It's a dirty job.

 August 28, 2019 |Colleen O’ Connell-Campbell
Last week I ‘introduced’ you to Lara Murphy who, with co-founder Karen Ryan, started Calgary-based contracting firm Ryan Murphy Construction. Their story fascinates and inspires me as someone especially interested in the Self Made Nation. I know that...
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Time to start yielding to the yield curve?

 August 22, 2019 |Colleen O’ Connell-Campbell
Back on April 4, 2019, I published a blog entitled, Should You Yield to the Yield Curve? I was commenting on the fact that for the 1st time since 2007, the US Treasury yield curve had inverted. Since then this yield curve inversion theme has cropped up...
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Are you building a brand or a business?

 August 21, 2019 |Colleen O’ Connell-Campbell
Have you met Ryan Murphy? Not the man… the brand. Ryan Murphy is Calgary’s only female-owned and operated commercial construction firm. I spoke with co-founder Lara Murphy in a recent episode of I'm A Millionaire! So Now What? (listen and subscribe here)...
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Is Entrepreneurship life in the Fastlane?

 August 14, 2019 |Colleen O’ Connell-Campbell
I’m an avid reader year-round. In the summer, I dial up from ‘avid’ to ‘ferocious’. Recently I finished The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ Marco. At first, I almost threw it across the room – it’s so full of mucho masculine bravado, talk of Lamborghinis and...
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What does it take to grow from Bootstrap Beginnings to Successfully Scaled?

 August 07, 2019 |Colleen O’ Connell-Campbell
You could say, necessity is the mother of enterprise. Most successful endeavours are born out of filling a need and then monetizing that solution. Imagining that great solution to a common problem is the first step in building a business. There are a...
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