Bruce Firestone

Opinion: Internet pioneer revisits movie rental business model

Rob Hall was into the Internet before there was one. In high school in the 1980s, he dabbled in web technology and was ready for

Opinion: Focusing on finding financial success in film from Ottawa

Ottawa

I recently interviewed screenwriter Sharon Buckingham, best known as the writer/producer and creative force behind Sticks & Stones, a CTV made-for-TV movie. It won both

Opinion: An opportunistic acquisitions strategy

Techopia

One would expect a company with 31,000 employees and revenues of $4.32 billion – making it the seventh-largest systems integrator in the world – to

Opinion: RocketOwl wises up to products game

Techopia

While it’s often hard to tell whether a tech company is a hardware or software business, or a services or products studio, there’s no doubt

Opinion: Select Start Studios grows exponentially by helping clients of clients

Techopia

I recently interviewed the tall, charismatic 30-year old Select Start Studios CEO Tariq Zaid at the company’s cool headquarters in an old stone building fronting

Opinion: Engineering grads pair beauty and smarts

Retail

What can a pair of male University of Waterloo engineering grads possibly know about the rapidly growing market for beauty products, where 98 per cent

Opinion: BTI rides wave of global networking demand

Techopia

BTI Systems may be the fastest-growing tech company flying under the radar of some in Ottawa. Californian Steve Waszak, who leads a global head count

Opinion: ‘Fenix’-like rise into open source profits

Techopia

Jennifer MacKinnon started Fenix Solutions in 2001 after the Montreal-based tech company she was working for decided to pull out of the Ottawa market. She

Opinion: Selling socks and underwear subscriptions

Techopia

Anyone who starts a company with the following tagline is bound to be different: “We give men (and the people who love them) more time

Opinion: Connecting with clients before foraging for funds

Techopia

I built my own Shopify store on the company’s platform in less than 10 minutes. When I was having a problem understanding their back-end customization