Small Business Blog from Atlantic Canada

Welcome to the 31st edition of CoSBI.
It was a hard call to get the pick of the crop in this edition. Most of the submitted articles were great; written by knowledgeable people and experts in their line of work. But for me Carol’s post ranked high as it provided something of immense value to a small [...]

As a business owner or as a member of the management team, how would you encourage innovation in your organization?
If you are a part of a large organization, are you happy with the current processes in place? Do they encourage or hamper innovation?
What do you think?

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Welcome to the 29th edition of CoSBI.
Us Atlantic Canadians have been spoilt over the last couple of years. We do not expect expect snow in December anymore, let alone a snow storm. But we have had some really good snow even as early as November. Who knows, we may actually have a white Christmas this [...]

Welcome to the 28th edition of CoSBI.
It has been a while since the CoSBI has been home that I was astonished at the amount of submissions. I’d like to thank all the participants and my readers who have made the CoSBI successful. Without further ado, here are the posts.
As always, if you would like to [...]

Welcome to the 24th edition of the carnival of small business issues. The CoSBI returns home after a month long sojourn. During this time, we have seen the loonie (Canadian dollar) at par with the US dollar and it continues to scale new heights. I wrote a two post series about this that I [...]

This week’s CoSBI is hosted at Pat B. Doyle - Straight talk about blogging and internet business. Thanks for hosting the Carnival, Pat and great job. I will be hosting the next edition of CoSBI, but beyond that the calendar is open. So email me [iqisminc at gmail (dot) com] with a preferred week to [...]

This weeks CoSBI is hosted at Slow Down Fast.com by David Bohl.
Some really great posts from writers like Anita Campbell and Wilson Ng.
If you like the posts, don’t forget to book mark them.

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The 21st edition of CoSBI is hosted at Edith Yeung.com.
Edith’s done a great job hosting the carnival. Please link back to her site and of course  this one too. Also please stumble it if you see value or use your favorite bookmark tool.

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One of the first things that time and attendance effects is payroll. Payroll is a very sensitive subject and you cannot afford to make mistakes. Moreover, payroll is repetitive – a perfect candidate to target for efficiency gains. However, people have different circumstances and you need to take into account those rules when determining deductions and net pay. Throw in overtime, vacations, training, etc. into the mix and you have all the makings of a resource intensive system if done manually.

I am in the process of relocating. As anyone who have moved from one city to another can attest, it is one hell of a project. Hence, I may be unable to post regularly over the next three weeks. The last couple of weeks has been a seen some major learning that I hope [...]