Profiles
The Fabulous 30
The examples set by Canada's coolest, smartest and most inspiring entrepreneurs point the way to business success—and demonstrate the rich potential of an entrepreneurial life
Michael Lee-Chin: Do well. Do good. Be happy
Michael Lee-Chin’s entrepreneurial ascendance is a particularly Canadian version of the classic rags-to-riches tale. Born in rural Jamaica to a teenaged mother, the eldest of nine siblings, Lee-Chin made his ...
Ask the Legends: Gordon Reid
Career Highlights Born in Vancouver in 1933; moves to the Montreal area as a boy. Starts his retail career at age 13, gift-wrapping parcels at Simpsons. After being expelled from ...
Born to Run — Really Fast
How Mood Media grew by 72,384% to become Canada’s Fastest-Growing Company in 2011
The success secrets of Gerry Schwartz
Chairman & CEO, Onex Corp. Toronto Age: 66 Career Highlights: The corporate lawyer and MBA launches CanWest Capital Corp. with Izzy Asper in 1977; the company evolves into what is ...
You too can have it all!
Karen Stewart is the founder and CEO of Fairway Divorce Solutions, a Calgary-based provider of mediation services. With franchises in 11 Canadian cities and five in the U.S., five-year-old Fairway ...
A league of your own
Last November, Stephanie McLarty found herself in the kind of meeting most young entrepreneurs dream of. The 30-year-old founder of REfficient Inc., a Hamilton-based provider of environmental asset management, had ...
Only in Canada?
Dan Rudich knows how much “bill shock” frustrates cellphone users. He has spent most of his career in the wireless field, most recently as a vice-president at Nomadesk, a provider ...
Over the wall
UBB Corp. Location: Mississauga, Ont. What it does: Manufactures building blocks that dramatically speed up wall construction President and CEO: Peter Uhl If you’re managing a construction project, it’s prudent ...
A burning need
Pioneering Technology Corp. Location: Mississauga, Ont. What it does: Manufactures a cooking system that prevents stove fires President and CEO: Kevin Callahan Some innovations take years to find a market. ...
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