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Journalist, stutterer, rockhounder, painter.

• Grammar tips: semicolons

  By Stewart Burnett on April 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  One of my observances of human behaviour is the tendency for people to throw semicolons in sentences wherever they seem to look pretty. The semicolon is the most misused punctuation mark in English history. Only “comprised of” rivals its propensity… Read More ›

• Power: Make your accomplishments seem effortless

  By Stewart Burnett on April 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  “Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed. When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid… Read More ›

• Rap music’s entrepreneurial message

  By Stewart Burnett on April 2, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Whether it was the vicarious manifestation of my desire to speak fluently or simple tone-deaf appreciation of repetitive rhythms, I fell in love with rap music at a young age. Rap did not speak of violence and murder to me, even… Read More ›

• Adam & Marieke of Coastal Cake Company

  By Stewart Burnett on March 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Two entrepreneurs, each excelling where the other lacks, form the union that is Coastal Cake Company. The Vancouver Island business specializes in wedding cakes, cupcakes and other delectable treats.

• Craig Hanson of Thriving Locally

  By Stewart Burnett on March 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Thriving Locally is an online marketplace that acts as a hub for products and services from locally owned small businesses. “We are many businesses under one shopping cart,” explains Craig Hanson, who launched the Nanaimo website in September 2014. By… Read More ›

• Power: Never outshine the master

  By Stewart Burnett on March 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Most entrepreneurs will tell you how hard it is for them to work for someone else. They want to set their own hours, make the decisions, run the show. Entrepreneurs are often black sheep in the workplace. More accurately, they’re… Read More ›

• Contact microphones

  By Stewart Burnett on March 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Many people have never heard of them, but contact microphones are all around us in society. I sat down with an expert to figure out what they are and what they do. Liane Morrissette is owner and founder of Cold… Read More ›

• Grammar tips: ‘which’ and ‘that’

  By Stewart Burnett on March 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In Canada, we use a grammar style that takes from both British and American English. We side with the Americans when it comes to ‘which’ and ‘that,’ two words that have similar but distinctly different functions. Far too often –… Read More ›

• Interviewing for journalism

  By Stewart Burnett on March 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ve been a journalist for about four years now with experience writing for seven different newspapers. This article focuses on interviewing for newspapers but it applies to online journalism as well. Interviewing people is easy and the education you get… Read More ›

• Learning from the best

  By Stewart Burnett on March 21, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  My name is Stewart Burnett, son of an entrepreneur. He’s my hero. Nothing is so inspiring to me as paving your own path, taking on the world and making life as you want it to be. Entrepreneurs are the engine… Read More ›