Lately I’ve had a lot of requests to help with board meetings: in particular, preparing board slides and giving guidance on how to make the meeting more meaningful for all those in attendance.
how do you have a great two hour board meeting?
I’m not going to go into the technical specifics of a board of directors, [...]

So, here in Canada, most of us little guys have adopted Accounting Standards for Private Enterprise (”ASPE“).  For most it was a non-event but for old school folks like me there was one particular change that had me at “hello”:
no longer being required to value the equity portion of a convertible note
Not to get too [...]

In the past Business Ready has given guidance on how to calculate Director’s Liability and what it entails.  In British Columbia, under the interpretation of the Employment Standards Act, director’s are liable for wages owed (and accrued vacation) but they are not required to pay severance.  Which begs the question for debate:
is there a moral [...]

Have you noticed that the “word of the year” is always a popular term or one coined by a celebrity?  Didn’t notice w00t in 2007? (I just can’t seem to let that one go).  It was no better this past year when the Oxford press (both UK and US) chose “squeezed middle“.  Really?  I guess [...]