Big Business

Canadian real estate billionaire Andreas “Andy” Apostolopoulos passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at 69 years old. He immigrated to Canada as a teenager in 1969 from Messini, Kalamata in Greece. Along with his three sons, Andreas Apostolopoulos built one of Canada’s largest privately held...

Commitment matters – Use it to your advantage: The story of the Persians, Marathon, Nike and a heart attack. If you think that U.S. politics are dangerous these days, consider the Persian Empire in 500 BC. It was the greatest and most powerful of the time. However, as the Athenians...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos overtakes Tesla CEO Elon Musk to reclaim spot as world’s wealthiest person, according to real-time data from Forbes. With a net worth of roughly $190.3 billion, Jeff Bezos, the founder, and CEO of Amazon is the richest person in the world, followed by Elon R Musk...

Meetings! Just mention the word and most people cringe, but it’s especially so for women. Many of my female clients tell me they struggle to make themselves heard in meetings, and it’s common across all leadership levels. Some time ago there was a study done in the US to find...

So many Course Creators think that creating the course is the end of their efforts. Unfortunately, courses don’t sell themselves. How much money and impact you make, is in direct proportion to how much marketing you do. We put so much effort into creating our courses and we want our...

After shares of Bumble Inc (NASDAQ: BMBL) soared during its initial public offering, its founder and chief executive officer Whitney Wolfe Herd became the youngest self-made woman billionaire in the world. The 31-year-old's net worth notched $1.5 billion. Whitney Wolfe Herd's nearly 12% stake in the company was worth $1.6...

Most people can agree that the entire world is at a tipping point. Depending on one’s perspective, however, we’re either in for a monumental fall or courageous climb. As a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about building and growing businesses, I believe we are on the cusp of a new...

Tata Motors Ltd. (NYSE: TTM) has appointed former Daimler AG manager Marc Llistosella to become its next chief executive officer and Managing Director. Marc Llistosella is the former President and CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation and Head of Daimler Trucks in Asia. Earlier, Llistosella was the MD...

Reading, wrote Ben Okri, the Nigerian poet-novelist, is one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw materials of the mind and builds castles of possibilities. The lockdown and WFH/WFA afforded business captains some time to dive into the world of books and read, reflect, introspect...

Much has been written about the increasing importance of soft skills in the workplace. But one is foundational to all others. It’s the source of competitive advantage, the differentiator for the executive, the employee and the organization. It’s communications, the spoken and written word. The pandemic-forced mass migration of business...