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Construction intentions took another year-over-year leap in May as the value of permits issued hit a five-year high for the month, according to municipal records.

Opinion: Innovating like Steve Jobs

Techopia

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: Select Start Studios grows exponentially by helping clients of clients

Techopia

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: ‘Fenix’-like rise into open source profits

Techopia

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: Overcoming the quick-fix appeal of outsourcing

Techopia

Leslie P. Willcocks, Sara Cullen, and Andrew Craig, The Outsourcing Enterprise: From Cost Management to Collaborative Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. I am often asked to

Opinion: Connecting with clients before foraging for funds

Techopia

I built my own Shopify store on the company’s platform in less than 10 minutes. When I was having a problem understanding their back-end customization

Opinion: Calypso’s wild and wet debut

Sports and Entertainment

I recently spoke with Sylvain Lauzon, vice-president at Calypso Waterpark and former employee of Rick Hunter’s rival firm ProSlide Technology Inc., which hopes to open

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: 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: Zappos: Core values or no values?

Techopia

For the first three quarters of my advance copy of the book Delivering Happiness by Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh (pronounced “Shay”), I felt like this was going