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How to build a successful leadership team

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Answers to common questions about how to ‘transition from entrepreneur to CEO’

Searching for Steve Jobs: Fred Dixon’s mission to educate the world

Ottawa

The world begins teaching each morning, thanks to Ottawa’s Blindside Networks

How COVID-19 is changing the way Ottawa’s business leaders think

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcast

The virtual world creates so much opportunity, but also introduces interesting challenges, writes Mark Sutcliffe.

Canopy Growth CEO ‘really bullish’ on U.S. pot legalization after recent reforms

Ottawa

Smiths Falls-based cannabis firm reported a net loss of nearly $700 million in its fourth quarter, down from a loss of $1.3 billion in the

Remote work unlocks new talent markets for Ottawa employers

Ottawa

Work-from-anywhere trend means local businesses are seeing new opportunities to hire outside the National Capital Region

‘We’ve got to build for 2022 and beyond’: Ottawa Tourism boss urges residents to help promote capital

Tourism

Michael Crockatt is calling on each resident to be an “ambassador” for the National Capital Region on social media in a bid to draw visitors

How do you like ‘dem apples? Saunders Farm owners purchase Flying Canoe Hard Cider

Ottawa

Popular agri-tourism destination to open cider tap room by early July through new business, Saunders Cider Co.

Hexo strikes $925M deal to buy country’s largest privately held pot producer

Ottawa

Ottawa-based cannabis firm said Friday it will pay $400 million in cash and $525 million in shares for Toronto-based Redecan as it continues to hunt

‘It’s going to come back’: GM of new Hyatt hotel in Bells Corners banking on travel resurgence

Tourism

Despite the pandemic, hotel’s management team decided to take the plunge and start welcoming customers after delaying the opening several times.

Dramatic comeback: ByTowne Cinema to reopen under new ownership

Sports and Entertainment

“There’s light in the darkness,” the cherished Ottawa institution said Thursday, adding the beloved theatre will be back in business “when pandemic conditions permit.”