Shopify Inc. has become Canada’s first Internet start-up since the dot-com crash to reach a billion-dollar valuation, thanks to one of the largest venture financing in Canadian history. The Ottawa e-commerce software company enables small and medium-sized retailers to launch … Read More »
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Ignite Your Company’s Performance
Whether you’re looking to ignite your company’s performance, transform your corporate culture or need specific advice with retail strategies and expansion, finance, funding, ERP systems or branding, B Spoke consulting from institute B will accelerate your organization’s results faster than … Read More »
Purpose Beyond Profit: Nicole Bridger on Creating Supplier Loyalty
institute B caught up with whirlwind fashion icon Nicole Bridger and found out how she gets the best out of her suppliers and why staying loyal isn’t always a good idea. Also the importance of losing fear, embracing love, and … Read More »
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What Are The Most Destructive Terms in Business?
What are the Most Destructive Terms in Business? Submitted by Dermot Hikisch, Head of Community Development, B Lab Psychologists propose that the words we use pre-determine the mindsets we go into business with and results we see as the outputs. … Read More »
Generosity in Employee Incentives and Rewards
Your employees work for money but their compensation is not a key factor in their happiness. Financial remuneration is an element of job attractiveness and is great for recruitment purposes. Role retention, how long employees stay in their position, is … Read More »
Forum for Women Entrepreneurs E-SERIES 2013
We’re proud to be presenting at E-Series, FWE’s longest-running, signature program. This year marks the beginning of a new E-Series format, consolidating this learning experience into a three-day focused platform. Participants engage with exclusive speakers to discuss relevant topics for … Read More »
Danielle Laporte & Institute B Team Up To Help Creativity Flow
A bright industrial space in Gastown houses Institute B; a local accelerator with a twist. Insititute B and a number of their partner companies are B Corp. Certified, which means they have declared to conduct business in a way that … Read More »
Q & A Tuesday: Creating Cultural Alignment
This is the place to discuss our Q & A Tuesday topic. Tell us what you think about creating cultural alignment in the comments section below! Q&A with institute B - Creating Cultural Alignment from instituteB on Vimeo.
#UNREASOLUTION Recap
“When you leave here tonight, you leave behind the rules that bind you.” It was a blustery winter night outside, but that didn’t stop a standing room only crowd from packing institute B for an inspiring and emotionally charged evening … Read More »
A ChangeMaker Recounts His Most Memorable Experience
“How I felt at the end of the course is precisely what I was looking for in the beginning.” Wilson KP Lee, acemytermpaper.com The Institute B ChangeMaker course was without doubt one of the most inspirational yet hands on experience … Read More »