• 27Oct

    A Toronto Virtual Office is all some businesses need

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    A college buddy is in town this week from Surrey, British Columbia. As we were catching up on what was new in our lives, I learned that his 18 year old son was attending the University of Toronto. What was more interesting was the fact his son was paying his own way through university from the money he was making from his  budding business on the Internet. It seems he created some unique T-Shirt designs that became popular with all the kids.

    The conversation came back to this blog that I write and my friend asked me about getting a office space for lease Toronto for his son to take his business to the next level. I pointed out to him that his son did not really need a physical Toronto office space, but he would best served by having a Toronto virtual office. This way his clients could see that he had a prestigious business address at 1 Yonge Street and their calls were answered by a live professional receptionist. During school hours his calls could be directed to his voice mail and outside of school hours, his calls could be sent directly to his cell phone.

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  • 15Oct

    National Boss Day – what if you are self employed

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    I read that today is National Boss Day. It is a good idea to have a boss appreciation day, but what if you are self employed? Do you pat yourself on the back?

    Some will say that your clients are the boss, but in their case every day is client appreciation day. Every day entrepreneurs work for their clients and give them all they can.

    When I look around my office space Toronto, I see two main types of people. Those who are entrepreneurs and those who are operating a branch office for a foreign based company. For the most part, most of these people are their own bosses.  Yes, even the people who work or represent foreign companies are essentially their own boss.  They are accountable to the head office, but they run the Toronto branch office like it is their own.

    Examples of client appreciation day can be seen every day at my downtown Toronto office space, these are demonstrated by the amazing support staff who answer the phones and make the complimentary coffee. Maybe there needs to be a support staff appreciation day. I think I will take it upon myself and bring in Tim Bits for the amazing support staff in my office space for lease Toronto.

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  • 06Oct

    Why all the buzz about some Facebook Event

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    For the past few hours I have been noticing Google and Twitter trends and the one that seems to be picking up a lot of steam is #Facebook Event.  I have no clue what this is, but it sounds like something big is about to happen with Facebook.  I guess I will just have to tune in and find out.

    I am happy that the Internet speed at my Toronto office space is fast.

    UPDATE

    What a bust of a news conference, it was just a whole bunch of buzz so Facebook could announce some new features. The problem was that with so many people logged into the live event, the video and audio was choppy and at time not understandable.

    The first things they were talking about were the launch of a service that would allow you to download all of your information stored on Facebook and keep a copy of it on your computer. I guess this is for people who want to keep it after they delete their account. The press conference really did not give any really good answers why people would want this, but I guess some do.

    The second part of the announcement was the introduction of Facebook Groups. This would allow you to create and invite friends to join groups of up to 250 people to talk and share thoughts, without having to share that info from the rest of the people on your friends list, unless they were invited to join the group. The idea behind this feature had some merit. According to their research only 5% of the over 500,000,000 Facebook users separated the relationship types they have with each of their friends or family (IE casual friends, high school friends, college buddies, co-workers, business aquaintances and so on). So these new groups will help people filter the information they want to share with certain people who have been invited by them or by another member of the group.

    All in all, these two announcements were nothing earth shattering in the world of social networking.

    Although, I can see it being useful for sharing social interests with my business acquaintances who are on Facebook. It could also help me to plan gatherings and networking events in the Toronto meeting rooms at my office space for lease Toronto.

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  • 14Sep

    Your office is Best Before September 29th

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    Best before dates

    Over the past 20 years or so, best before dates have appeared on many products that our parents would have never thought had an expiry date. Spam and other canned products were the things we were told to put away during the cold war. now they have Best  Before dates. What changed?

    Products like hand soap and disposable towelettes now have best before dates. What is next to have a Best Before date, toilet paper and paper towels?

    These days, it seems that every product we consume, seems to have a best before date.  Some say this is a safety issue and that all products should have that best before date listed on them. I am starting to believe that some products are listing Best Before dates to force consumers not to keep them, but to replace them on a regular basis.

    I have not yet seen any office space Toronto locations list expiry or best before dates, but that is only a matter of time.  I do not see the day that I find an Office Space for Lease Toronto with an expiry date, is the date that I will have to move my business.

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  • 06Sep

    Another Heatwave in Toronto came and went fast

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    Where did those heat waves go?  The weather of the last week and this Labour Day weekend has many almost wishing we had those heat waves back.

    It was only in the last week of August, just when we thought we could enjoy the last weeks of summer without melting, along came another heat wave. The City of Toronto issued an extreme heat alert due to temperatures rising over 30 degrees Celsius, with the humidex factor it was almost 40 degrees.

    Not only Toronto, but most of Ontario was baking under high temperatures again. The humidex advisory that was affecting Toronto also stretches from Windsor to Kingston and east to Ottawa and north to Muskoka.

    During the  extreme heat a week ago, I decided to be kind on the environment and not contribute to the smog levels by taking transit instead of driving my car to my downtown Toronto office space. It was a good thing that the buses I had to take were air conditioned, otherwise I would have gone back home to get my air conditioned car.

