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Rick Spence
 

Rick Spence is a Toronto writer and communications consultant, and former editor and publisher of PROFIT.

See no evils

Fast growth blinds many to their own management sins.

My unplanned success

Too much thinking can poke holes in any plan.

Quiz: Customer-eccentric

How close are you to your customers?

Communication: Perfect phrases

How to find the right words.

How to find your future

There's a business opportunity made for you.

Recession babies

Now's the right environment for your new business.

Wanted: Good advisors

Why don't more entrepreneurs use advisory boards?

If the axe should fall

Maybe it’s time to think about creating your own job.

How to ask for it

Get what you want by making a good pitch.

And now, the recovery

Riding out hard times, productively.

A $30-million hobby

Here's how to turn your pastime into profit.

Wicked good strategy

What's your 2% Solution? The right answer could vault you ahead.

Fire the kids

Do your kids a favor: don't leave them the family business.

Embrace the arrogance

Are you scared to sell product at the price you deserve?

Portfolio Inc.

Every investor can learn a few lessons from successful entrepreneurs.

E-mail: E is for evil

E-mail used to be a blessing, but now it’s usually a curse. Why? Because no one knows how to use it.

Brawl in the family

What to say when your cousin asks you to invest in his brilliant new business idea.

Are you ETDBW?

Differentiating your business starts with seeing it through a customer's eyes.

Management: Doing it right

The goal of business isn't activity; it's results. Here's a program for achieving them.

How much do you love me?

Good and bad ways to ask family for biz cash.

Professional organizers: Paper kills

How to kill your paperwork problems before they kill you.

Raise your prices!

For some, this is a surefire way to boost the bottom line.

Shoot your partners

No matter how much you may love your co-owners now, you should plan for the day when you disagree.

Business as unusual

Lessons from the late Anita Roddick of The Body Shop.

Rage against the routine

It’s time for some creative renewal and time management.