Do You Have What it Takes to Become a Virtual Assistant?

This is a trick question because there is no hard-and-fast definition of Virtual Assistant (VA). Even if your skill set is different from other people who do office work, you can still qualify within your particular niche. As a general rule, the job involves performing some set of needed tasks for other businesses while remaining […]

Environmentalist Brad Fauteux Talks Value of Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Bradley Fauteux is an environmental advocate with over 16 years of experience in conservation work.  He served as the Managing Director of Ontario Parks and the Ministry of Natural Resources, and has worked with more than 300 distinct intergovernmental, community, Indigenous and private sector partners. We recently spoke with Brad Fauteux about how sustainability can […]

Kevin Hobbs Vanbex Group CEO and Vancouver Business Leader on Growing Your Company

As CEO of Vanbex Group & Vanbex Labs, a blockchain firm, Kevin Hobbs is responsible for overseeing operations and providing vision and leadership for the Vanbex Group of companies. A cryptocurrency and blockchain technology industry veteran, he joined the company just five years ago and, since then, has led the company as it’s evolved from […]

The Most Important Asset You Have

When you’re running a business or taking high-level decisions for one, the most important thing you can do is understand the value of the assets you have available. It’s these assets you can use to solve problems and pursue opportunities so you have to know what you have at your fingertips. The list might include […]

Q&A with Sheldon Barris, Toronto Lawyer, President of Jorlee Holdings, Ltd.

Sheldon Barris is the founder, owner and president of Jorlee Holdings, Ltd., a Toronto company that provides funding for construction and development projects for clients who don’t qualify for financing from banks and other traditional lending institutions. The many projects Sheldon and his team have funded include View Point Estates, located in Bradford, Ontario. As […]