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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Ah, January. Maybe it’s the cold, the eggnog-induced five extra pounds or the impending credit card bill. Anyway you slice it, getting revved up for work in the new year isn’t easy. But here’s the good news: We’ve got five sure-fire ways to start making more money in your business right now. That should get your fire burning!
read more at our Mom Ink blog at YummyMummyClub.ca
Posted by Danielle on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 1 Comments
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Walking through Ikea today reminded of the Dragons’ Den. This week’s episode touched on the concept of the loss leader, a strategy Ikea executes to perfection.
Posted by Amy on Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 2 Comments
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Monday, November 14, 2011
I'm disturbed about something. I hadn't given it too much thought until the November issue of Chatelaine magazine landed on my doorstep.
Posted by Amy on Monday, November 14, 2011 - 2 Comments
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
One upside of being a small player in business is flexibility. Before you’ve gone too far down the garden path, and before you’ve invested too much money, you can take advantage of your ability to react to demands in the market.
Posted by Amy on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 0 Comments
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Gail Vaz-Oxlade is mad, really mad, at Canadian lenders these days. We’ve all seen the author and television host force people to pull up their britches and get their debts squared away on her popular TV shows, ‘Til Debt Do U$ Part and Princess. And while no one is a bigger believer in personal responsibility when it comes to taking on debt, this time Vaz-Oxlade is setting her sights on banks and their ‘irresponsible lending practices.’ She sees a disconnect between the amount of credit lenders are willing to extend and the ability of people to assume that debt. Gail Vaz-Oxlade wants to ‘school’ lenders and is taking advantage of Credit Education Week (Nov. 13 to 19th) to ask Canadians to avoid credit card transactions, using only cash, in order to send a message to lenders.
We caught up with Ms. Vaz-Oxlade to talk about debt specifically as it pertains to entrepreneurs.
Posted by Danielle on Monday, November 7, 2011 - 2 Comments
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
My favourite Dragons’ Den lesson this week came courtesy of Carolyne Braid, founder of Pole Fit. Although pole dancing may sound titillating, essentially this was a pitch that tapped into the latest trend for getting in shape. Pole Fit offers fitness classes in Winnipeg and brought in $89k in revenue last year. Braid’s ask of $35k for 20% of her company was to finance studio space, as well selling Pole Fit franchises across Canada.
Posted by Amy on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 2 Comments
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Smart gals get what they need for their businesses and their lives as inexpensively as possible. While we've always been on the frugal side (cheap, cheap, cheap), lately we've been delighted with the results we've achieved using free web-based software.
Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog:
Posted by Danielle on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 0 Comments
Thursday, October 27, 2011
This week’s episode of Dragons’ Den featured the best and brightest young entrepreneurs from across Canada, and it was fantastic.
Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog:
http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/dragons-den-season-six-episode-six-recap
Posted by Amy on Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 3 Comments
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Here's our take on lining up for cheap gas and other time sucking pursuits...
Posted by Danielle on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 0 Comments
Sunday, October 16, 2011
We think that setting yourself up to provide as much separation between your ‘work life’ and your ‘family life’ is one of the keys to success. Here are some simple tricks for creating some sanity-saving, efficiency-boosting work/life boundaries:
Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog:
http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/sanity-savers-for-work-at-home-mompreneur
Posted by Danielle on Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 0 Comments
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
I love Dragons’ Den because of the stories you hear from some amazing Canadian entrepreneurs. But I also love the show because it’s great tv: dramatic, funny, occasionally over-the-top, sometimes sensationalistic. The stories on the show also happen to be true. Like the best reality tv, you couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried.
Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog:
http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/dragons-den-season-episode-recap
Posted by Amy on Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 0 Comments
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
A few years ago we found ourselves invited to admire our most senior employee’s brand new bedroom set. It was lovely. Believe us, we were delighted for her. But at the time, it made us wonder if her grass wasn’t just a little greener than ours. For example, at that point in time, we both happened to be sleeping on box springs - sans fancy bedroom sets. How was it that our employee was having sweet dreams based on her paycheque while we were still juggling the need to grow our business with the cash we were taking out personally?
Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog
Posted by Amy on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 0 Comments
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Posted by Danielle on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 2 Comments
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Do you love the TV show Dragon's Den on CBC? We do! Each week Amy comments on lessons from Den at our Mom Ink blog at Yummy Mummy Club. Check out this week's recap!
Posted by Amy on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 2 Comments
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The take-away from this week’s episode of Dragons’ Den reinforces one of our long-held beliefs: There is nothing wrong with starting small.
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Posted by Amy on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 2 Comments
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