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July 01, 2001 Category: Science & Technology, Small Business Tags: , No Comments →

Geoffrey Shmigelsky – Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Calgary

Retirement sits uneasily with Geoffrey Shmigelsky, the 32-year-old Prairies Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000. Shmigelsky started Cadvision in 1990 with less than $1,000.
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July 01, 2001 Category: Innovation, Management, Science & Technology Tags: No Comments →

Jim Shaw – CEO, Shaw Communications Inc.

Jim Shaw’s at home in the family cable business. And since rising to CEO of Calgary-based Shaw Communications Inc. in 1998 he has overseen the company’s largest era of growth that includes building a high-speed Internet division with 500,000 subscribers and $200 million revenue.
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July 01, 2001 Category: Science & Technology, Small Business Tags: No Comments →

Last month, I stood on the brink of world domination. World Wide Web domination to be exact. I had completed the final touches on my awesome, hip, easy-to-navigate Web site.
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July 01, 2001 Category: Retail, Sales & Marketing Tags: , No Comments →

According to a VISA Canada study, the number of companies expecting to use electronic technology in the corporate purchase process will increase dramatically over the next four years.
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June 01, 2001 Category: Personal Finance, Science & Technology Tags: , , No Comments →

The e-mails arrive with seductive subject lines that immediately capture your attention. The proposal is unsolicited but intriguing, with a great emphasis on the opportunity to pocket a large sum of money by capitalizing on shoddy paperwork of a West African country, usually Nigeria.
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June 01, 2001 Category: Innovation, Science & Technology Tags: , , No Comments →

When Calvin McElroy, president and chief executive of Calgary firm Cquay Inc., went in search of venture capital early last summer, the timing could not have been worse.
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March 01, 2001 Category: Science & Technology Tags: No Comments →

With so many dot-com companies in a desperate downward spiral, you may have noticed more technology terms with a decidedly negative slant cropping up in our everyday vocabulary.
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January 01, 2001 Category: Innovation, Science & Technology Tags: , , No Comments →

Big plans, big opportunities, big advantages and a big problem. Just about everything about Big Picture Technologies Inc. fits the under the large label, including its ranking as Alberta’s #1 Fastest Growing Company in Alberta Venture’s annual listing.
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