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Dragons’ Den Selects KANDY To Air January 14, 2015

Posted Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
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Great news! We heard from Dragons’ Den that we’ve been selected to appear in an upcoming episode of Dragons’ Den, airing Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. in NFLD) on CBC Television. It’s a terrific Christmas gift to us all at KANDY Outdoor Flooring. We worked very, very hard on preparing for […]
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7 Great Apps for Your Small Business! 6 & 7 Will Surprise You!

Posted Saturday, November 8th, 2014
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KANDY Outdoor Flooring is a growing brand with its head office in Vancouver and a very active 1st franchise in Toronto. Whether it’s our weekly virtual leadership team meetings, our client service, interactions and communications, there are a number of apps that simply make our lives easier! 1. Google Hangouts We’ve just switched from Office/Outlook […]
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Buying A Franchise? Start Looking Close to Home

Posted Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
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Congratulations on deciding to go into business – a franchised business. Before you spend too much time window-shopping, looking for that “perfect” idea that you’ll know when you see it, it will pay dividends to look deep inside before you look for available franchises outside. Skills and Abilities It’s important to know what you’re really good at, […]
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Be The World's Best Condo Neighbour and Still Have Fun

Posted Monday, September 8th, 2014
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The urbanization trend that is spurring Canada’s condo boom may also be redefining what it means to be a good neighbour. Here’s why. Millenials (the children of boomers, born 1980 – 2000) are leaving their parents’ basements and buying condos, their first affordable piece of real estate. Boomers are downsizing, leaving the suburbs for smaller […]
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Singer, Kroc & Robin Hood: Pioneers In Franchising

Posted Thursday, August 28th, 2014
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Fact and folklore often mix through the ages. So it is in franchising, where well-known characters, real and fictionalized, helped write the script for business format franchising as we know it today. For centuries, even millennia, growing commercial entities have sought, tested and employed mechanisms to help overcome barriers related to expansion, capital, and distance. […]
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Keep Your Condo Property Manager Happy: 4 Things You Should Never Say

Posted Thursday, August 21st, 2014
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Owning a condo means getting to know your property manager (PM). The list of reasons you’ll need to contact your PM is long.Buying a new sofa? Book the party room? Inquire about guest suites? Complain about a noisy neighbour? Ask about the next board meeting? Your first stop is your property manager. We’ve heard from […]
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Focusing Your Brand's Target Market

Posted Sunday, August 17th, 2014
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FOCUS. It’s a powerful word in the world of an entrepreneur. FOCUS on your goals. Structure your day so you can FOCUS getting the important things done. FOCUS on your revenue objectives. FOCUS on your customers. There’s lots of advice available out there to help entrepreneurs and business owners FOCUS on what’s important. My personal […]
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You Don’t Own It: Your Balcony As a “Common Element”

Posted Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
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Surprise! It’s one of the things that surprises many first-time condo owners. That balcony that you can access only through your suite, through sliding glass doors from your own unit… the one that only you or someone from your condo can get to (without dangerously crawling over the railing from the neighbouring unit) - - […]
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5 Steps to a Stunning Condo Balcony

Posted Sunday, August 3rd, 2014
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Housing prices in both Toronto and Vancouver may have driven you to purchase a condo. Maybe you’re just thinking about it, or maybe it’s the lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of. No question that condo living = convenient. But how can you make that tiny little concrete slab outside your living room window look and feel […]
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A KANDY Client Review

Posted Monday, July 28th, 2014
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Our experience with KANDY Outdoor Flooring has been and continues to be amazing. When we initially were looking for ideas for our outdoor condo balcony we looked at the traditional routes (big box stores, DIY solutions etc.) and this lead us nowhere. Not one of these solutions provided an end to end service which is […]
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