• The uneven business benefits of buses

  March 23, 2012 - 15 h 04

  Despite its critics, OC Transpo is an effective people-mover. Its boosters say it's one of the most successful public transit systems in North America, measured by the number of daily riders as a percentage of the population.

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• Timeline trumps old Facebook business strategies

  March 22, 2012 - 8 h 50

  Late last month, Facebook unveiled timeline brand pages, which was inevitable following the launch of the timeline format for individuals a short while ago.

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• What to watch for in the federal budget

  March 21, 2012 - 8 h 44

  While it's accepted that this month's federal budget will contain deep spending cuts, speculation is still running high on the precise economic impact.

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• Internet pioneer revisits movie rental business model

  March 13, 2012 - 14 h 51

  Rob Hall was into the Internet before there was one. In high school in the 1980s, he dabbled in web technology and was ready for the Internet revolution circa the early 1990s.

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• OCRI finally gets a name

  March 6, 2012 - 8 h 14

  I/O in digital speak - input/output - describes communication between a tech system and the world outside. Last month Ottawa got its own I/O connector.

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• Why this recession is different

  March 1, 2012 - 8 h 50

  I am still struggling with what to do in a "balance sheet recession." That is what Canadian investor Stephen Jarislowsky described as the outcome of the Lehman Brothers collapse - a recession driven by everyone looking to repair their individual...

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• Watson makes his economic development mark

  February 21, 2012 - 8 h 38

  When dignitaries gather today in Little Italy to officially launch Ottawa's overhauled lead economic development agency, they'll implicitly be recognizing Mayor Jim Watson's vision of how the city should support the local tech sector.

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• How the feds can spur tech commercialization

  February 17, 2012 - 16 h 13

  In October 2011, a government-appointed R&D panel delivered their recommendations for optimizing the impact of federal government R&D programs for Canadian business. The burning issue the Canadian government must now address is how to...

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• Why successful companies hold back on growth

  February 17, 2012 - 9 h 01

  Most CEOs I know have a least one of Jim Collins' books in their office. Over the past couple of decades, starting with Built to Last, he has authored or co-authored several management bestsellers, all focused on helping us understand what it...

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• A shared voice is stronger than a single voice

  February 14, 2012 - 13 h 37

  A recent article on the online news site OpenFile Ottawa reignited a decade-old debate about uniting the city's chambers of commerce. Here, David Chadala of the Orléans Chamber of Commerce weighs in.

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• January 30, 2012 Focusing on finding financial success in film from Ottawa
• January 26, 2012 The boom and bust of IT centralization
• January 24, 2012 Should Ottawa's chambers of commerce unite?
• January 20, 2012 Retailers paying a growing premium for credit card convenience
• January 18, 2012 An opportunistic acquisitions strategy
• January 12, 2012 Tech's buzz fades in Ottawa
• January 5, 2012 Innovating like Steve Jobs
• December 19, 2011 RocketOwl wises up to products game
• December 6, 2011 National science vision prioritizes big projects
• December 5, 2011 Costco fuelling gas-price wars
• December 1, 2011 Beware the million-dollar cheque
• November 23, 2011 When retail purchases don't go as planned