Popping expectations

March 24, 2021March 25, 2021 Gord Delamont

An early-stage business discovers a big appetite for a plant-based, feel-good snack food. And that can be a problem

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Better fit, fewer returns

March 1, 2021March 3, 2021 Gord Delamont

Startup business SizeWize takes aim at an e-commerce challenge: inconsistent clothing sizes and too many returns

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Staying cool

January 11, 2021January 13, 2021 Gord Delamont

Putting a Canadian spin on the Yeti craze, Maple Mountain looks to get a handle on distribution strategy

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The root of the matter

November 2, 2020November 6, 2020 Gord Delamont

Biochemist and Dell Tech Laboaratores president Jennifer Grant launches Empyri, a new skincare company with formulations based on cannabis root extract

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Concrete ideas

October 21, 2020October 26, 2020 Gord Delamont

Tapping into the experiences of life and location, X Craft looks to bring new identity and purpose to public spaces

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Fighting the good fight

August 13, 2020August 17, 2020 Gord Delamont covid-19, independent business, main street, pandemic, small business, unemployment

Fight Unemployment, a new venture co-founded by former Downtown London director Janette MacDonald, takes aim at combatting main street unemployment in new ways