Opinion: ‘Fenix’-like rise into open source profits
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
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Opinion: ‘Fenix’-like rise into open source profits
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: Overcoming the quick-fix appeal of outsourcing
Leslie P. Willcocks, Sara Cullen, and Andrew Craig, The Outsourcing Enterprise: From Cost Management to Collaborative Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. I am often asked to
Opinion: Selling socks and underwear subscriptions
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: Breakfast at Buck’s and other Silicon Valley stories
William Draper III, The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Buck’s is one of those unique Silicon Valley institutions.
Opinion: Connecting with clients before foraging for funds
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
Opinion: Why we need a film publishing rights movement
Standards such as, say, a common language, a common currency, a set of laws, dates, times, volumes and 18,000 other things covered by the International
Opinion: Why big companies often fail at innovation
Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, the Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge, Harvard Business Review Press, 2010. Numerous surveys over the last several
Opinion: Whole lotta incubatin’ going on
Scott Annan stands at attention at the front of Mercury Grove’s open-concept office space, holding up his hands for quiet. He’s perched on a milk
Opinion: Doing business in an institutional void
Tarum Khanna and Krishnna G. Palepu:Winning in Emerging Markets: A Roadmap for Strategy and Execution, Harvard Business Press, 2010. According to a Western executive quoted in
Opinion: Turning tweets into treasure
When Dave Hale started managing the Facebook page of a popular local business a few years ago, even he admitted he wasn’t quite sure what
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