Spring 2015 issue - The Markham Board of Trade

2015
Spring Issue
M A R K H A M ’ S
FINDING THE
E X C L U S I V E
VENTURE
IN ADVENTURE
PLUS
3rd Annual ASPIRE
Awards – pg 4
Reset: Changing Course
to Grow – Redline
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rebounds – pg 8
When is your Social
Media a Waste of
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Finding the Venture
in Adventure
By Samantha Sim
Picture this. You’re on a
10-day trip in Japan. What
sights do you visit? Maybe
you walk the streets of Tokyo,
eat authentic ramen and sushi
or visit Japanese shrines with
a rich history.
But have you thought of
hiking through the Japanese
mountainside or paddling
through the country’s rivers,
all with the goal of snapping
the best photos? That’s exactly
where Markham-based
adventure travel company
Overhang Adventures will be
taking a group of travellers
later this year. The company,
founded in 2008, specializes
in taking people on trips out
of the ordinary.
Overhang Adventures is
just one of the many companies
entering the growing adventure
travel segment of the tourism
industry worldwide. A
study conducted by George
Washington University, in the
United States, found that 26 per
cent of international travelers
are engaging in adventure
travel activities. The percentage
of individuals travelling for
adventure
rose almost
20% between
2009 and
2012.
Growing
up as a shy
young boy
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dreamed of becoming a doctor,
owning a travel business
definitely wasn’t in company
founder Amir Fishman’s career
plan. He’d always been drawn
to the outdoors, Fishman spent
his summers at a survival camp
out in the woods; but, it was
when he started studying for
his medical college admission
test (MCAT) when he realized
what really made him happy.
“While studying for the
MCAT I was also working as
a tour guide. I found myself
spending more time outdoors
than reading and it became
clear what I was more interested
in,” he says. “What I love about
the outdoors is how it builds
confidence. You have full
days of physical challenges
and you’ll see progress and
accomplishment right in front
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Because of this
belief, the company’s
trips are designed
to teach specific
skills – from learning
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“We’ve taken
people who’ve
never held a paddle
to going on a
15-kilometre canoe
trip,” he says. “Of
course we build
them up to that
moment. And to
celebrate we go
for a night paddle
and stargaze.”
After completing his
biomedical science degree
Fishman studied outdoor
adventure leadership at
Laurentian University. While
in his final semester he put
his new knowledge to use and
pitched a tent in the middle of
the forest. This is where he lived
from September to December.
“Each time it rained, I only
had a few minutes to gather
my stuff and run to school
before it would start pouring.
There was one day when the
rain started really early in the
morning, I hadn’t slept well the
night before and wasn’t in a
good mood,” he says. “When I
unzipped the tent door I realized
it was the first snowfall and it
was an amazing sight to see.”
What are the most beautiful
places we can take someone?
That’s the question Fishman
and his team ask themselves
when deciding on a new trip
destination. Personal experience
often plays a major role in this
decision. His tour guide staff
have travelled and worked
around the world, which
helps them recommend the
best activities and provide
fun anecdotes to each group
they’re with. In fact, Fishman’s
experience working as a river
guide in Japan helped shape
the itinerary for Overhang’s
upcoming trip to that country.
“While designing the Japan
trip I definitely thought back
to some of the best experiences
I had while working there and
incorporated those activities
into the trip,” he says.
To compete against major
travel giants, such as G Adventures,
Overhang has carved out niches
for itself. Most of its customers
have been international students
and tourists, but the company
has begun experimenting with
trips targeted towards other
groups (such as photographers
and fitness trainers).
However, no matter who the
travelers are Fishman says his
company’s goal is to offer much
more than just any old vacation.
“You’re paying for a unique
experience,” he says. “Anyone
can plan a trip, we’re offering
you an adventure.”.
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Redline Communications Group
Reset: Changing
Course to Grow
By Mary Teresa Bitti
In
late January, Markham,
Ontario-based Redline
Communications Group
won a contract worth more
than $1 million for the second
phase of a wireless network across
an oilfield in Argentina. This is
just the latest win for the company
that has become a strategic partner
to the super majors of the oil and
gas sector. Its proprietary widearea wireless Virtual Fiber™
solution has become the de facto
standard anywhere in the world
these energy giants deploy a field
communication network.
