by Brian Garside | Jan 18, 2018 | About Me, Business
Every year I write a blog post that’s about a review of the previous year, and goals for the current year. This post is one of the few posts I write every year that is for an audience of one. They’re for future me, and I post them publicly so I have some...
by Brian Garside | Dec 20, 2017 | Business
Through the last 12 years I have had four different business banking accounts with RBC. The first two accounts were prompted by partners who had good experiences with RBC. In both cases setting up the account caused us problems, but in both cases we were...
by Brian Garside | Apr 5, 2017 | Business
I was on LinkedIn recently, when I read a post from a friend of mine. He was appalled by the fact that during a recent job search, he didn’t hear back from more than 90% of the places he applied to. He also shared a note he got back – 3 months later...
by Brian Garside | Jan 16, 2017 | Business, Our Family
Each year I write a review and goals blog post, these posts help me to look back on the year, and figure out what I want to do going forward. There have been a few years I didn’t write these posts, and I regret those years as I can’t look back and figure...
by Brian Garside | Aug 26, 2016 | Business
A year ago I walked out of the Info-Tech Research Group for the last time as an employee, and walked into my new career as a small business owner. It’s been an incredible year, and I’m doing things now I couldn’t have imagined a year ago. So what...
by Brian Garside | Dec 31, 2015 | About Me, Business
This was a great year. Not a good year, not an okay year…this was greatness. For as long as I can remember, I have had a dream of owning my own company. I saw it as a type of freedom, I saw it as an opportunity to work on things that mean the most to me, and I...