Ottawa Business Journal - Opinion

A candy-coated lesson for young entrepreneurs

As has been the experience of many an entrepreneur, Stewart Walsh was peppered with questions about his business plan after approaching a potential financier for acquisition capital.

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Credit freeze or media frenzy?

November 19th, 2009 - 22 h 55

The most surprising, though, was about the credit freeze panic, which as we all know has racked up incessant headlines since 2008. Indeed, the debate about the lack of available capital for businesses, especially, has dominated news...

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'Connected Car' super cool, but is it safe?

November 13th, 2009 - 22 h 27

Imagine it. You're on your way back from a five-hour road trip with the family. While the two kids happily blast each other on the PlayStation in the back, your wife or husband in the passenger seat looks up the perfect recipe for...

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Your baggage is delayed

November 4th, 2009 - 15 h 06

During U.S. business trips such as the one I had last week, I typically fly United. That's not by choice, of course - often I go out of my way to purchase Air Canada tickets, only to be forced to fly United or some other U.S.-based affiliate...

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Hammering out a 'free trait' agreement

October 30th, 2009 - 23 h 25

Of course, it's not like the distinguished research professor at Carleton University isn't used to giving lectures. After an educational career spanning decades, he is. But the Manotick resident says he doesn't get onstage too often...

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Are you an e-mail apniac?

October 21st, 2009 - 15 h 08

"So anyway," I said, "when you reached me via e-mail earlier this week, I thought that -" "Hold on a sec," he said quickly. "Weren't we talking on Twitter?" I paused for a moment, thinking. He could have been right. "Maybe it was...

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It's a dog's life ... in our fair city

October 19th, 2009 - 15 h 23

We'd already tried a reasonably orthodox solution, with terrible results. But after scouring the city for an answer to our quandary - a predicament caused by a last-minute trip out of town and a need to house our four-legged friend, Roxy - we...

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The NCC: Steward or greedy landowner?

October 7th, 2009 - 15 h 15

But it's especially exhilarating when all those scrumptious layers start bickering with one another. It's pure entertainment, really. Though it usually means as a city, we don't get a whole lot done. But while the rather catty letter...

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Hub's death signals larger shift

September 23rd, 2009 - 15 h 26

It's a good thing, too, in many respects, for those involved. No doubt many were sick of media outlets such as OBJ pestering them about timelines, funding, and whether the $100-million project would ever get off the ground. And as OCRI...

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Slow sales? Here's a solution

December 22nd, 2008 - 9 h 46

It's not that I'm all that surprised I managed to get one. Far from it, actually, despite the noticeable lack of stock at every sales outlet in Ottawa. After walking half an hour to the mall for 8 a.m., then walking another 45 minutes...

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Hypocrisy goes mobile

November 26th, 2008 - 9 h 50

You know the ones. They feature that mustachioed guy in his fluorescent headband, gyrating energetically to the beat of increased savings. As a discount brand, their commercials tend to decry - even belittle - controversial mobile features...

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