Small businesses dominate Toronto’s information and communications technology (ICT) cluster, often referred to as Silicon Valley North, according to a new report.Only less than half of one per cent of the 11,500 ICT
Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah – entrepreneurs in residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston – know a thing or two about launching a new business. They've transformed their own
Remember the late '90s, when tech managers left corporate IT in droves join Internet start-ups? Some people got rich, and others got burned, but everyone agreed -- working for a start-up is a
Samir Mehta doesn't look much like a 15-year-old Chinese gymnast, but in many ways, the 41-year-old serial entrepreneur is just as nimble. You may have heard of him a few years ago when
Excerpts from the interview: Why do so many small businesses fail? There's two reasons. The first one is bad financial management. [Entrepreneurs] forget that sales have to exceed expenses -- the common stuff
"Sell the sizzle not the steak," is a favourite marketing mantra.But tech-based businesses are better off expounding on the benefits their product or services provide if they intend to break into the market,
It's a scenario any new entrepreneur dreads.After finally getting start-up capital to get a venture off the ground, the company's owner suddenly realizes he had essentially signed off to the investor a huge
