businesses...
Reblogged from Small Food Business: The fact that many independent restaurants start and fail probably isn't news to any of us, but the fact that they top the list of small business failures is a...
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Restaurant Recruitment; Autonomy (Medium Rare), Mastery (on the side), and...
A strong (even everlasting) recruitment strategy is essential to any business’ growth and success. [TRUISM] We are in the age of shorter attention spans, and the idea of “retention” resides in how...
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Transparency in distilled spirits, a lesson.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3en8JuyNm0&w=560&h=315] Screaming on high about the flavour and profile of Maker’s Mark has been a specialty of mine over the years. Today I am simply...
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The Icarus Deception and your meaningful art in a new economy.
The Icarus Deception from Squarespace on Vimeo. Seth Godin is many things, author, blogger, marketer, speaker and provocateur. Sometimes with less than 15 words, Mr. Godin can cause a wave of thought...
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Finding your core values, if money was no object
Frame {find calm} Create {define} Refine {group} Prioritize {scrutinize} Live with them {act on them} What is a core value? Why do they even matter? Isn’t that “fluffy” consultant speak?! Living with...
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“You Spoke, We listened” Maker’s Mark transparently reverses it’s decision
After a major uproar in the distilled spirits community, Maker’s Mark has “listened” and reversed the decision to change the ABV from 90 down to 84. A classy call by a classy brand. I will admit, I...
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International Days and a question about what makes them special…
Today is International Women’s Day, and it got me to thinking. How many “days” are actually “International”?……. As it turns out……a lot…. Nevermind all the fake Facebook ones or the cheesy menial...
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Growing up Entrepreneur: 5 business lessons from a horse.
After reading Ryan Holmes’ post on ” 5 Management Secrets I learned from my dog” last month, I was inspired. Most anyone who works with me or spends any length of time will hear about my “family of...
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Growing up Entrepreneur: The Mountain and Men that inspired a generation
Real Man “People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” - Sir Edmund Hillary Climbing is inspiration for many, some in idea and dream and others in...
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Ishmael, a narrative that will change your desire to save the world
With 263 pages, Daniel Quinn will change the fervour in which you choose to change the world, or not. The later is unfortunately the truth about this narrative. I was amazed that it took so long for...
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Growing up Entrepreneur: Lessons from Dad
As you age into adult entrepreneurship, it seems that you spend less time at your home of your childhood. For myself, I have officially been away from home as much as I ever lived with my parents and...
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Remembrance Day, and why I won’t forget.
As a millennial, I am commonly lumped into a group that has simply forgotten about the “Great War(s)”, or why Remembrance Day even exists. I am one of those saps that is in “remembrance” most days,...
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10 reasons why this isn’t the Canada I grew up in. {click}
We used to welcome scientific debate, and now we bury it. We used to welcome the opinions of our countries ambassadors, now we call them “American”. We used to care about our natural resources, now we...
View Article10 reasons why this isn’t the Canada I grew up in PART DEUX {UPDATE}
[UPDATE] So the statistics are in, my post from Wednesday, has received 13,000+ views in 24 hours. 1000+ “likes”, more than 400 “shares” and more than 100 comments (74% positive/26% negative) from...
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Martin Luther King Jr, has his dream come true?
Take a moment to see why this day matters. This man’s speech (below) didn’t just change America, it changed the world, and continues to do so today. Photo Courtesy of nationalgeographic.com We all know...
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