What a week!!
Last week was crazy, starting Monday when Canadian Press asked me to comment on a report about being an entrepreneur in Ontario. I was happy that the journalist included my comment about the fear of failing being an “equal opportunity” fear between men and women. My …
Read More →September thoughts
Our corporate customers often order custom sugar toppers or imprinted cakes to celebrate milestones or product launches. A financial services company recently celebrated the anniversary of a new credit card partnership with 3 Celebration Cakes heralding an upbeat message about their success. Sometimes I think, …
Read More →The apron drawer
I am spending an embarrassing amount of time watching CNN these days. It’s like I think I can control the outcome of the American election by keeping a close eye on things. Or maybe it is just like the proverbial car crash: I can’t keep …
Read More →No pop allowed!
We’re going to start selling cold drinks in the Victoria and Yorkville stores so Carly and Tracey put together a short list of the options: water, apple juice, iced tea. Where’s the diet pop, I asked? Well, came the reply, diet pop – all pop …
Read More →Office Zen
One of the many perks of owning a cupcake store is that I have received every cupcake-themed mug, notebook, ornament, plaque, toque, slippers, socks and T-shirt created. And I have loved them all. But last week I decided it was time to purge my PGB …
Read More →Customer complaints
Andrew and I were saying this morning that the week has been a bit crazy – on Tuesday night we had 30 people over to the house from Andrew’s work, and at the bakery, I have a couple of projects that are moving along at …
Read More →Bricks-and-Mortar
Bricks-and-mortar versus online sales is a hot topic for so many businesses right now. It’s funny to think that both Andrew at a bank and me at a cupcake store can be thinking about the same question: what is the balance between having a presence …
Read More →Last Minute Menu
I’ve mentioned here that every innovation or idea in a small business carries with it the possibility of wild success…or colossal failure. Actually, that also applies to large businesses and even the initial launch of a business. It’s hard (impossible?) to know what customers will …
Read More →And then there was Donald…
Yesterday I was listening to a radio interview of the chair of the Republican Nominating Committee, Reince Priebus. Apparently this job is usually a boring one, planning a boring convention at which there’s one boring candidate who gives a rousing speech and is then named …
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