This leadership position is the
result of a reset Redline’s board
of directors initiated back in 2009,
two years after the company
went public and 10 years after
it entered the market as a much
different company. Founded
in 1999, Redline’s initial vision
was to develop an advanced
wireless transmission technology
for the mass consumer market
which at the time on the cusp
of switching from dial-up to
broadband. “WiMAX, a wireless
standard that enabled the
delivery of “last mile” or the
final leg of broadband access,
was being formed with great
promise of replacing or serving
as a substitute to cable and DSL,”
says Leigh Chang, vice president
marketing and business
development at Redline. “Our
target market was the internet
service providers. You had to be
a standards-based technology for
the operators to select you.” And
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Redline wanted a share of this
massive market.
In the background, Redline
was also developing a proprietary
high performance, high reliability
technology supporting the
critical backhaul portion of
telecommunications networks
that the current business is based
on. Up until 2010, this aspect of
the business took a backseat.
standardized, it was difficult
for companies to differentiate
themselves. “In 2009, the Board
said this is not going to cut it
any more because the WiMAX
standard itself was in trouble.
The next generation of wireless
technology– LTE or 4G–was
emerging and WiMAX’s great
promise of being the default
standard for all internet service
“The majority of marketing
and R&D dollars--close to $100
million of investment--targeted
the standards-based technology,”
says Chang.
Redline enjoyed a good run
thanks to the strength of its
technology, but competition with
much larger players such as LG,
Samsung, Huawei and Alcatel
was fierce, investment high and
margins razor thin. What’s more,
because the technology was
providers was fading. Those
competitors that stuck with the
WiMAX standard technology
have since gone by the wayside,”
says Mr. Chang.
In short order, the Board
installed a new CEO who was an
expert in change management.
He set about identifying
Redline’s competitive advantage-reliability, performance,
flexibility--and the specific target
markets that could benefit from
Redline’s unique advantages.
“It so happened the oil and gas
industry was looking to invest
in infrastructure to move to the
next level of operation: digital
oilfields,” says Chang. “We had
already had limited success
in the sector and we saw that
our ability to operate in harsh
environments would bring real
value to oil and gas companies.”
Redline refocused itself
specifically to serve this sector
and within three years grew its
professional service offerings to
complement the technology and
position itself as a total solution
provider and trusted strategic
partner to the energy industry,
designing, implementing and
managing digital oilfields for
its clients. The result: revenues
from oil and gas clients have
grown from $1 million in 2010
to $20 million in 2014. Last year,
for the first time in its history,
the company was profitable. “We
win now not just by having a
better technology but by having a
better understanding of a specific
industry resulting in better
relationships with our clients,”
says Chang. “We are entering a
healthier new chapter.”
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MARKETING
Your Social Media:
When is it a Waste of Time?
W
hether you’re a small or big
business, being on social
media is a good idea. The
visibility and connectivity
accessible through social media
has convinced most business
owners that it’s worth their
while. But what isn’t so clear is
how to measure what’s working
and what’s not, and when to drop
a platform that’s just a waste of
time and energy.
While its possible to track
ROI and conversions, it can be
tough to accurately measure the
effectiveness of a social media
campaign. You might find that
some social media efforts that
drive visitors to your content can
be measured in other ways. The
only way to know if what you’re
doing is enough is to have a
gauge on your ROI.
In order to get there, you have
to align your objectives to your
measurement. For each network
(Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter,
etc.) you’ll need to have an
objective before you can decide
on how successful the network
is. You’ll need to decide what
measurement would be the most
valuable to you. Maybe you’re a
blogger and your goals are e-mail
sign-ups and blog followers, or,
maybe you are a retailer looking
to increase sales and traffic to
your website – either way you
must consider your key metric.
I can guarantee that if you
have had no objectives for your
social media, then you will be
extremely disappointed with the
results.
