Opinion: Breaking down the BlackBerry rebranding
Amid the highly anticipated unveiling of its latest smartphone, the Canadian company behind the device announced it was renaming itself from Research in Motion to “BlackBerry.” In
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Opinion: The art of business survival
Every entrepreneur knows that professional and financial success is often interrupted by galvanizing moments otherwise known as learning experiences. By Benoît Poliquin. In other words,
Opinion: When to let go of 20,000 customers
Allan Ghosn went into business a decade ago, determined to provide the last mile of tech service to the home and the consumer. Think Nerds
What Facebook and the Stock Market Don’t Have in Common
If you’ve seen the movie The Social Network, you probably heard the word “algorithm” thrown around. A lot. Most of the people who were getting rich
Opinion: The keys to recurring success
When you deal with digital security for customers such as the U.S. Army – as does the largest client of local startup Fusebill – there
Opinion: Making marketing quantifiable
How do you start and grow a virtual marketing communications company in Ottawa into one with an international client base, nine full-time employees and revenues
Opinion: Applying the Toyota model to the world of startups
A few years ago in this column, I reviewed Getting to Plan B by John Mullins and Randy Komisar. That book offered entrepreneurs a structured
Opinion: Why successful companies hold back on growth
Most CEOs I know have a least one of Jim Collins’ books in their office. Over the past couple of decades, starting with Built to Last,
Opinion: An opportunistic acquisitions strategy
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: Innovating like Steve Jobs
During the last few months, the media has been fixated on the life and legacy of Steve Jobs. Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen and Clayton M.
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