Telfer School of Management

Encon’s Ottawa-based CEO Jean Laurin retiring

Ottawa

After spending more than three decades at Ottawa-based insurance provider Encon Group, growing the company during a major economic downturn, Jean Laurin is retiring. By

Young entrepreneur wins prize at Montreal International Startup Festival

Ottawa

Shaun MacLellan says he was on the fence about going to the Montreal International Startup Festival. By Jacob Serebrin “I wasn’t really expecting much going

Lee Valley Tools founder dies

Ottawa

One of the Ottawa region’s most well-known local businessmen has died. Leonard Lee was the founder of several successful enterprises, including Lee Valley Tools, Canica

Gala honours Forty Under 40 recipients

Ottawa

The region’s best and brightest young business minds got a rare chance to kick back Thursday night when OBJ and the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce celebrated their

Go Give-Back wins Capital Angels speed pitch contest

Ottawa

A speed pitch contest at a ballpark might conjure up thoughts of 98-mile-per-hour fastballs, but pitches of a different kind were delivered earlier this week

Dentist-turned-entrepreneur says digital filing system will mean fewer headaches, more revenue for dental practitioners

Techopia

Marc Lamarre wants to change the way dentists attend to their patients. Following his 2008 retirement from a 28-year career in dentistry, Mr. Lamarre found

Drone industry gaining altitude: Experts say Ottawa can play role in expanding their commercial

Techopia

When Ian Glenn was in charge of the Canadian army’s unmanned aerial vehicle program nearly two decades ago, drones were strictly the domain of the

Nortel’s failure was years in the making, Telfer study finds

Techopia

Management blunders, market changes and a “black cloud” of eroding customer confidence were just some of the factors that ultimately led to Nortel’s epic collapse,

How to make money from apps

Techopia

Sales at Apple’s App Store exceeded $10 billion last year, with more than two-thirds of that sum finding its way to developers. By Jacob Serebrin