Book Review: Can Chris Guillbeau’s The $100 Startup find a place in Vancouver? By Jerrie Lynn Morrison Do you want to start a small business, but feel that you lack the finances and entrepreneurial savvy rampant in a city with the most entrepreneurs per capita in North America? With a vibrant ecosystem of startups, incubators […]
On June 15th and 16th, the Northern Voice blogging and social media conference took place at the W2 Media Café and SFU Woodwards. Northern Voice began in Vancouver in 2005 as an informal, accessible personal blogging conference for techies and newbies alike. This year, one of the strongest themes running through the conference was how […]
Wallflower, by xgj-khaos, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. Perception is a funny thing. Next to my sister who works in sales and runs a cheerleading gym on the side, I seem like a wallflower. But next to some of my science and writing colleagues- the quiet, thinking types- I […]
Liquid content means marketers are no longer in total control of branded messages. It’s all about “crafting stories that provoke conversation, and creating messages and brands that spreads organically through the power of sharing and self-publishing,” according to BCAMA’s Vision conference organizers. Value placed on customer service Venture capitalist and media visionary, Leonard Brody, engaged […]
