by John Horn | Jun 19, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth – a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning. Join the...
by potential | Jun 13, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
I accepted an awesome new job a month ago. It was a long process and here’s what I learned along the way: Ask questions – I realized about a year ago that I needed a change. I wasn’t sure how to move forward so I started thinking about the big questions, like...
by John Horn | Jun 7, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
In Vancouver it isn’t uncommon to see a coffee shop juxtaposed to a coffee shop juxtaposed to a coffee shop across the street from a coffee shop, especially in my neighbourhood, Mount Pleasant. And yesterday things in my community just got a bit darker, frothier...
by John Horn | Jun 1, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
One of my favourite food-related tools is my tiffin, which I purchased a few years ago with some tasty Indian food at Granville Island. The tiffin reflects both my and Michelle’s passion for using – ahem – reusable containers when we get takeout from...
by John Horn | May 24, 2012 | Business & Entrepreneurship
By writing these words (technically, about 40 words from now) I’m contradicting one of my most important career messages, which is: be more interested than interesting. For the record, it can also look like this: interesting interested. The message about showing...
by potential | May 22, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
If you remove all the drugs & debauchery from Slash’s memoirs, he may have written the world’s best handbook for building a career in today’s complicated world. Slash grew up in 20 square blocks of Hollywood and Beverly Hills. He discovered...
