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Stan Prokop is the founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial. The firm specializes in business financing for Canadian companies in the areas of working capital, asset based lending, SR & ED tax credit financing, equipment financing, franchise financing and banking. He’s also a Platinum author on my website – you can check out his articles here. We [...]

Stan Prokop is the founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial. The firm specializes in business financing for Canadian companies in the areas of working capital, asset based lending, SR & ED tax credit financing, equipment financing, and banking.  Stan won one of our monthly contests – we asked him a few questions about SBL (Small-Business [...]

John Alexander is a Platinum Author on EvanCarmichael.com – to view his articles click here. We asked him how he made his first sale – here’s what he said: Back in 1996, I had left a successful career of 24 years in the propane industry, to start my own business, in what I thought would [...]

I get asked to write for and help a number of large companies who are trying to position themselves to connect with entrepreneurs by creating community sites. Most of them have no idea what they’re doing. So I thought I’d create a series to look at what some of the companies are doing across various [...]

It has been another pleasurable day at the SES Conference and Expo here in Toronto!  The theme of today’s sessions was Social Media  – the topics varied from Social Media 101, Social Media Solutions on a Budget to Killer Facebook Targeting Tactics.  Below I have listed some of my favorite points from the sessions I [...]

A number of months ago I was interviewed by partnership marketing expert Ron Kunitzky for his upcoming book: “Partnership Marketing: How to Grow Your Business and Transform Your Brand Through Smart Collaboration” The big idea behind the book is that as business owners we have limited resources. Your best chance of success is to leverage [...]

I often get asked what I’m reading and what books I would recommend to entrepreneurs – so here it is! I created a list of my all-time favorite books for business owners. These books have all had a significant impact on how I started my companies and how I continue to run them. If you don’t [...]

Every month I poll my readers to ask them what their biggest challenge is. This month’s survey went out to 24,855 entrepreneurs. Some of the popular answers that came back included how to increase sales, retain customers, develop time management skills, get prospects to take action, and expand into new markets. The most common reply, [...]

Ask Evan is a segment on this blog where I answer reader questions. This week’s question comes from Sunny: My biggest challenge right now is advertising. I need someone to pound the pavement for me and pass out business cards and brochures. I just don’t have the funds to pay that person to do that [...]

Last week I got the opportunity to attend a leadership event with Telus and General Rick Hillier. General Rick Hillier is the former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces, an expert on leadership, and author of the book “A Soldier First” – he was asked by Telus to speak to an audience [...]