How to Steal Business Ideas, And Get Away With It

Innovation is Hard, Stealing is Easier! So, you’re searching for a business idea or a solution to a problem plaguing your business. You’ve been trying to create one out of thin air for months or years. But under the circumstances, you just can’t figure it out. I am here to tell you that you are […]
Top Five Side-Hustles in New Brunswick

Introduction to Side-Hustling Side-Hustles are small, part-time, and generally complementary activities that you do to make extra money. In recent years the term gained a lot of popularity, especially with the rise of companies like Uber and Lyft. Unfortunately, New Brunswick has not made it a priority to help people supplement their income by allowing […]
Capacity – Business Jargon
Capacity https://youtu.be/_WRrHXXiWSQ I’m sorry for this one going so long, but you should have seen how long it took me to set up the room. That being said, Capacity is a critical concept to understand and apply as a small business owner in rural Canada.
Back to Being Sandenn…

Being Authentic… So Sandenn.com is finally getting some love and attention. I know it has been a while, in fact a couple of years, but I am getting back on the personal brand and domain focus. That being said Dockyard is just fine and continuing to run along well. In large part because of my […]
How We’ve Failed…
It has been a few weeks since the protests in the USA have begun, and I have been mostly silent on the matter as I sat back and reflected on the role I played or did not play in making things better or worse in the communities in which I live. I have discretely […]
The Blog Returns… Soon
I hope everyone is healthy and safe. I’m just writing to let you know that I will be starting up the blog again soon. With lots to discuss and stories to tell. See you soon
Stepping Away

The Right Decision I am not one to give up. I often fail, sometimes miserably, but I hate giving up.
Wins and Losses: Win #2 The Lobster Festival

Win #2 The Lobster Festival Win #2 Showcasing Belledune! I call it the Lobster Festival, because I am not a fan of the branding that the Bathurst group chose and really in this second iteration of the Festival, the crew from Belledune, well we made it our own! Months of work went into the planning […]
Wins and Losses: Loss #1 The Arena

Not the first one, but one that still stings. As you may know, I love hockey. If I am not posting about politics or business, it is most certainly about Hockey. I’ve never been good at hockey but I’ve always understood the game better than most and had good vision. I was also a big […]
Win #1 – The Student Subsidy Program

Wins and Losses I have taken a few shots at writing a, “why I’m running,” blog post. All have resulted in long rambling paragraphs that in all honesty likely would come out better if refined down into a speech. And so I am going to do that; however, I did want to have something on […]