Understanding Risk and Liability

Understanding Risk and Liability

Neil Macdonald If you’ve been on this Earth for any length of time, you know a thing or two about risk. Like death and taxes, it can’t be avoided. Some of us are more comfortable with it than others, but whether we’re crossing the street or jumping from an airplane,...
Online marketing Do’s and Don’ts

Online marketing Do’s and Don’ts

Neil Macdonald As long as there has been someone with something to sell, and someone willing to buy it, there has always been marketing. It used to be simply a matter of telling everybody that you have a product or service for sale, but in our complex modern society,...
Mentoring:How to Get the Most Out of the Relationship

Mentoring:How to Get the Most Out of the Relationship

Neil Macdonald According to the dictionary, a mentor is “someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced person”. What it doesn’t say is that mentoring can be a life-changing relationship, one that can be rewarding and enriching for both mentor and...
Loan basics explained!

Loan basics explained!

Neil Macdonald If you’re like most people, you aren’t comfortable talking about your finances. At a time when Canadians are carrying record levels of debt, that’s no surprise. It also doesn’t help that many of us don’t have a grasp of basic financial concepts. That...