Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Author: Alain Guillot

  • Knowing When It’s Time to Let Your Business Go

    Knowing When It’s Time to Let Your Business Go

    Owning your own business can feel like a whirlwind romance. You pour in late nights, endless cups of tea and a touch of insanity. But what happens when the spark fades and your once passionate affair starts to feel like a chore you can’t escape from? Taking a step back and asking whether it’s time…

  • Girls Speak Out About Trans Athletes in High School Sports

    Girls Speak Out About Trans Athletes in High School Sports

    Across North America, young female athletes are raising their voices about what they see as a growing injustice in girls’ sports: being forced to compete against biological males who identify as transgender. Recently, students from Thompson Valley High School in Colorado spoke at a school board meeting. These girls shared how they were required to…

  • Five of the Most Interesting Modern Cybersecurity Methods for Keeping Your Business Safe

    Five of the Most Interesting Modern Cybersecurity Methods for Keeping Your Business Safe

    Cyber threats are everywhere these days, and if you’re running a business, you’re even more at risk. While cyber attacks and data breaches are a risk for everyone, as a business, your computer infrastructure considerably exceeds that of an individual person; you’re dealing with larger amounts of money and more data, making you a much…

  • Higher Education Is A Business, So How Can You Run Yours Effectively?

    Higher Education Is A Business, So How Can You Run Yours Effectively?

    Even though there may be those that don’t want to admit this, higher education is a business, and as such it needs to be run as one at times. Sure, it needs to be run a little differently to a traditional business as there is more at stake for the people who use the service,…

  • Three Ways Financial Denial Can Destroy Your Business

    Three Ways Financial Denial Can Destroy Your Business

    Business finances are the most vicious minefield you’ll ever need to cross. One wrong move, and you can blow the top off an operation that’s been years in the making. That’s a scary reality, and for many business owners, it can feel as though putting on a blindfold and taking leaps of financial faith is…

  • Why Military-Grade Components Are Making Their Way into Consumer Electronics

    Why Military-Grade Components Are Making Their Way into Consumer Electronics

    Once upon a time, military-grade tech was the stuff of sci-fi movies and defense labs. Think night-vision goggles, rugged laptops that could survive warzones, or satellite communication systems tough enough to power through global storms. But fast-forward to today, and that same military-hardened tech is quietly slipping into your pocket, your kitchen, and even your…