Category Archives: Ottawa Bookkeeper
Tax Reform In The U.S. and The Impact On Your Business If You Sell There
What are the biggest effects for Canadian business interests in the U.S.? The Globe and Mail published a great piece about the implications associated with the recent tax reform bill that was passed in Congress. The bill represents President Trump’s … Continue reading
Instant Pot Was and Continues To Be A Small-ish Business From Ottawa
Ex-Nortel Employees Made An Idea Into A Reality The Instant Pot is seven years old this year. Robert Wang and his business partners Yi Qin and Dongjun Wang had all worked in Ottawa’s tech sector before deciding to put their … Continue reading
The Potential Impact of President Trump on Canadian Small Business
November 8th, 2016 will go down in history as one of the greatest political upheavals that anyone can remember. Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidential election, beating favourite and year long poll front runner Hillary Clinton. With that win, he … Continue reading
Visa vs. Wal Mart – Round 1.
Visa and Wal-Mart are getting divorced. One of the world’s biggest corporations is through with the fees that Visa imposes. Walmart Canada announced on June 11th that it would stop accepting Visa cards at stores beginning in July, claiming the fees Visa wants for … Continue reading
Shopify Puts Ottawa Back On The High-Tech Map
Thursday May 21st, 2015 was a big day for Ottawa’s business community. Shopify, Inc. rung the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, ushering them into the realm of being a publicly traded company – on both the NYSE and … Continue reading
What Small Business Can Learn From Target’s Canadian Failure
The perhaps not so surprising closure of all 133 of Target’s store locations felt like a swift uppercut into the face of Canadian retail. The American giant was beset with a series of difficulties almost as soon as it opened. … Continue reading
EGADS! 4 in 10 Canadian small business owners get ‘F’ for financial literacy
This is alarming. 4 in 10 Canadian small business owners failed a financial literacy survey that was put together by Intuit. Bryan Jackson put this piece together in ITBusiness.ca and believe it or not – this was actually an improvement … Continue reading
Paul Singh Is Throwing The Glove Down For Canadian Entrepreneurs
Paul Singh, the former U.S. based investor in 500 startups, oversaw capital injections in more than 500 companies across 35 countries, including about 20 in Canada. Last year, he left 500 Startups to start Washington-based Disruption Corporation, a research company. He … Continue reading
The Small Business Community Is Optimistic
The Financial Post published a very interesting article about the positive out look that the small business community has about the economy and market prospects, and it’s interesting. In fact, the community’s optimism is at the highest point in more than … Continue reading
Canadian Wage Subsidies Are Available to Business Owners
Check out this piece in Small Business trends. The Fed has a series of wage subsidies available to businesses who have a majority ownership by resident Canadians, and it’s not a series of tax credits. It’s actually money that can cover … Continue reading