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Taking on the world from Ottawa: BOBs awards celebrate city’s business champions

Amid the celebrations Thursday night at the Westin Hotel, where more than two dozen local residents and companies were feted at the Best Ottawa Business

A lifetime of achievements: Q&A with Ottawa’s Michael Potter

Best Ottawa Business Awards

One of the true titans of Ottawa’s “golden generation” of high-tech leaders, Michael Potter took a small consulting company named Quasar Systems, renamed it Cognos

Ottawa’s CEO of the Year: David Ross turns family firm into a dominant video technology force

Best Ottawa Business Awards

Eight years ago, David Ross decided he needed to do something dramatic to shake his company out of the doldrums. The chief executive of Ross

Fastest Growing Companies #1: Continued innovation sparks healthy growth at Fullscript

Fastest Growing Companies

Fullscript CEO Kyle Braatz will never be accused of lacking ambition – a drive that is reflected in his vision for his company. “We want to change

Fastest Growing Companies #2: HostedBizz founders riding high on the cloud

Fastest Growing Companies

When tech veterans and longtime friends Paul Butcher and Jim Stechyson each found themselves looking for a new business challenge a few years ago, it

Fastest Growing Companies #3: CanadaWheels the wheel deal

Fastest Growing Companies

Saleh Taebi might have started his business in a niche market, but it’s grown well beyond that. Mr. Taebi is the founder and CEO of

Fastest Growing Companies #4: ‘Clear vision’ pays off for Halo

Fastest Growing Companies

With the federal government’s long sales cycles, focusing on public-sector clients isn’t usually the way to grow a business quickly. But that’s exactly what Leigh

Fastest Growing Companies #5: Patience a virtue for Fusebill’s team

Fastest Growing Companies

Fast growth comes with its own unique challenges, says Fusebill CEO Tyler Eyamie. The chief executive of the Ottawa firm that develops cloud-based billing software

Fastest Growing Companies #6: Big thinking means big deals for You.i

Fastest Growing Companies

Jason Flick’s business just keeps growing. “As we get more success, we just keep building on it. Every deal we’ve signed has been significantly larger,”

Fastest Growing Companies #7: MediaStyle on a mission to build ‘a better Canada’

Fastest Growing Companies

MediaStyle believes it’s as important for companies to have a strong social conscience as it is to maintain a robust balance sheet. The media production