Capturing the data is the easy
part – measuring interactions/
outcomes (likes, clicks, shares,
followers) and analyzing traffic,
reach, and leads against your
objectives is what really matters
when you are deciding if your
social media investment is a
waste of time or has a value for
your business.
As for which social media
network you should be on, again
let your audience and objectives
guide you. Take a look at the
general trends and demographic
information each network
provides and compare that to
the audience you are looking
to target. Social media is not
different than other marketing
tools, in that you need to
understand your brand and your
audience before you can choose
the right platform, set objectives
and measure your success.
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Networking is frequently touted
as the ideal way to expand
your contact base, market your
organization, and tap into the
hidden job market. Emphasizing
quality over quantity, Geoffrey
Malleck, Associate Director
of University of Waterloo’s
Economic Development Program,
recommends shifting objectives
from superficial introductions to
meaningful collaborations.
The first Monday of each
month Markham Library
partners with Startup York for
Entrepreneurs in Residence,
where local entrepreneurs share
experiences in a TEDx style talk.
Held at Angus Glen Library,
these free events are an ideal
opportunity to expand your
professional network. While
there, consider these 3 key
networking strategies:
1. Seek to build.
Every relationship you form will
expand your connected learning
community (CLC) and present
opportunities for mutual support
and collaboration. Always
have an open mind in initial
conversations; be prepared to
share your story and look for
parallels in others’ experiences.
With this in mind, be cognizant
of opportunities for networking
beyond formal events –
connections from the gym or
cafe may become unexpected
collaborators or colleagues!
2. A method to the mingling.
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HR ISSUES
How to get an Underperforming
Employee to Improve
L
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doing a lousy job?” The reason
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associate feelings of safety with
remaining employed. This is
normally not assured with blatant
or continuing underperformance
on their part.
If you can alleviate or improve
upon whatever is impeding
your apparent underperformer’s
performance, the problem is often
resolved quickly. This can be
anything from:
• A lack of knowing what exactly
is expected at a level they really
understand, and can therefore
act upon
• A poor manager who
demotivates or,
• Personal problems that are
distracting their focus from
timely, accurate work.
This is not about prying too
deeply into an employee’s
personal life. Instead, it is
about asking, respectfully and
supportively how you can help
remove potential barriers to their
individual performance.
If, after understanding what is
really going on with a particular
employee you still believe it is a
performance problem, ask them
how you might be able to help
them perform better in their job?
Nicely, calmly, usually privately,
and in a spirit of discovery, while
taking notes, ask them: “How
could we as an organization, or
me as a leader here, enable you to
perform better in your role?”
Listen carefully to their
responses, and let them come back
to you if they want to think about
it for a day or two. Maybe they
need some training, coaching,
mentoring, support, tools, safety
gear, ventilation, or potentially
something else. Enable them if it
seems reasonable. Normally, by
working with someone to get their
performance level up, the sheer
fact that you’re doing so provides
an improvement.
Finally, if and when you
and/or your qualified human
resources consultant has worked
through the diagnostic work to
determine that there is an actual
individual performance problem,
then, and only then, should you
consider additional action.
For a typical small to midsized employer, this will involve
a progressive discipline process
as laid out in your HR Policies
& Procedures documentation,
tied back to their employment
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agreement. This normally starts
with a verbal warning, working
through one or more written
warnings, moving up to a formal
performance improvement
plan, and failing improvement,
potential termination, normally
‘without cause’ in a legal sense.
Pay-in-lieu of notice, statutory
severance, career transition, and
common law considerations
should all be considered.
In reality, these parting
goodies as they are often viewed
are to provide a bridge for the
employee as they work to find
their next employer. You are also
covering off some of their basic
physiological and safety needs in
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Considerations for
Your Surplus Assets
you have surplus cash
consider, as you can call the loan
accumulating in your
principal back any time.
company, you may be
Tax-exempt life insurance
wondering whether
To avoid exposing income from
to retain or withdraw the funds.
surplus assets that you know
There are a number of ways to
will be passed on to your heirs,
protect your hard-earned wealth,
consult your insurance advisor
and things to consider before you
about putting these highly taxed
take action.