    Instead of taking the bus that stops right in front of my office at One Yonge Street (where I have my office space for lease Toronto), I opted to take the bus that let me off just north of my downtown office space and take the 5 minute walk. That was probably not the best choice on a sweltering day like it was last week, but this week I would need a sweater to take that walk.

    Now with fall like weather (while technically still summer) and most people returning to work from summer holidays or just the Labour Day weekend, I am not looking forward to my commute down the Don Valley Parkway on Tuesday.  I am thinking that once again, I may just take the TTC and let them do the driving.

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  • 30Aug

    A planned trip to FanExpo ended up being a day at BuskerFest

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    Trekkies and superhero fans took over the Metro Convention Centre this weekend. I took my girlfriend down to FanExp on Sunday to meet up with some friends of mine who had some spare passes to the extravaganza. I parked my car at my downtown Toronto office space and took the short walk to the Metro Convention Centre.

    When we arrived at the convention centre, there were hundreds of fans who had been lined up for hours around a city block trying to get into the convention centre without a prepaid pass. I was not about to join that line up because my friends already had passes for us, were already inside and in the line up to meet William Shatner. Unlike my friends who are diehard super fans of sci-fi and comic books, my interest was only casual and long line ups were not my thing. Also from what I understood, even once inside people were walking shoulder to shoulder trying to navigate the aisles of comic book stands and vendors selling science fiction memorabilia and Japanese Anime accessories and toys.

    For super fans like my friends, there was plenty of big name celebrities from TV’s original Batman and Robin, as well as the Star Trek series, including the man who starred as the original Captain Kirk. Yes, Adam West, Burt Ward and William Shatner. But none of these people drew the crowds that Stan Lee (The creator of Spiderman) had waiting for him. At 88 Years old, Lee still comes out to expos like this one and manages to steal the show without even trying.

    Other Celebrities included Julie Newmar who played Catwoman in the 1960′S Batman TV series, Dean Stockwell who played John Cavil on Battlestar Galactica  and Al on Quantum Leap, Michael Dorn who played Lieutenant Commander Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine most know for his role on the 1960’s show McHale’s Navy. Those are just some of the over 140 guests from the world of Sci-Fi, Comics, Gaming and the world of Horror.

    Instead of Standing in line to get into FanExpo and then lining up to meet the various celebrities and stars, my girlfriend and I decided to walk along Front Street and check out BuskerFest instead. BuskerFest, now in its 11th year is one of the largest festivals of its kind in North America and is the last major festivals in Toronto’s summer entertainment season.

    BuskerFest is produced by Epilepsy Toronto with the support of their title sponsor Scotiabank. Over the last ten years, BuskerFest has raised almost one million dollars for Epilepsy Toronto, a non-profit organization that for the past 50 years has been enabling people with epilepsy to live with dignity and independence.

    After a long hot day in the sun, we decided to head home around 4 P.M. Before jumping in the car and driving home, I wanted to go upstairs and check my mail at my Toronto office space, as I had not been in the office for a number of days.

    As I was leaving my office and walking down the hall, I was surprised to run into a person who I met only a few weeks ago that was looking for office space for lease Toronto. It seems that shortly after I had told them about Telsec Business Centres, they contacted Josie Graziosi and rented a team space for 7 people. I felt good that they had taken my advice and really loved the office.

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  • 23Aug

    Lets go to the EX! and we did

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    The beginning to the end of summer is now upon us, the Canadian National Exhibition is now open. Every year on Warriors day at the CNE, most of my family meets up on the west side of the Food Building for an annual reunion of sorts. This year only 3 of my 5 sisters and their families were there, but it was great to see them.

    The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) or The Ex as it is affectionately called, is Canada’s largest annual community fair. Taking place over 18 days leading up to and including Labour Day, The Ex offers a wide variety of entertainment and events, including midway rides and games, a working farm, parades and sports, international food and shopping, Kids’ World, and a three-day air show. Over the course of its late summer run, the CNE attracts over a million people each year.

    Now the fifth largest fair in North America, the CNE has enjoyed a distinguished history as a showcase of the nation; “the place” where people came to experience the “best and the brightest” from the latest innovations in technology and commercial products, to the greatest artists of the time. Since 1879, it continues to be one of Toronto’s great annual traditions.

    The CNE takes place throughout 192 acres of beautiful lake front property at Exhibition Place, which is only a short drive or streetcar ride (often called the LRT) from my Toronto office space for lease. Through the course of the Ex, I often leave my downtown Toronto office space early to visit the CNE. There are always some great photo opportunities and new things to see each visit.

    Labour Day weekend at The Ex is always a bitter sweet weekend, it is bitter because it is the last weekend of the CNE and the unofficial end of Summer. What is sweet about the last weekend of The Ex is that it is also the weekend of the Canadian International Air Show. The Air Show, in its 61st year, takes over the CNE skies for an awe-inspiring show.

    The crowd favorite of the Air Show are the national ambassadors of the air, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. This year they celebrate their 40th Anniversary and they will fly the grand finale performance daily.

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