A Thing of Beauty

February is the longest, shortest month of the year.  Most days are fairly gloomy and although we know - thanks to the groundhogs predictions - that Spring is coming, it sometimes feels like it will never arrive.  People who suffer from Seasonal Affected Disorder...

Hawaii at Home

February 2nd, in addition to belong to the groundhog, is also World Play Your Ukulele Day. If you haven’t had the pleasure of boarding this plucky little instrument for grade school music lessons, you have missed out on something that just sounds like joy and sunshine...

Creating Experiences

Creating Experiences In 2020, the customer's experience surpassed price and brand recognition as the most important factor in a consumer's buying behaviour.  And, a large number of those consumers are willing to pay a premium to have a positive and memorable...

The 4 P’s for Surviving a Pandemic (and Reopening)

In the movie Apollo 13, Gene Krantz, the NASA flight director, asked the engineering team for the ill-fated flight to work with whoever they needed to in order to get the crew home safely. “I don’t care what anything was designed to do,” he said, “I care about what it...

#IndependentRetailerMonth

#IndependentRetailerMonth July is Independent Retailer Month and with such an amazing array of retailers offering you, well, everything you could possibly need or want, you shouldn't need any incentive at all to explore your area and find what you need - and what you...

#DMSF2019: Event Recap!

#DMSF2019: Event Recap! What a great day!  We officially launched Emoggo in Milton on June 1 at the Downtown Milton Street Festival - and right up until the rain hit - we had an amazing time!  We also ran the first ever Emoggo Poker Run (or walk, skip, jump, roll...)...

Downtown Milton Street Festival: June 1

JOIN US! Saturday, June 1st, 2019, Main Street, Milton, Ontario: 12:00pm to 9:00pm It's the official launch party for Emoggo in Milton and we are celebrating with a Poker Run (or walk, skip, jump, roll...you get the idea).  Use the app to locate cards throughout the...

Cool

Cool It was a great day...so, I have to share! First, I had an amazing lunch with Small Biz Sales Coach extraordinaire, and fellow 50 over 50 entrepreneur in Canada recipient for 2018, Patti Pokorchak.  She is a wonder - experienced, super fun and wicked smart!  She...

Schrödinger’s cat

Schrödinger's cat On this day in 1935, Erwin Schrödinger published his thought experiment using a paradox to illustrate a problem with the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.  Made famous by Big Bang Theory fans, this experiment was referred to as...