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
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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.
Opinion: RocketOwl wises up to products game
While it’s often hard to tell whether a tech company is a hardware or software business, or a services or products studio, there’s no doubt
Opinion: Select Start Studios grows exponentially by helping clients of clients
I recently interviewed the tall, charismatic 30-year old Select Start Studios CEO Tariq Zaid at the company’s cool headquarters in an old stone building fronting
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