Opinion: Of bootstrapping, business divorce and outsourcing
In 1996, Paul Vallée left Minneapolis and a lucrative contract consulting position billable at up to $175 an hour to come to Ottawa and live
Opinion: Of bootstrapping, business divorce and outsourcing
In 1996, Paul Vallée left Minneapolis and a lucrative contract consulting position billable at up to $175 an hour to come to Ottawa and live

Algonquin College and Siemens Canada launch mechatronics, co-op programs
Algonquin College and Siemens Canada are expanding their partnership with new programs aimed at meeting the demand for skilled workers with advanced manufacturing expertise.

City, contractor defend safety record on Ottawa LRT line
The City and its LRT contractor are defending the safety record of the Confederation Line, as the president of the city’s labour council raises concerns
Automotive focus pays off for CogniVue, says former CEO
NXP Semiconductors’ impending acquisition of Freescale Semiconductors should have no negative effect on Freescale’s recent purchase of Gatineau-based CogniVue Corporation, CogniVue’s former CEO says. Simon

Shopify makes room for 2,500 more Ottawa staff with Laurier Avenue expansion
“We hire people so quickly that filling up (a building) has not ever been a problem.”

Ottawa’s C-Com Satellite nets 12th straight annual profit despite declining revenues
Reduced spending by customers in the oil and gas industries, as well as “desperate price-related competition,” caused revenues and profits to drop for C-Com Satellite

Gatineau marijuana producer Hydropothecary makes TSX-V debut
A Gatineau-based medical marijuana firm with a self-declared goal of becoming the “Coca-Cola of cannabis” says it will start trading on the TSX Venture Exchange

Ottawa composer-turned-lawyer plays to his strengths
Ted Mann clearly remembers Watergate, arguably the biggest political scandal in U.S. history, and how it unravelled back when he was studying music at the

Ottawa’s homegrown FarmLead lands $6.5M series-A funding
After carefully tending to its seed round, Ottawa-based FarmLead has successfully harvested $6.5-million in series-A funding. (All figures in US$) The round was lead by the investment

Video: FarmLead lands $6.5-million funding in mission to modernize grain marketing
Facebook Embedded Video Player FarmLead’s online marketplace for grain buyers and sellers is winning attention from leaders in the agricultural industry as the Ottawa-based
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