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PROFIT magazine's ranking of Canada's most entrepreneurial businesses. The PROFIT 100 profiles the most successful Canadian high growth companies and the entrepreneurs behind them.

PROFIT 100 Overview  |  No. 1 profile: Allegro inside  |  2008 PROFIT 100





 
 
PROFIT Business Coach Podcast
Ian Portsmouth

PROFIT 100 Part 1
What makes these three entrepreneurial overachievers tick?


 
Canadian export achievement awards
Export Canada

Doing business internationally? Tell us about it.
The first annual Canada Export Achievement Awards celebrates the spirit and strategies of Canadian small- and mid-sized enterprises that are winning in foreign markets. Enter for your chance to be one of five regional winners who will enjoy coverage in PROFIT and L'actualité magazines, along with other benefits.

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Build a better small business one week at a time
Take the first step to build a better small business

Your weekly guide to building a better business
Get expert advice on the best strategies for increasing your sales, boosting your profits, motivating your staff and being a better leader with the free PROFIT Growth Planner eNewsletter.

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Help for hard times: Recession-proofing tips and advice for entrepreneurs and small business
Help for hard times: Recession-proofing tips and advice for entrepreneurs and small business

Help for Hard Times
Looking for downturn-focused guidance? You'll find it in this collection of articles from PROFIT magazine designed to help entrepreneurs steer clear of recession-related obstacles and thrive in difficult times.

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Ask the Legends
Ask The Legends: Tap the wisdom of Canada's greatest entrepreneurs.

Christine Magee
The ubiquitous mattress retailer reveals her secrets for a great sales force, the problems with going public and how perspective gives entrepreneurs more power.


KELLY THE INTERN
Kelly the Intern
Kelly the Intern answers your small business questions.

Your business questions answered
PROFIT's recent MBA grad answers your questions about business and finance.

Ask Kelly a question now.


Inside Entrepreneur   
Financing Managing

2008 Wealth Guide

PROFIT’s 2008 Wealth Guide will help you get rich and stay rich — even when times are tough.


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Venture capital: Down, but not out
Where to invest in 2008

Bruce Poon Tip: Growth guru

Bruce Poon Tip used product innovation, savvy marketing and smart hiring to build the world’s largest adventure-travel company.

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5 lessons from the NBA
Management: Doing it right

Sales and Marketing Personal Development

Public relations: Making headlines

Public relations seems like a natural thing to outsource, but no one can tell your story as effectively as you can.



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Online marketing: Google grabbers
Procurement: Selling to Uncle Sam

Destination clubs: Departures deluxe

Five-star amenities and service, low hassle and the chance to travel widely: What’s not to love about destination clubs?


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Ice dream: Owning a hockey club
Ask the legends: Michael Lee-Chin


Podcast
PROFIT Business Coach Podcast

The Business Coach Podcast
An advice-oriented series for Canadian entrepreneurs, hosted by Ian Portsmouth, Editor & Associate Publisher of PROFIT magazine.

Podcast 51: Elevator pitches
   
National Bank
Managing a SME during this downturn

Managing a SME during this downturn?

View the economic outlook from our Chief Economist and Strategist, Stéfane Marion.

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Technology Human Resources

Sell more with CRM

No longer pricey or hard to use, customer-relationship management software is a secret weapon of more and more small firms.

PLUS:
21 essential Web tools
Web 2.0 for the non-Web CEO

Great ideas: Boost your hiring IQ

In Boost Your Hiring IQ, Carole Martin lists the most common mistakes interviewers make.

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Retention: Wage war
New tax rates for dividends

Exporting Startup Guide

Recession: Shelter from the storm

With the U.S. on the brink of recession, Canadian entrepreneurs are spending to stay healthy.

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The problem with India
New U.S. border security rules

PROFIT HOT 50: 2008

The definitive list of Canada's Emerging Growth Companies, ranked by 2-year revenue growth.

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PROFIT 100
Lessons from the Dragons' Den

 
 

PROFIT 100
Canada's largest annual celebration of entrepreneurship, ranking companies by 5-yr. revenue growth.


 

Top women entrepreneurs 2008
Only PROFIT celebrates the largest and most successful firms owned and operated by women.


Canada's emerging growth companies

PROFIT HOT 50: 2008
The definitive list of Canada's Emerging Growth Companies, ranked by 2-year revenue growth.


PROFIT 25 years: Special anniversary package  

Special anniversary package
The best business lessons of Canda's greatest entrepreneurs, top management tips and more.


       
PROFIT Business Coach Podcast
Ian Portsmouth

Elevator pitches
Lessons learned in the Dragons' Den.