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Guest Posts

Guest Post: Cut Overhead by Reducing Power Usage

May 5, 2013

Whether you work alone or have an office full of employees, monthly utility bills can comprise a significant portion of your company's expenditures. But just because your initial budget may have accounted for several hundred dollars a month (or far more) of electricity usage doesn't mean that you're obliged to keep up that quota. By chipping away at your monthly bill through simple measures, you will free up more money for all of your business's other needs.

Guest Post: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SR&ED but were Afraid to Ask

Nov 11, 2014

Canada, and in particular beautiful British Columbia, may be the best place in the world for product-based technology companies to conduct research and development (R&D), all because of SR&ED tax credits.

Guest Post: Free Business Oriented Legal Services at UBC

Sep 9, 2019

We are delighted to feature another guest blog from our colleagues at UBC's Business Law Clinic.

Guest Post: Legal Matters for Startups and Small Businesses

Mar 3, 2013

This blog posting is for two types of people: business people with a legal issue, and lawyers with a business issue. I’ll touch on each in order.

Guest Post: Pivoting During the Pandemic

Dec 12, 2020

Meakin Pivoting During the Pandemic Connor Meakin is a UBC Alumnus and the owner of a small business in Vancouver. We are excited to feature Connor as our latest guest blog writer. Guest Post: Pivoting During the Pandemic

How To Use Content Marketing To Grow Your Construction Business

Nov 11, 2020

Content marketing is using information for marketing purposes. The information can be in any medium, including writing, videos, infographics, photos, slide presentations, podcasts, and many more. It contrasts with explicitly promotional marketing material. Nobody watches a car ad to gain information about road safety, for example. An ad for a car is explicitly promotional and so it’s not content marketing. But a car manufacturer’s blog post that talks about how to drive safely in icy conditions is an example of content marketing.

How to Use Infographics To Get More Customers

Aug 8, 2015

Unless you’ve been living in a bomb shelter, you would’ve seen the explosive growth of infographics over the last few years on the internet. Infographics are popular because they summarize complex information into simple to understand visualizations.

Meet Marco Pasqua! Entrepreneur Profile Highlights

May 5, 2018

Marco Pasqua is a speaker, writer, and entrepreneur. He sits down to talk with us about founding the CUBE Principle in Vancouver, BC., and his journey from having a concept to creation and explore challenges and lessons along the way.

Second Year of Celebrating YOU! Campaign Kickoff for Small Business Month 2015

Oct 10, 2015

October is here and marks the beginning of Small Business Month, when we celebrate the vitality that small businesses bring to the culture and economy of Canada.

Supporting Small Businesses in the Time of COVID-19

Apr 4, 2020

Tory Braun from Okanagan Young Professionals Collective Discusses #LocalLoveBingo We are living in unprecedented times. As we all do our best to plank the curve, small businesses are forced to adapt to the new normal of physical distancing. Restaurants can no longer serve in their establishments, local bookstores are doing curb-side pickup, and small fashion retailers are quickly shifting to online-only.