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How 2 make Chambers of
Commerce more relevant? They help their clients (members) sell more 2 THEIR
clients. My sketch:http://bit.ly/ii5iL6
How 2 give ppl in fast food a living wage? Make them more productive.
Turn biz processes inside out, my sketch:http://bit.ly/hZLoDz
2 minutes ago
Internet metrics leading 2 new forms of pricing in biz models. Eg, bill yr client based on mthly sub fee/# hits/# Likes/#
conversions/GIS...
2 Mar
Home price
increases in Ottawa
from 1956 to 2010:http://bit.ly/fVAylK
1 Mar
Gr8 place 2 look
4 a PB4L, castoffs by large cos. Austrian Impossible Project tries to revive
Polaroid Instant Film:http://bit.ly/eT7AfR
28 Feb
Billion prices
project wld make a pretty good PB4L:http://bit.ly/eNF7sM
28 Feb
Moral underpinnings
of entrepreneurship explained:http://www.eqjournal.org/moral-underpinnings-of-entreprenurship.pdf
20 Feb
Some cool GM
from Guy Kawasaki 4 his new book: u get a free PDF cc of an old book of his if
u go 2 his FB Fan Page & 'Like' it.#ec3396
24 Jan
TinyUrl.com
tripped up by bit.ly the same way that bit.ly may get short circuited by t.co/bad
biz models: 7 Minute Abs,http://bit.ly/egRnLu
9 Dec
Sushi in NA took
off > a. they pre-packaged it so it was easier to order & b. upped the
portion size. Simple MMB, Magic Marketing Button.
10 Oct
Not a very
walkable place but the new Centrepointe Town Centre is better than the usual
poorly imagined Ottawa
plan:http://bit.ly/aw8uLH
3 Sep
If YouTube cld get a respectable $15 per thousand viewers then
Comedian Natalie Tran cld get $833k instead of $101k:http://bit.ly/b77eeS
1 Sep
If Huffington
Post's numbers are correct, YouTube is getting a really crappy ~$1.82 per 1,000
views from advertisers: http://bit.ly/cdtLlC
1 Sep
Marketing 101. We got a flyer in our mailbox this am. Added a face,
URL, testimonial. Faces count in the Internet age:http://bit.ly/alMAWK
1 Sep
Mega yachts (http://bit.ly/aKt5Nc) probably exist 4 same
reason as mega homesteads: storehouse of value/not
easily attached by creditors.
22 Aug
"Who am I 2
be brilliant, talented, fabulous & wonderful?
Actually who are u not 2 be? Your playing small
doesn't serve the world," Mandela.
22 Aug
This is scary:
What the Amish Don't Pay (http://bit.ly/cPClMw) & You Do; >
$10k/mth or $14.3 million over 40 yrs at 4.5%.
3 Aug
"At a
minimum, don’t you think you should treat your clients at least as well as you
would treat yourself?" Glenn Schmelzle.
31 Jul
More stores shld double load 2 maximize sales.
We did this w/ Scotiabank Place
where stores face in & out (2 serve even on dark days.)
31 Jul
How 2 get out of
a bad com lease: negotiate w/ yr LL/bankrupt the co/buy out the lease/get yr
new LL 2 take over yr existing lease/sublet.
31 Jul
Amish can self
insure (4 medical/home/etc) because over 40 yrs, they save >$14 million
compared 2 avg family of 4:http://bit.ly/9E6XQb
31 Jul
New initiatives
rarely start top down. Practice an old art form called 'nemawash'i
(by the Japanese): bld consensus below the
'waterline'.
30 Jul
Masayoshi Son,
head of Softbank in Tokyo
says: keep an idea bank yr entire life; discard bad ideas/keep good ones/review
frequently.
30 Jul
A friend in Tokyo tells me: US co does 2,000
things/yr, 1/3 wrong. Japanese co does 1,800, 1 wrong. At yr end, Japan: 1,799, USA: 1,333.
30 Jul
Found a 1913
photo of Stephen Leacock (http://bit.ly/c1LjAW) & a living
biography: http://bit.ly/cf9u5e in my Dad's things.
30 Jul
No real idea
what a Twitter acct is worth but here's a guesstimate 4 that: http://bit.ly/dzWNJ3. Ashton Kutcher: $8.6m. ProfBruce $6k.
