It’s a good question “You know the difference between a Canadian and a canoe, eh? A canoe tips.” I enjoy destroying that myth. Sharing...

In defense of Capitalism If it’s Enlightened Entrepreneurship “You never win playing by the rules.” “Give ‘em what they want.” Those were...

The history of computers As I know it This book review in The Economist (September 7th, 2023) reminded me of my own short story,...

Getting political - Part 2 Last week’s newsletter and Blog post on Getting Political got a stronger than usual response from readers and...

Books @ $0.99! & Other News From your Uncle Ralph Special summer reading prices @ $0.99 for E-book editions! Ending soon, so buy now,...

Artificial Intelligence? It’s not that smart All the business buzz these days is about AI – Artificial Intelligence. It seems everybody’s...

Learn from the criminals? Be careful with that idea My grandson, studying business and finance at UBC, gave me two books to read, Gang...

Economics & Business Disconnected “How’s business?” “Fantastic!” “But I thought we were going into a recession?” “The economy may be...

Play by the rules And you can’t win? My first crime fiction novel about an enlightened entrepreneur fighting crime and corruption was...

What's an Enlightened Entrepreneur? Unsung heroes I've known a few and was recently re-introduced to the concept of "enlightened"...

Biggest Entrepreneur Mistake #7 Getting too personal (An extract from DON’T DO IT THE HARD WAY – Avoid the Seven Biggest Mistakes that...

Buy the Brand Before the product Apparently, the current economic conditions of high inflation and high interest rates are a result of...

Stop complaining But we’re not done yet. My mission in writing for entrepreneurs and about entrepreneurs is to promote enlightened...

Biggest Entrepreneur Mistake #4 Neglecting Key Relationships (An extract from DON’T DO IT THE HARD WAY – Avoid the Seven Biggest Mistakes...

Entrepreneur Mistake #1 Too entrepreneurial. My recent book of advice for entrepreneurs, DON’T DO IT THE In working with entrepreneurs...

So far, so good? Or too soon to tell. We’re only into the second week of 2023, so it’s too soon to tell if we’re making progress on our...

Creativity The secret sauce As I regularly change hats from business advisor to writer of crime fiction, Creativity is their superpower....

Trust nobody Or trust everybody? Rule #1: You may know the story of the shopkeeper who decided it was time to teach his young son about...

Storytelling With a purpose. It may seem odd that I’m writing business advice for entrepreneurs at the same time as I’m writing crime...

It's just business. Never personal. I recently completed my fourth novel about an entrepreneur and his crime-fighting buddy, called Bad...