As business owners we have to know a lot of things about a lot of things. It can be overwhelming to say the least. Some of the things that we don’t...
Small Business Owners Score a D-…Now What?
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Industry News and Views
AIS Solutions’ Sister Company e-Commerce Essentials Announces Launch of New e-Commerce Blog
Some of you may know about our partner company, e-Commerce Essentials, an internet marketing firm specializing in selling online and how it can help...
AIS Solutions Announced as Burlington Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards Finalist for Second Consecutive Year
The Burlington Chamber of Commerce recently released the finalists for their Business Excellence Awards, and AIS Solutions is extremely proud to...
How To Overcome 5 Fears That Hold Entrepreneurs Back
Despite the decade and then some that has passed since I started AIS Solutions, it still feels, in many ways, as though it was yesterday that I made...
Make Better Decisions, Get Better Results
The success of our businesses stems from each and every decision we make for them, no matter how big or small they are. Whether it’s something as...
Your phone password matters if you’re arrested in Ontario
Ontario’s highest court has signaled that the right of police officers to look through someone’s phone depends on whether there’s a password. The Court of Appeal for Ontario says it’s all right for police to have a cursory look through the phone upon arrest if it’s not password protected, but if it is, investigators should get a search warrant. The court’s ruling comes in the case of a man who appealed his robbery conviction, arguing that police breached his charter rights by looking through his phone after his arrest.
Who is Doing Your Bookkeeping?
Since my post of July 16th has convinced you to let go of your bookkeeping and outsource it to a bookkeeper, the next question arises is to Who Do I...
Working from Home – Heaven or Hell – Strategies to stay focused and on track
For many “wanna be” small business owners, working from a home office is often a factor in their decision to start their own business. Low overhead, more freedom, even may be staying in their pyjamas all day! But for many of us who have been operating a home-based business for a while, we know that […]
As a Business Owner, Are you Empowering Yourself?
As a business owner, there are so many demands on our time….staff, clients, marketing, office admin, accounting….the lists are endless. We’ve all read from numerous sources how fundamental it is to work on our business, instead of in our business. But the often missed topic and question is when do we work on ourselves? As […]