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Unreasonable can-do entrepreneurs are prime cultivators of innovation worthy of investment

“Can-Do vs. Can’t-Do Culture” was the title of a great blog post recently by Ben Horowitz, co-founder and partner of Silicon Valley venure capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Presidential decree dilutes Indonesia's minerals export ban

Presidential decree dilutes Indonesia's minerals export ban

International observers of Indonesia are predicting an extended period of uncertainty around the Indonesian mining industry
What is a random market – and are you serving one?

What is a random market – and are you serving one?

Do you know your ideal market, or markets? Were your marketing materials deliberately designed to appeal to this group? Are your messages and taglines targeted to your particular client demographics? Have you performed market research and based your advertising on the findings?
Jim Iker: Class actions

Jim Iker: Class actions

Equally at home in a class of five-year-olds or hammering out deals with government, union leader Jim Iker is motivated by his passion for social justice

Objective journalism takes another hit with VBOT protest coverage

More to the point, what’s the media to do when a rent-a-crowd of a dozen demonstrates near convenient cameras?

Testing choppy global investment waters with floating-rate funds

The current attraction to floating-rate funds, and their major advantage, is their low sensitivity to interest rate changes

On pipelines, a forgotten coast and foreign workers

Welcome to January – the time of year when folks like me offer vague recaps of the year before and predictions and analysis for the year ahead.
How I did it: Emir Aboulhosn

How I did it: Emir Aboulhosn

Exorbitant roaming fees seed cross-border mobile phone service business
Vancouver attracting multi-family building dollars; Broadway project to ramp up office construction boom

Vancouver attracting multi-family building dollars; Broadway project to ramp up office construction boom

Apartment sales even
Life Lessons: Andrew Tong

Life Lessons: Andrew Tong

The senior vice-president of investments at Concert Properties knows that in business, your word is your bond