Well in case you haven't heard the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the weekend said that the recession is over. HARRAHHH!! But wait. Now the bad news. Before you go jumping for joy, they've now declared that most advanced economies in the world are in a depression. So, now w...

Guess which city in the province of Ontario, Canada has the best record of entrepreneurial start ups over the recent period? Toronto? Wrong! Waterloo. Off the mark! Give up? Well its Oshawa, the city that has been hard hit by auto sector layoffs [hat tip to Andrew Maxwell for the stats] Unempl...

In 2000, Prakash Loungani, an economist with the International Monetary Fund, published the results of a survey which looked at the ability of economists to accurately forecast economic downturns in 63 industrialized and developing countries.   "The record of failure to predict recessions...

  I started to review and update the process of designing a business model for a new startup from the material I teach in my Innovation and Entrepreneurship classes-specifically the Opportunity Clinic.   Coincidently, Fortune magazine features an article this week on How to Manage ...