Christine Mason McCaull is one of several entrepreneurs Portfolio.com is following as part of the series The Great Global Adventure. All of the entrepreneurs will be blogging about their experiences. This is the third in the series of blogs from entrepreneurs.
When we started our most recent business, ClickMarkets (in shared office space with a decent [...]

The case in brief:
For more than 30 years, Black controlled the publishing conglomerate Hollinger International, which owned among other newspapers the Chicago Sun-Times and the UK’s Daily Telegraph. At its peak in 1999, Hollinger’s revenues were $2.1 billion.
In the late 1990s, Black advised Hollinger to start selling its [...]

A friend/contrarian Tweeted the following that I though was worth a discussion (the 140 character limit of Twitter quickly got too painful for me).
“What’s wrong with this world: Twitter is making $4mil per year yet is valued at $1bil. #newmath”
I think this is an important thing to talk about– it’s certainly something that would have [...]

There’s a belief in a lot of circles that you shouldn’t come outright and ask for business. Or at the very least, not ask for it in a way that’s full-on sales pitch and “Give me your money!” in tone.
A lot of this stems from social media’s growing acceptance by the mainstream and its mantra [...]

Some of you have commented recently that there has been a gap of content here recently – I am in the midst of ‘re-vectoring’  the strategy (I love that phase) here – both content delivery and content type.  There are already a  few updates happening behind the scenes on the plumbing and a few cosmetic.  [...]

Here’s a great example from Jason Pereira, an advisor with Toronto-based Woodgate Financial Partners/IPC.
Last month, Jason was picked up by Advisor (Advisor.ca) for an article on Tax Efficient Investing using Corporate Class Funds. Advisor’s target is financial advisors across Canada. (Sorry there is no online version of the article yet). The [...]