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He certainly admits to uttering a nervous oath or two when his milkshake bar — Ottawa’s first, according to Kakkar — finally opened at 204

Fitness app entrepreneur pumped by Hevy’s progress to $2M in annual revenue
Desmond McNamee says it was the isolating side of the gym experience inspired him and his business partner, Guillem Ros, to invent their weight-lifting tracker

Boring downtown, you say? These three restaurateurs would beg to differ
“We thought we would go small and then be able to eventually build up to being a profitable business, but it’s been just fully packed

Magmic signs ‘major league’ deal for licensed baseball game using blockchain
Magmic CEO and president Mohammad Agha says, in a way, the long-standing boutique gaming studio is now moving into the major leagues itself.

Hexo offers contract growing services to leverage capacity, help small suppliers
Amid restructuring and layoffs in the cannabis industry, Hexo Corp. is offering contract growing services to smaller companies in a bid to create a “win-win”

Local gaming studio set to make its debut at popular international show
It was supposed to be a six-month “COVID project” that ended up launching Jonathan Williams’ career in a whole new direction.

Life after Canopy Growth: These cannabis researchers sensed a new opportunity
When Amanda Plunkett and Palmina De Miglio were laid off from Canopy Growth last fall, the pair of sensory researchers incorporated their own business.
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