By Bruce Firestone | Architecture , Real Estate , Sales & Marketing , Urban Economics
I talk a lot about animating buildings by finding clever ways to add new revenue streams. Here’s an example of a group that wants to animate their town. That place is Eganville, a tiny (1,100-person) gem halfway between Ottawa and Algonquin Park nestled on both side of the Bonnechere river.The group, led by my friend […]
By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Life Coaching , Real Estate , Sales & Marketing , Sports & Entertainment
Why I am a real estate investment and business coach, Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD Why I am a life coach, Dawn Marie MacMillan Firestone, CPCC, ACC Here’s what former Edmonton Oilers GM Glen Sather (who built their Stanley Cup-winning dynasty in the 1980s) had to say about deal-making: “The best […]
By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Business Models , Entrepreneurship , Finance , PB4L , Real Estate , Sales & Marketing , Sports & Entertainment , Urban Economics
I am often asked, “What are the keys to success?” I have developed some ideas about this over the years and, like any such list, mine is bound to be incomplete. Worse than that, many of these ideas about success are contradictory. Things that I learned from my Dad, Professor O. J. Firestone, like “Never […]
By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Entrepreneurship , Firestone Institute , Life Coaching , Sales & Marketing , Sports & Entertainment
A friend of mine is giving his first ever keynote. Here are a few (hopefully helpful) hints I just sent him: -about ½ hour before you go on stage, eat ½ a chocolate bar; your brain runs on sugar… my mother-in-law, who was head nurse at a local hospital with responsibility for 350 employees, told […]
By Bruce Firestone | Architecture , Business Coaching , Business Models , Entrepreneurship , Family , Finance , Ideas , PB4L , Real Estate , Real Estate Investment Coaching , Sales & Marketing , Sports & Entertainment , Urban Economics
The Telfer School of Management’s professor Barbara Orser assisted by Luc Lalande has asked me to give one last lecture in 2016. I tried to make it both fun and informative. You can watch the video of the lecture below. It is also available on YouTube, https://youtu.be/GqqdLeT25us Here is the slidedeck I used, https://www.dropbox.com/s/jvo3187hnzr3397/firestone-legacy-lecture.pptx?dl=0 Here’s […]
By Bruce Firestone | Architecture , Design , Ideas , Investing , Real Estate , Real Estate Investment Coaching , Sales & Marketing , Urban Economics
old subdivision design v new conservation subdivision design When conservation subdivision design principles were first introduced, developers thought their properties would be devalued and sales would take longer. It turned out, however, buyers would pay more to live in a village that made preservation of natural areas a feature even if it meant smaller lots […]
