Tag Archives: business

The compensation dilemma

Posted on April 10, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

What is the point of commenting on issues, if you always avoid the contentious ones? Today, I would like to look at an issue that has been frequently debated and will continue to be debated until the end of time. … Continue reading →

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Get to know your banker

Posted on April 8, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Early in my career, my future father-in-law advised me that I should get to know my banker. At the time I didn’t really understand what he was saying but 30 years have gone by and I think I am starting … Continue reading →

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Shares and Options

Posted on April 7, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I have been involved with many technology start-ups over the years and many of us old timers take a lot of the stuff we know about shares and options for granted. Shares and options are also an area where the … Continue reading →

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Politics and Business

Posted on March 25, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Politics and Business have been linked for as long as I can remember. It seems that politicians target business to help finance the country and business owners look to politicians to help finance their companies. Bullies exist in both places … Continue reading →

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Helping others…

Posted on February 4, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

2013 was not the best year that I have logged, but 2014 is starting out much better. Partly because of that, and partly because I believe that we should all spend a bit of our day helping others, I have … Continue reading →

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Looking for employment

Posted on October 16, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

My current contract was just ended, so it’s time to re-examine how to approach searching for a job. The process has changed significantly in some ways and remained the same in others. There are a number of opportunities on the … Continue reading →

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Tech Tuesday update

Posted on October 2, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Close to 300 people showed up at the Marshes last night for Tech Tuesday. The event for the evening was to be a panel discussion on the state of the tech industry in the Ottawa area. The panelists were to … Continue reading →

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Oops and a new topic

Posted on September 17, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Sorry about yesterday life caught up with me again. On a different note, I was talking to my brother in Vancouver on the weekend and we got onto the topic of hiring practices. It seems that there are certain businesses … Continue reading →

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An interesting conundrum

Posted on August 22, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

During my visit to British Columbia my brother spent some time describing the current state of affairs with respect to the local wireless wars. It seems that the competition has been less that honorable and the government is poised to … Continue reading →

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building wagons

Posted on May 21, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

An early high tech entrepreneur (Des Cunningham) once said that “if wagon builders knew that they were actually in the transportation business they might still be around today.” Oddly enough the company that he founded eventually declined because they thought … Continue reading →

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