Construction permits down 25% in April
Ottawa’s construction sector saw its worst April in at least four years, according to municipal records. The value of local construction permits was down $39.3
Construction permits down 25% in April
Ottawa’s construction sector saw its worst April in at least four years, according to municipal records. The value of local construction permits was down $39.3
Opinion: Bringing car buyers into the driver’s seat
Buyer, beware! Automakers and car dealers appear to be showering us with free money these days. Their pitch: Buy a new set of wheels with
Construction permits up 84% in March
Ottawa’s construction sector recorded its best first quarter in at least four years, according to municipal records. In the first three months of 2012, more
Opinion: 21 straight years of growth … and counting
“The sky is falling, the sky is …” This seems to be the cry of many observers of Ottawa’s tech scene, who think it’s the end
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: 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: ‘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
Opinion: Overcoming the quick-fix appeal of outsourcing
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
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