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Business Beat: B2B opportunities in hemp and cannabis for the region
By Tracy Stroud on October 16th, 2019
edc@mhc.ab.ca This past summer I had the pleasure of working with a young new business owner, who completed a hemp and cannabis inventory for southeastern Alberta. Not only did she find that there is predicted to be about 1,000 new jobs in these industries, she also uncovered a fast growing industry with many opportunities for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Where do you stand in the 2019 Canadian general election?
By medicinehatnews on October 2nd, 2019
Our recent Canadian Chamber Conference hosted a Pollsters and Pundits panel with our pollster providing an in-depth analysis of the opinion polls and our pundit providing expert political analysis on what is impacting the voting decisions of Canadians. Polls showed that Canadians increasingly believe that the country is off on the wrong track with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Preliminary business data is in
By Sandra Blyth on September 25th, 2019
Here’s a surprise. City and region are not pointing to local government taxes as their No. 1 issue. At least, that’s one impression gained from the first 160 responses to the BREWD business survey launched online last week supporting Business Retention, Expansion and Workforce Development. It will be interesting to see if that holds true ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Are entrepreneurs born or made?
By Christie Wilson on September 18th, 2019
edc@mhc.ab.ca This summer with fishing on the banks of the Elk River with my two teenage sons, I was asked if I think entrepreneurs are born or made. It’s a common question posed when people find out that I work with entrepreneurs of all sorts and ages. I would have liked to give a simple ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: We’re in this together
By Mark Keller on September 11th, 2019
I’ve been struck in the last few weeks by the number of organizations seeking information from the community to help guide decisions and actions. Here at the college, we’ve launched a planning process that will shape what this organization does in the future. The first step we’re taking is looking outward at the region to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: A regulatory report card for government
By Lisa Kowalchuk on September 4th, 2019
With our children now returning to school, we tend to focus on goals we want them to achieve and we wait with bated breath for the report card to see if they are meeting certain standards and achieving their goals. Serving as a communication tool, along with consultations held with our educators, report cards are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Selling Medicine Hat to the world
By Jon Sookocheff on August 28th, 2019
Foreign direct investment to Canada rose 5% in 2018, to $877 billion. This was the largest increase in four years, with most of it originating from North America and Europe. Measurable growth took place in chemical and food manufacturing, as well as wholesale trade and agriculture, forestry and fishing. A good percentage of that foreign ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Entrepreneurship lessons from a high school classroom
By Christie Wilson on August 21st, 2019
edc@mhc.ab.ca Large sheets of white paper labeled “Business Model Canvas” flew about in parking lots and bounced around in the back seat of my SUV as I made my way into rural high school classrooms over the past year. Thinking back to last fall when I began weekly visits to Grade 10-12 students in Bow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Beef’s Place in a Healthy Environment
By Lisa Kowalchuk on August 7th, 2019
With increasing information in the media now about the environmental footprint of agriculture and greater attention around food sustainability, there is a need to provide education and raise awareness around where our food comes from and recognize the vitally important role of agribusiness. Most recently, sustainable beef production in Canada has been a focus of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Creating regional business advantage
By Elizabeth Blair on July 31st, 2019
The 21st century has brought an economic reality that includes a new era of global competition, global supply chains and global market opportunities. While these concepts may seem remote, there is strong local impact. Quite simply, with global purchasing capacity on everyone’s phones, our local businesses and industries must be world-class in their offerings and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business Beat: Flip the three reasons you’ll fail
By Christie Wilson on July 24th, 2019
edc@mhc.ab.ca I’ve got no money. The people I hired don’t do their job. No one buys my product. These assertions represent three of the top reasons startups fail – money, people and market. Not only are these conditions for a new startup to flop, they are causes to flourish. The exciting part of acknowledging possible ... Read More »
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