25 Jul
Photo of Scotiabank Place
when it was an empty field (Uncle Peter, Prof Bruce & son, Matt in front of
Palladium sign):http://bit.ly/a0QTBN
15 Jul
'Frigonomics' defined on Urban Dictionary: http://bit.ly/c2bsGa
14 Jul
NYY's owner George Steinbrenner makes a compound ROR on his
original investment of ~ 15% pa: http://bit.ly/cGERg5
14 Jul
Former student
Jennifer Schweers starts her own photography biz:http://bit.ly/cNDPgL. Uses GM: gets FB clients whose status is 'engaged'.
12 Jul
Approx. density
calcs for Riverhead, Long Island Master Planned Community by Baldassano Architecture: http://bit.ly/9zShOM
11 Jul
Baldassano Architecture achieves res density of ~28 units per acre
for Long Island community with 2 &
3-storey towns:http://bit.ly/arECT1
11 Jul
Hard 2 beat r.e. returns. Edouard
Manet's Self-Portrait sells for $33.2 million > 13
yrs. Compound return = 4.1% p.a.:http://bit.ly/b89PBC
10 Jul
'Secret' biz
models are like bad crypto: full of holes. Until yr biz model meets real
clients, may look pretty but probably won't work well.
5 Jul
Siberian Cedar Medallions. Make yr own,
promote good health + gr8 project to do w/ yr kids (at Red Pine Camp, say!)http://bit.ly/dwFu7z.
4 Jul
2 make car
washes better neighbors, why not add 'air lock' system 2 them 2 contain noise? http://bit.ly/adkC5G
1 Jul
Here's yr very
own Ontario HST new Housing calculator/spreadsheet: http://bit.ly/b9K4wT
10 Jun
> July 1,
2010, Ontario HST = 0.13 x PP - Rebates, where PP is Purchase Price of Newly
Constructed Home & Rebates =http://bit.ly/dwLeDF
7 Jun
The most
important decision an entrepreneur makes other than the decision 2 start a biz
is who they choose as their first hire.
1 Jun
Assets don't
produce income, ppl do.
1 Jun
Every business
is an experiment until proven otherwise.
1 Jun
How shld we celebrate Canada's 150th Birthday in 2017? MY
suggestion: let's build a national boardwalk in Ottawa:http://bit.ly/avxJ60
24 May
Smart truth:
Independent Senate candidate Charlie Crist: "It
isn't a matter of right or left but being right or wrong."
2 May
Here is yr very
own spreadsheet 2 turn $25,000 into $51,197,953.00:http://bit.ly/btVuEW. This is 2 b viewed
w/: http://bit.ly/bT0PQ8.
16 Apr
Thinking of
creating new event 4 Ottawa:
Entrepreneurs Trade Show 2 be called 'Bootstrappers'. Draft: http://bit.ly/bgSdwU. Comments pls?
16 Apr
Bill Shenkman told me 25 yrs ago: "Invest in Parking
Lots!" I invested in office bldgs instead. He
lives in Monaco, I live in Nepean!
21 Mar
When shld fear of prejudicing yr IP get in the way of feedback
on it? Not sure but maybe the answer is never.
21 Mar
How good is
Twitter for Profs? Hashtags: #EC3396, multi-dimensional conversation incl cross talk amongst students, Prof updates, Q & A ...
21 Mar
Invented new form of commerce: sell only prdts
that are rated by yr community > 7. If below 7, relegated/must be rehab'd thru FS/make goods.
1 Mar 10
Here is my old
cheat sheet on how 2 sell and tips from #NLP:http://bit.ly/90EaCb
21 Feb 10
What's an acre
of land worth on Chamapgne near Carling in Ottawa? $5.6 million or ~
$130 per s.f. Bought for 2 condo towers.#OBJ
20 Feb 10
#ec3396: Structure yr partnership deals so
that you end with equal shares even if you don't have the same amt of dough:http://bit.ly/d4wcQd
14 Feb 10
#EC3396: How to flip and trade in land with
no money down (see Postscript 2): http://bit.ly/9nT1hf
14 Feb 10
#EC3396: here are the answers to the
midterm exam. Compare them to yr own: http://bit.ly/cgoteW
11 Feb 10
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I told one of my
former students about -ve cost selling (http://bit.ly/K37HA). He said: "Cool.
It's like you'll pay me to hire you!"
9 Nov 09
Dr. Bruce M. Firestone, B. Eng. (Civil), M. Eng.-Sci. PhD.
Real Estate Broker and Mortgage Broker, Century 21 Explorer Realty Inc., Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Telfer School of Management, University of
Ottawa; Founder, Ottawa Senators; Executive Director, Exploriem.org
Tel. 613.422.6757 x 250
Fax: 613.422.2807
Email: bruce.firestone@cent_ry21.ca
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