The Winners’ Circle One-on-Ones are monthly web-exclusive Q&As that bring readers more on the stories behind some of the achievements published in the Winners’ Circle section of Alberta Venture magazine. Each month Alberta Venture salutes those individuals and companies which have been singled out for recognition of their accomplishments
Archive for January, 2009
In just a few short years, the conventional wisdom about natural gas has been upended by an unconventional resource. Here’s what it means for Alberta’s industry
One of the highlights of our upcoming Personal Finance Issue in February is a story by former associate editor Natasha Mekhail (now a Vancouver-based freelance writer) on financial market bubbles. Called “Pop! Goes the Market,” it identifies the telltale signs of bubbles that happened in the past, from the Dutch tulip mania of the 17th Century to the cheap credit-fuelled United States housing market that unraveled over the past year and a half, bringing much of the world economy down with it. (more…)
Growing a business faster than its peers takes more than a fortuitous position in a hot sector, as this year’s list of growth leaders shows. It takes a unique product offering, scalability and effective financial controls. (more…)
Within every organization, there are those charged with transcending the status quo. Meet the people who ensure their organization is always testing the limits (more…)
With the province pausing for breath after a lengthy economic sprint, the time is right for Alberta’s fastest growing companies to reflect on which strengths brought them this far and, more importantly, which ones will carry them forward (more…)
Alberta Venture’s tech whisperer on top buys and trends to watch in 2009
There are pirates on the Arabian Sea, and they may be stealing your kids’ Nintendo Wii (more…)
A small business survives a rocky start and becomes Calgary’s pre-eminent prop shop (more…)
