{"id":3497,"date":"2017-10-27T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2024-02-13T11:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:51:59","slug":"october-weekend-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/blog\/october-weekend-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"October Weekend Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for a roundup of some great entrepreneurship and small business content we found over the last few weeks. Need a weekend read? Here\u2019s a list of informative and interesting articles to choose from.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/entrepreneur\/growth-strategies\/how-slower-growth-can-get-you-to-the-finish-line-with-less-chaos\"><strong>How slower growth can get you to the finish line with less chaos by Rick Spencen &#8211; Financial Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of pressure on today\u2019s tech start-ups to scale, scale, scale \u2013 and fast. However, for most non-tech small businesses, this doesn\u2019t have to be the case. This article in the <em>Financial Post<\/em> discusses the benefits of slow growth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2017\/09\/28\/new-technologies-lead-edison-era-electricity-grid-into-the-future.html\"><strong>New technologies lead Edison-era electricity grid into the future by John Barber &#8211; Toronto Star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calgary-based entrepreneur Brent Harris, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eguanatech.com\/\">Eguana Technologies<\/a>, is making traction in the green energy market. This article in the <em>Toronto Star<\/em> dives into the entrepreneur\u2019s success, how he\u2019s taking on Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk and how his solar energy technology is bringing clean energy to remote areas around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/297174\"><strong>5 Low-Cost Ways to Get Started With Video Marketing by Aaron Agius &#8211; Entrepreneur<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video content can be a powerful tool to attract new customers. According to recent studies, more than 60% of marketers and small business owners are putting more money into video marketing than ever before. This article from <em>Entrepreneur<\/em> highlights five cost-efficient ways to create compelling video content.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/contributors\/2017\/08\/20\/nurture-develop-reliable-co-founder-relationships\/\"><strong>How you and your co-founder can develop a reliable relationship by Firas Kittaneh &#8211; The Next Web<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Co-founding a business has many benefits. However, as much as the partnership can provide a sense of stability, relationships of this nature need rules and established expectations or else they can easily go sour. This piece from <em>The Next Web <\/em>discusses some tips and strategies to ensure your co-founder relationship is reliable and working in the best interest of your business.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for a roundup of some great entrepreneurship and small business content we found over the last few weeks. Need a weekend read? Here\u2019s a list of informative and interesting articles to choose from. How slower growth can get you to the finish line with less chaos by Rick Spencen &#8211; Financial Post There [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-planning-and-strategy","category-entrepreneurship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}