(typically interest-bearing) assets
If you haven’t already done so,
into a tax-exempt life insurance
have a comprehensive financial
policy where the investment
plan prepared for you. If it is
income can grow on a tax-free
determined that there are surplus
basis. This way, tax on the income
assets that you are unlikely to
earned on these
need during your
surplus assets that
lifetime, even under
Note that due to
would normally be
very conservative
paid to the Canada
assumptions,
the potential of
Revenue Agency
consider these
escalating health(CRA) could instead
options to protect
care and long-term
be paid to your
them from high
beneficiaries in the
taxes and creditors.
care costs, it is
form of a tax-free
essential that you
Lifetime gifts
death benefit. If
are prepared for
If you have surplus
needed, you could
these contingencies access the investment
assets that you
will definitely
account within the
before redirecting
not need during
your surplus assets. life insurance policy
retirement, or if you
either directly or
are planning on
through tax-free
providing funds to your children
policy loans, which could be
or grandchildren, then it probably
repaid after death with part of the
does not make sense to continue
death benefit.
exposing the income from these
Charitable giving
surplus assets to your high
Donating some of your surplus
marginal tax rate.
assets to charitable organizations
Instead, consider giving some
can help create a charitable legacy,
of these surplus funds to family
while providing some tax relief.
members now, either directly
Recent tax changes also make it
or through a trust if you do not
more attractive to donate publicly
want the children to have control
listed securities such as shares that
of these assets. There will be no
have appreciated in value. Now,
attribution on any investment
when you donate certain publicly
income earned on the gifted
listed securities in-kind to a
funds if the child is 18 or older
qualified charity, your capital gain
and no attribution on capital
on the disposition may be exempt
gains if the child is under 18. In
from tax.
the case of a trust, it is important
that the trust be properly
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structured to avoid the attribution
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article is for information purposes only.
direct gifts to your children, then
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lending funds to a family trust
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and providing your children with
based on information in this article.
only the income earned on the
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lent funds is another strategy to
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Tax Advantages
through Incorporating
Your Business
As
the operator an
unincorporated
business, tax-planning
opportunities
may become available by
incorporating, particularly if the
company qualifies as a Small
Business Corporation (“SBC”).
A SBC is a CanadianControlled Private Corporation
(“CCPC”) where at least 90% of
the fair market value of the assets
are used in an active business
carried on in Canada.
Through incorporation, you
will become the shareholder and
employee of a separate taxable
entity, without triggering any
income tax.
1. Limited Liability
A sole proprietor is liable
for business debts and may
subject his/her personal assets
to creditor claims or lawsuits
that may arise in the business.
As a shareholder, to the extent
that you have not provided
personal guarantees, generally,
your personal assets should be
protected. However, directors
and officers of the corporation
may be held liable for certain
activities of the corporation.
2. Small Business Deduction
(“SBD”)
Active business earnings of
a CCPC may be eligible for
reduced rates of Federal and
Provincial tax. The Ontario small
business rate is 15.50% on the
first $500,000 of taxable income
and 26.50% thereafter.
3. Deferral of Tax
For a sole proprietor in Ontario,
once regular earnings reach
$220,000, income will be taxed
at the top marginal personal tax
rate of 49.53%. For an Ontario
CCPC, active business earnings
are taxed at 15.5% on the first
$500,000 of taxable income.
Funds not currently required
personally can be retained in the
corporation for corporate uses,
providing a deferral of up to
34.03% until dividends are paid.
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By choosing an appropriate yearend of the corporation, a bonus
can be declared and deducted by
the corporation in its fiscal year,
but not taxed to you until the
following calendar year.
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Through structuring of the
company’s share capital, you can
maintain your investment and
control in the corporation while
providing for future company
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by others. This can provide for
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family members and minimize
taxes arising on your death.
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The lifetime CGE, available to
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“Once we find a well-rounded
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Arabian uses a thoughtful
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“When they see our team is
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The nvision way of creating
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nvision solutions with the Business Employer Of Excellence Award.
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