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Martin Le Moine is President and co-founder of Fruit d’Or, and Sylvain Dufour is Vice-President and co-founder. The Quebec company specializes in processing northern berries from Eastern Canada....
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For Sean Bourquin and Justin Taverna, the innovation light bulb switch flipped on in 2009 and since then, has illuminated their company’s way to doing business in 30 countries around the world. The...
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Sean Borquin is co-founder and CEO of First Light Technologies, a B.C.-based solar light fixture manufacturer. You can read about the company’s export journey here. What has been key to your success?...
View ArticleThe key to Silfab Solar’s impressive growth: targeting the U.S. market
When Mississauga-based Silfab Solar started operations in 2011 its business compass was fixed on Canada and two directions, east and west. Several years later, the solar photo voltaic (PV) products...
View ArticleB.C.’s D-Wave Systems: Exporting the quantum leap of computers
In 1969, the Honeywell Kitchen Computer was marketed as a luxury gift item. It would have ushered in the era of home computing, but with a price tag of $10,000 (about $80,000 now), none sold. The late...
View ArticleCulture is one of the best tools for business development,” Les Grands...
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal has been innovative in terms of the artistic creativity of its shows and its business model, making it an internationally acclaimed cultural business. When it...
View Article“You have two years until the competition has copied you”: Export insights...
Call it fate or destiny, but Toronto’s SimEx-Iwerks‘ first domestic simulation project 26 years ago, which operated at the base of the CN Tower, was entitled Tour of the Universe. Today with more than...
View Article“The world is moving to everything as a service”: Fusebill finds its niche as...
A decision to sow some entrepreneurial oats in 2011 has transformed Ottawa’s Fusebill into an up-and-coming Canadian financial technology, or fintech, powerhouse in the English-speaking world. Tyler...
View ArticleDoing business in the Philippines: 11 essential etiquette tips
As the Philippines transforms itself from a mostly agricultural-based economy to one based on services and manufacturing, the Philippines is also blessed with a stable banking system and solid GDP...
View ArticleAdtrackmedia transforms metro subway tunnels around the world
There are few things Ken Bicknell likes to see more than a long expanse of blank wall in a metro subway tunnel. To the CEO and President of Vancouver-based adtrackmedia, the wall represents valuable...
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