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: 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.
Construction permits jump 47% in November
The value of local construction permits was up $82 million, year-over-year, in November, according to municipal records. The city issued 750 permits with a combined
Stand on the Mackenzie King Bridge, just outside the Rideau Centre, facing west, and one stares directly at what’s supposed to become a $487-million “jewel.”
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
Opinion: Engineering grads pair beauty and smarts
What can a pair of male University of Waterloo engineering grads possibly know about the rapidly growing market for beauty products, where 98 per cent
Opinion: Rekindling the relevance of strategic planning
Richard P. Rumelt, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters. Crown Business, 2011. I have been teaching MBA courses in business strategy, as
Opinion: BTI rides wave of global networking demand
BTI Systems may be the fastest-growing tech company flying under the radar of some in Ottawa. Californian Steve Waszak, who leads a global head count
Opinion: ‘Fenix’-like rise into open source profits
Jennifer MacKinnon started Fenix Solutions in 2001 after the Montreal-based tech company she was working for decided to pull out of the Ottawa market. She
Opinion: Shareholder value theory and the NFL
Roger Martin, Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL. Harvard Business Review Press, May 2011. Shareholder value theory has
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