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Last Week’s Poll and Results:
When to send an e-newsletter was last week’s poll and we asked 3 key questions

What day is the BEST DAY of the week for reading email newsletters?
When is the BEST TIME of the day for reading email newsletters?
What is the WORST (well busiest) DAY to send you an email newsletter?
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This Week’s Poll Question:
Who do you turn to for trusted sound business advice when you need it?

Linkedin co-Founder’s 10 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success

LinkedIn co-founder and angel investor Reid Hoffman says now's the time for bold entrepreneurship. Current economic conditions offer an ideal environment for startups, he says, because you have more time to get a new venture off the ground before the competition catches on.
by Mikal E. Belicove
Source: Entrepreneur.com
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Burned by Daily-Deal Craze, Small Businesses Get Savvy

Retailers have learned the hard way that coupon sites like Groupon Inc. don't always deliver such a sweet deal.

The small businesses that feed the "deal a day" websites are getting more sophisticated in how they structure their offers, and with whom. In the past, merchants regularly absorbed as much as 75% of a deal's cost and often saw little in the way of repeat business.

By Elizabeth Holmes
Source: The Wall Street Journal

The Founder's Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell?

Economic confidence is springing up all over, just ahead of the daffodils. But it's a shy, Canadian kind of confidence, tentative and exploratory, and ready to wilt in the event of unexpected frost.

By Anthony Tjan, CEO and Founder Cue Ball
Source: Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2011, VANCOUVER BC
UP CLOSE AND ALL BUSINESS
WITH KEVIN O’LEARY
Leading business analyst Michael Campbell conducts a candid interview with renowned investment guru Kevin O’Leary in front of a live audience. Larger than life and never shy with his insights, O'Leary is taking questions and delivering the straight goods on matters that speaks directly to the bottom line.

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March 17
Business After Hours
Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Calgary, AB
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March 22
Dragon’s Den Successful Pitchers Panel
with Host, Diane Buchner
Enterprise Toronto
Toronto, ON
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March 22
Cocktails & Commerce
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa, ON
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Jim Welch
Versa Accounts
President & Founder

Jim founded VersAccounts with a view to providing an accounting software service that gives small businesses the ability to share their data with multiple users, located anywhere, each using the operating system of their choosing. Working as a consultant, Jim found that conventional entry-level accounting systems had several drawbacks that constrained users’ ability to share and leverage their accounting data. Moreover, such entry-level systems were only for the MS Windows operating system. VersAccounts software is designed to meet the financial accounting needs of Small- to Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME), providing a system that is easy-to-use, feature packed, and expandable to meet their needs as they grow. From the beginning, VersAccounts was designed to provide users both platform independence and thorough data access. VersAccounts Limited is a privately held company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.
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