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“Well you’re bigger, but are you better?” My accountant uttered these profound words to me after our second year in business.  This was close to 20 years ago after I started my marketing agency in the spare bedroom of our home. Much to my surprise, we had done really well in our first year, and had moved to downtown offices.  …

Have you ever shopped at IKEA? Pretty amazing isn’t it?!  Where else can you buy a kitchen and put it together with an Allen Key. IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad when he was 17 years old.  The acronym IKEA is made up of the initials of his name, plus those of Elmtaryd, the family farm …

Did you ever participate in the Canada Fitness Awards in the 1970’s and 80’s? Back in the day the Canadian government launched a national fitness program for kids called the Canada Fitness Awards.  Apparently a fitness stat at the time was that an average 65 year old Swede was in better shape than a decades younger Canadian.  So, as a …