Ottawa Business Journal

Opinion: The Better Business Bureau and my battle with weeds

Retail

Have you checked the web site of the Better Business Bureau lately? If you do, it’s almost certain to make you a better consumer. I

Predicting the Future: Financial Forecasts, News Analysts and Tealeaves

Expert Blogs, OBJ360 Sponsored, Ottawa, Sponsored

It’s getting pretty tough these days not to be at least a little depressed about our portfolios. We’ve endured one of the worst decades in

Opinion: Blood-sucking bed bugs and bureaucracy

Ottawa

We’d only been home a couple minutes when I realized my gaffe. Having just spent two weeks on a splendid Maritimes vacation, I’d hauled my

Opinion: Managing your business the Indian way

Techopia

Nirmalya Kumar, with Pradipta K. Mohapatra and Suj Chandrasekhar,India’s Global Powerhouses: How They are Taking On the World, Harvard Business Press, 2009. Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh,

Opinion: Immigration decision shows fed ‘disconnect’

Techopia

It was a decision somewhat lost in the din of other federal government miscues this summer, such as Tony Clement’s recent and somewhat inexplicable long-form

Opinion: Sir Terry Matthews talks turkey

Ottawa

Say what you want about Sir Terry Matthews, arguably Ottawa’s best-known serial entrepreneur. Just don’t talk to him about life after business. “Well ,what do

Opinion: Making sense of the Ottawa condo market

Residential

Just cross the Ottawa River and buy a home in Quebec if you want to save a bundle in living costs – that’s the conventional

Opinion: Richard Florida pushes the reset button

Ottawa

It was great to sit down with supercharged author and thought leader Richard Florida last week, minus the glare of the municipal spotlight. Mr. Florida,

Opinion: The community wins at Tech Venture Challenge

Techopia

In many respects, the Turnbull family represents the perfect microcosm of the local entrepreneurial scene. At least as far as science and technology entrepreneurship goes

Opinion: Bringing Greek philosophy to the Chinese dragon

Techopia

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus is perhaps best known for the adage that “You cannot step twice into the same river,” highlighting his doctrine