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IT’S ABOUT TIME
THE GIFT OF TIME

IT’S ABOUT TIME AND OPPORTUNITY

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PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Wishing you great health, wealth, peach and joy
For the Time and Years ahead.
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All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
- William Shakespeare
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In the distant past it was measured by hour glass or sundial, and earlier still the
great stone monuments of ancient peoples measured the passage of sun, moon
and stars with extraordinary accuracy.
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Own your Tomorrow
Your Time with Come
If you Plan for it.
It’s a question of Time.
In your LifeTime
It’s about Time
Time Slips Away
Sooner or Later
Before your time runs out
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Plan for the future because that’s where
you are going to spend the rest of your life.
- Mark Twain
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TIME - IS RELATIVE!
“When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it
seems like an minute.
But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute
it’s longer than any hour.
That’s relativity.”
- Albert Einstein
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THE VALUE
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OF TIME
THE VALUE OF TIME
“Life takes it toll, don’t let it rob you of your peace of mind.
Time Out
Time matters, you don’t know what you got – til it’s gone.
We’ll miss them.
Time Marches on
The hours, days, weeks,
months and years go by, through rain, sleet or sunshine.....
The Value of Time
The Time of Your Life
It takes a long, long time – to understand and appreciate the
value of Time.”
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START NOW
Make your move, before your time runs out.
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For everything there is a season, and a time
for every matter under heaven: a time to
be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up what is planted; a
time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to
break down, and a time to build up; a time
to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to
mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast
away stones, and a time to gather stones
together; a time to embrace, and a time to
refrain from embracing; ...
- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”
- Micheal Atshuler
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The way to get started is to quit talking
and start doing.
- Walt Disney
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One day, you will wake up and there
won’t be any more time to do the things
you’ve always wanted. Do it now.
- Paulo Coelho
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Time of your life
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TIME Is what we want most
But what we use WORST
- William Penn
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There comes a time when the world gets
quiet and the only thing left is your own
heart. So you’d better learn the sound
of it. Otherwise you’ll never understand
what it’s saying.
- Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
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“The Trouble is you think you have time”
- Buddha
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Books have a unique way of stopping time
in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not
forget this.
- Dave Eggers
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It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I
do not agree. The wounds remain. In time,
the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them
with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it
is never gone.
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
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“I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair
I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see
For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know
But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
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Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet
come. We have only today. Let us begin.
- Mother Teresa
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They say I’m old-fashioned, and live in
the past, but sometimes I think progress
progresses too fast!
- Dr. Seuss
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“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
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Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have
time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.
- Lao Tzu
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It’s being here now that’s important. There’s
no past and there’s no future. Time is a very
misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now.
We can gain experience from the past, but we
can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future,
but we don’t know if there is one.
- George Harrison
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“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
- Charles Darwin, The Life & Letters of Charles Darwin
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Don’t waste your time with explanations:
people only hear what they want to hear.
- Paulo Coelho
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours
are going by. The past increases, the future
recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets
mounting.
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- Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance
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“Lost time is never found again”
- Benjamin Franklin
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Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping
to transform it into a door.
- Coco Chanel
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Time is too slow for those who wait,
to swift fo those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love,
time is eternity
- Henry Van Dyke
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“The moment you realize how important time is, your entire perspective will change”
- Needs to be found who said this
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They always say time changes things, but you
actually have to change them yourself.
- Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin
you have, and only you can determine how it
will be spent.
Be careful lest you let other people spend it
for you.
- Carl Sandburg
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“You don’t need more time.... you just need to decide.”
- Seth Godin
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If you don’t have time to do it right,
when will you have time to do it over?
- John Wooden
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Time is more valuable than money.
You can get more money,
but you cannot get more time.
- Jim Rohn
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“The time is always right to do what is right.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
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It’s hard being left behind. (...) It’s hard to
be the one who stays
- Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife
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Dost thou love life?
Then DO NOT squander time,
for that is the stuff life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin
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“Make use of time, let not advantage slip.”
- William Shakespeare
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FIRSTBASE FACT SHEET
OVERVIEW
Firstbase Services is an independent business advisory firm serving small
to mid-cap markets.
We provide specialized advice to management teams and privately
owned businesses.
Firstbase’s team of experts is comprised of Business Consultants,
Succession Planners, Valuation Experts and Marketing Specialists.
Our team provides advisory services in the areas of:
• Business growth strategies
• Raising capital
• Human resource services
• Branding programs
• Marketing strategies
• Corporate restructuring
• Business valuations
• Creative design & print
Firstbase specializes in working with clients with $2 million to $500 million
in annual revenue.
ADVANTAGES OF WORKING WITH A
FIRSTBASE ADVISOR
The advantages of working with Firstbase include:
• Access to objective advice, professional insight and
guidance
• A strategic partner that keeps your best interests in
mind throughout the process
• Market intelligence expertise in reaching local, national
and global sectors
• The ability to maximize enterprise value based on
decades of experience and track record
WE BUILD PARTNERSHIPS
We establish long-term relationships with our clients while
offering an all-encompassing approach to each client’s
specific business strategy and business needs.
It is through these strategic partnerships that we become an
extension of our clients’ enterprise and not simply another
vendor.
We work within a predefined annual budget and are fully
accountable for our performance.
HOW WE WORK
On every assignment, the Firstbase team will employ
clear communication, fresh thinking, actual guidance, full
execution and deployment.
When Firstbase accepts an assignment, we expect only one
thing, success for the client.
Phone: 1-800-758-2922 • Email: info@firstbase.ca
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“Don’t wait. Time will never be just right.”
- Napoleon Hill
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PAVILION FACT SHEET
OVERVIEW
Pavilion Business Services is an independent Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
advisory firm operating and serving Canada’s small to mid-cap market.
Pavilion provides specialized advice to management teams of publicly and
privately-owned businesses.
Pavilion’s team provides the following:
• M&A specialists
• Business consultants
• Succession / exit planning
• Valuation experts
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Raising capital
• Marketing specialists
• Skilled and experienced negotiators
• Financial analysis specialists
• Business growth strategies
Pavilion specializations in working with companies and organizations with
typically $2 million - $500 million in annual revenue.
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
OUR VALUES
Pavilion has access to domestic, national and international
markets. Our extensive networking partners allow us to
provide business advice on an international scale with direct
access to buyers and investors in over 120 countries. We work
with professional equity, strategic buyers and investment
firms from USA, Europe, Middle East, China and Austrasia.
North America is increasingly being regarded as the
preferred location for business investments. Established
businesses with a solid cash flow are in huge demand from
buyers around the world.
PAVILION DELIVERS
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
PHILOSOPHY
The Pavilion management team instinctively know that great companies are built on the principle of doing the right thing each
and every day, and treating business partners, customers, and employees honestly, fairly and with respect.
KNOWLEDGE » INTEGRITY » RESULTS
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With vision and imagination,
we will help you acquire a business on the best possible terms.
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