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PROFIT: Issue - June 2010

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From the editor: A toast to fast growth By Ian Portsmouth  | June 01, 2010   "Botched one? Be glad you're not a Super Bowl kicker"
PROFIT 100: Canada's fastest-growing companies July 07, 2010   You won’t find many CEOs who say that 2009 was a great year for business. With an economy suffering from one the steepest recession since the Second World War, many entrepreneurial companies barely survived, let alone thrived. Laying off staff, cutting costs and delaying expansion...
Topic:  Sales & Marketing
No. 1 profile: The sales doctors By Rick Spence  | May 28, 2010   This year's No. 1 company is selling a cure for one of the biggest headaches in business.
Topic:  Finances / Leadership / Exporting
Risk management: Growth insurance By Michelle Warren  | May 27, 2010   Preparing for the worst has helped Alliance Grain Traders become one of the best in its business.
Topic:  Startup / Sales & Marketing / How-To-Guides / Handbook
Selling your idea: Strength in numbers By Michelle Warren  | May 27, 2010   Green Grass One used the psychology of crowds to help sell its group-buying concept.
Topic:  Startup / Leadership / Technology / Ask The Legends
Ask the legends: Sir Terry Matthews By PROFIT staff  | June 03, 2010   The Ottawa tech titan and billionaire speaks with PROFIT editor Ian Portsmouth about the state of Canadian venture capital, his secrets of startup success and how he missed becoming the king of lawn mowers.
Topic:  Finances / Handbook
Business plan: Can a Canadian company make the next Bugatti? By Bryan Borzykowski  | June 03, 2010   By building an all-Canadian sports car, HTT Technologies is boldly going where others have gone before — and died in the process. Defying the odds will require lots of cash.
How to sell more, more, more By Eleanor Beaton  | May 28, 2010   Let the best ideas of the PROFIT 100 inspire you to sales and marketing success.
Topic:  Startup / HR / Leadership
Managing growth: Success solutions By Randall Litchfield  | May 28, 2010   Growth feels good — until it strains your systems. Here's how to treat your growing pains.
Topic:  Technology
Case study: Simply Irresistible By Michelle Warren  | May 27, 2010   SQM Group reveals how it became the supplier its clients can't live without.
Opportunity
Topic:  Sales & Marketing / Opportunities & Trends / Technology
Social media: Selling gets more social By Ian Portsmouth  | June 03, 2010   Business has an affordable new sales channel, thanks to online social buying sites. But which ones will survive?
Topic:  Opportunities & Trends / Leadership
Competition: Believe to succeed By Ian Chamandy and Ken Aber  | June 03, 2010   Toss your values aside if you want to sustain your unique competitive advantage.
Topic:  Opportunities & Trends / Technology
The iPad means business By Jim McElgunn  | June 03, 2010   The most-hyped gadget of the year is finally available in Canada, along with loads of applications that will make you a more mobile manager.
Topic:  Leadership
Franchising: Join the burger boom By Kim Shiffman  | June 03, 2010   Harvey's already makes a hamburger a beautiful thing. Now it's pitching an attractive business opportunity.
Topic:  Leadership / Technology
Innovation: Mess with the magic By Rick Spence  | June 03, 2010   Follow Google's often unconventional lead and you can seize more opportunities faster and more profitably.
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