Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

  • Questions You Should Answer Before You Start Your Office Refurbishment

    Questions You Should Answer Before You Start Your Office Refurbishment

    Many people are considering refurbishing their office space. This is a big decision you should not take lightly.  It can cost you money in the short term but will pay off in the long run if done right.  To avoid costly mistakes, take a few minutes to answer these questions…

  • Getting The Smoothest Start For Your Small Business

    Getting The Smoothest Start For Your Small Business

    Getting The Smoothest Start For Your Small Business While starting up a business is seen as a risky venture, there’s a lot you can do to make sure you get the smoothest start you need for success. It’s not always uphill in terms of progression, sometimes you can get stuck…

  • Save For Your Retirement With These Top Tips

    Save For Your Retirement With These Top Tips

    The average retirement age in Canada is 65. You can however start claiming CPP (Canada Pension Plan) from the age of 60 but the longer you stay in work the higher the monthly pension payout will be. There is no benefit to staying at work past the age of 70…

  • 386 Nicola Twilley: The History and Future of Quarantine

    386 Nicola Twilley: The History and Future of Quarantine

    About Nicola Twilley Nicola Twilley is cohost of the award-winning podcast Gastropod, which looks at food through the lens of science and history, and is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. @nicolatwilley Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley have been researching…

  • Rents are going up. Don’t blame the landlord, blame the city

    Rents are going up. Don’t blame the landlord, blame the city

    The real estate market, like most markets, works on supply and demand. If there is more demand than supply, prices go up; if there is more supply than demand, prices go down. There is no legislation that can change the laws of economics, the law of supply and demand. There…

  • Tips for Being the Best Airbnb Host

    Tips for Being the Best Airbnb Host

    If you are looking for ways to make money with your home or other property that you have, then you have a number of possibilities. You could rent it out as a whole, or rent out a spare room that you have, using a site like Airbnb. This is growing…