Category Archives for "Entrepreneurship"

Then stop fooling around and reach out for some help from coach Dawn Macmillan Firestone, ACC, CPCC, President, International Coaching Federation (ICF), Ottawa Chapter. Dawn has helped many people who: Wanted to take stock of what’s going on in their lives Wanted to push and set bigger goals for themselves and those around them–their entire […]

A client of mine has a rental apartment leased out to three young people (all servers) who lost their jobs recently. None of them have any income now. Zero. George (their landlord) reduced their rent for the next four months by half (they can catch up over the following year by paying a bit more […]

The barndominium We live in what is fast becoming more and more of a gig economy. If you are a hobbyist, an assembler, an artist, a winemaker, a cabinetmaker, a woodworker, a plumber, an electrician, a contractor, manufacturer, a renovator, or you run an HVAC company or a yoga studio or a physiotherapy or RMT […]

Before you start coaching with Prof Bruce and his group, you should do some homework! First, have you answered our COACHABILITY QUIZ to find out—are you ready, willing and able to be coached? https://brucemfirestone.com/so-you-think-you-are-ready-for-coaching/ If you answered “yes” to at least ten of those questions, it is likely that coaching will be effective in helping […]

Why it’s such an uneven playing field when it comes to mortgage financing I have a client who signed a mortgage commitment. Then a few days later, he got a better offer. Can he accept the second offer or not? Here’s what I wrote to Robert (not his real name): I read over your mortgage […]

Here’s how I learned to do that from my spouse… There are some benefits to getting older. You tend to have more patience and perspective; you tend to make better decisions and, consequently, fewer mistakes. After I left the Sens, I wanted to figure out what to do next and, at the same time, my […]

Terrace Real Estate Group, operating under Century 21 Explorer Realty Inc, is a team of highly experienced and creative real estate professionals including Nick Cripps, Broker, Simon Case, Realtor and Bruce M Firestone, PhD, Broker/Coach.  Terrace Investments Limited, originally a real estate development company, started operations in 1956. The company was the original parent company […]

Mr Francey interviews Bruce M Firestone on Patrick’s everyday millionaire podcast: https://theeverydaymillionaire.ca/episode82-bruce-firestone-making-impossible-possible/ -how to find your why -if you want to change your life, you have to act -how to restart your life at any age -how to really provide yourself and your family for 3-generations -the story of Roy and Tammy, owners of 48-doors […]

I spoke with my friend Victor Menasce about the Ottawa Senators, the NHL, real estate investment and more on his podcast… I explained how we purchased (in the early 1990s) 600-acres in the far west-end of Ottawa (Kanata) for $12,000 an acre ($7.2 million, if you are counting), plunked an NHL expansion franchise (aka, the […]

There are some benefits to getting older. You tend to have more patience and perspective; you tend to make better decisions and, consequently, make fewer mistakes. After I left the Sens, I wanted to figure out what to do next and, at the same time, my spouse, Dawn Mac Millan Firestone, was training to become […]

I usually don’t really like rent-to-own (R2O) models either from an investor’s POV (point of view) or from a client’s POV. From a client’s POV, it’s an expensive way to buy property; they have to pay all of the costs of the property including mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance (tenant and landlord insurance), all repairs/maintenance, […]

[Excerpt from soon-to-be-published Gadgets and Gizmos, Bruce M Firestone, 2020] How could you give workers in the fast food industry a living wage? The only way (sustainably) is to make them more productive. Here is my thought about this: Turn your existing biz processes inside out. If I owned a fast food business, I would […]