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Opinion: Making his mark on the capital: Sutcliffe’s dedication to his career and community runs deep

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcasts

We all know Mark Sutcliffe as a ubiquitous presence in Ottawa’s media scene. The tireless journalist and entrepreneur wears many hats – he hosts a

Opinion: Wakefield couple’s home-based business picking up steam with more consumers going green

Ottawa

Why would two lawyers leave secure jobs with the federal government to launch a startup that was, at least initially, more crusade than enterprise? Jay

Opinion: Modular homes far from cookie-cutter: Bruce Firestone

Residential

Henry Ford obviously wasn’t present when I recently visited modular homebuilder Guildcrest’s 120,000-square-foot plant in Morewood, about 50 km southeast of Ottawa, but his spirit

Opinion: Real estate sector faces talent vacancy

Real Estate

With the city facing a shortage of bright young talent, the term “real estate entrepreneur” might soon go the way of the dodo bird in

Opinion: Big Rig gaining steam in microbrewery biz

Sports and Entertainment

What’s in a name? Well, if you are Ottawa Senators defenceman Chris Phillips and the other four founding partners of Big Rig restaurant and brewery,

Opinion: How R&D saved Jaymes White’s Kickstarter campaign

Sports and Entertainment

Jaymes White is Ottawa’s answer to Grigori Rasputin or the Amazing Kreskin – mentalists who used their talents either to gain political influence or please

Opinion: CEO goes from Fortune 100 firm to security startup

Techopia

When OBJ last checked in with Steve Edgett, the 2010 Forty Under 40 recipient was receiving accolades for his achievements as vice-president at EMS Technologies Canada. Fast-forward

Opinion: Local EO chapter marks a decade of group therapy for business owners

Ottawa

Entrepreneurs’ Organization operates under different rules than most networking groups. “There is no selling and no telling,” says Todd Jamieson, a board member of the Ottawa

Opinion: Entrepreneurial lessons from a skateboard startup

Ottawa

Like many entrepreneurs, Ottawa-based ProjectSpeaker founder Pierre Bisaillon started early. As a teenager growing up in North Bay, he was into skateboards. Like most 15-year-olds,

Opinion: Capital companies hope to build on pay-and-display

Retail

Imagine a city where your vehicle can talk to pretty much every other machine. Without stopping and rolling down your window, your car automatically sends