Jim Donnelly

Opinion: Richard Florida pushes the reset button

Ottawa

It was great to sit down with supercharged author and thought leader Richard Florida last week, minus the glare of the municipal spotlight. Mr. Florida,

Opinion: The community wins at Tech Venture Challenge

Techopia

In many respects, the Turnbull family represents the perfect microcosm of the local entrepreneurial scene. At least as far as science and technology entrepreneurship goes

Opinion: Can fat kids equal big business?

Ottawa

The results are in, parents, and they are not good. Put bluntly, the kids are out of shape. Obese, even, in some cases, thanks to

Opinion: Drummond reflects on a career in economics

Ottawa

Ask TD Bank Financial Group’s Don Drummond about his plans for retirement, and the company’s senior vice-president and chief economist is adamant about only one

Opinion: Fighting for a cure

Ottawa

It was when the lights went out and hundreds of people went home, after the last punches were thrown, the shouting had faded and the

Opinion: W. Brett Wilson on why giving leads to getting

Ottawa

Brett Wilson has been called all sorts of things since joining CBC’s Dragons’ Den a few years ago. The Dragon with a heart. The friendly Dragon. And

Opinion: A candy-coated lesson for young entrepreneurs

Ottawa

As has been the experience of many an entrepreneur, Stewart Walsh was peppered with questions about his business plan after approaching a potential financier for

Opinion: Fighting – and sweating – for a worthy cause

Ottawa

It probably won’t be a tough call for most – one guy sometimes writes about layoffs for a living, with the other dedicated to finding

Opinion: The common-sense rules of invention

Ottawa

We’ve all had it happen – that epiphanic moment. You know what I mean. When that big, booming, sassy idea for some kind of mind-blowing

Opinion: UPDATE: HBS marketing a new business model?

Ottawa

It’s always somewhat of an annoyance for a company when “bankruptcy” is the second-most searched term related to it on Google. But that’s the unfortunate