IRAP R&D Program Runs Out of Money

I saw it coming. Now it has happened. As foretold in my recent open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) has again abruptly halted accepting new requests for support. Unfortunately, IRAP program suspensions are becoming regular annual affairs. Only back in business for [...]

Dear PM Harper: Help SME Business Now!

March 19, 2010 The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada Leader of the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary Southwest AB Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa K1A 0A2 [Sent by email to: pm@pm.gc.ca] Dear Mr. Prime Minister, Re: Please Help iSME Business Now! Canadians [...]

Debt Chickens Coming Home to Roost

Today’s online newspapers have real drawbacks. First, they don’t let you to scan all the news. Second, all too often important articles in the print edition never make it to the paper’s website. And let’s not forget how fewer and fewer people are getting real newspapers delivered these day. As a result, there is a [...]

Clean Tech & How to Fund Growth

With all the environmental concerns getting bigger and bigger every day now, Clean Tech is an emerging business sector with lots of promise – presumably. I say presumably because on one hand, if we are to avoid self extermination, it is quite clear that we need collected humanity to reduce the size of our species’ [...]

New $Num,ber.ss Language Coming Soon

Attention CEOs & Business Owners: the language you are using in your financial statements to ‘talk money numbers’ is about to change – so start saying goodbye to GAAP! IFRS is coming and it will cause a big change to how your financial statements are constructed. Consequently, what and how you communicate your company’s financial [...]

17 Hot Biz Tips for Private Co.s

Welcome to my Guy Kawasaki advice mash-up. These are my take on Guy’s advice for entrepreneurs that he offered during a couple of talks, one he gave at a recent University of Pennsylvania technology conference and the other comes from a series of talks he gave in 2008 for the Montgomery & Hansen‘s online learning [...]

Biz Bankruptcy Wave-Watch

I was on the phone mid this week speaking with an SVP in the Recovery & Reorganization (aka Bankruptcy & Insolvency in more plain speak) area of one of the major CA firms here in Toronto. What he had to say was that the tsunami of business bankruptcies has yet to break…

Capital Market Signals to Watch For

Courtesy of the recent presentation by Ernst & Young that I attended, here is some economic insight into the current state of the capital markets and what signals to watch for that will indicate a recovery’s getting underway….

Seek & Speak Only Truth: – BB$M Tip #1

I put this to you as self evident to all: unlike honest truth which rests on fact, lies spawn too many versions to ever manage – so don’t try. This is why any business built on lies or misrepresentation is doomed to fail. If your company is facing challenge, or in significant distress, seeking and [...]

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Tony Johnston
President
Compass North Inc.

Tony provides executive management and advisory services that help companies get MORE !!

sales / profits / cashflow
financing / exit valuation

Tony delivers the leadership or leadership support needed that can make remarkably outstanding results happen operationally, economically, financially and in the eyes of customers, lenders & transaction counterparties.

If you are a decision maker in a company that wants MORE, give him a call at 416-342-5652 or check out the Compass North Inc website [click here].

Tony's ability to help companies achieve important/challenging goals is well demonstrated by his long record of success, which includes:
- 4 successful turnarounds lead
- $66 mil+ increase public
  company's value
- $34 mil value harvested
  from biotech cofounded & lead
  as CEO
- $12 mil/3x investment gain
  in 2 years delivered for
  VC partners
- $2.5+ bil in public & private
  market debt, equity and
  M&A deals done
- 1 successful company IPO
- 4 new businesses organized &
  grown: Biotech; Securitization /
  Mortgage Servicing; Third-Party
  Logistics (3PL); & Consulting