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Indigenous entrepreneurs have a major role to play in COVID-19 recovery
Sunshine Tenasco
report on business
Dragon to the rescue: Michele Romanow and partner launch new venture to source PPE during pandemic
TORONTO, ONTARIO - CEO of Safe Direct Medical Supplies, Anatoliy Melnichuk and investor Michele Romanow have started a new venture where they buy PPE (personal protective equipment) in China, and send them by plane to Canada to distribute to health care workers and for sale. July 30, 2020.
report on business
Dragon Arlene Dickinson raises $100-million to back food and health startups
Dragon Arlene Dickinson raises $100-million to back food and health startups
music
Toronto’s El Mocambo reborn as an ultramodern music venue for the live-streaming age
The overhauled El Mocambo music venue. Photos of Michael Wekerle, El Mocambo CEO
report on business
Calgary optometry company FYidoctors scores more than $100-million in private equity investment
Many parents and teachers have mistaken vision problems for behavioural issues or learning disabilities. According to the Canadian Association of Optometrists, one in every six children may have a vision problem that makes it difficult to learn and read.
small business
In the startup world, couples in business together often face stigma
Partners Andrew D'Souza (left) and Michele Romanow pose for a portrait in the Clearbanc office space, in Toronto on Friday, November 9, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
rob magazine
2020 vision: 10 opportunities to give Canada an edge in the coming year
Opportunity guide
canada
Alessia Cara, Will Arnett among those honoured at Canada’s Walk of Fame
Actor Will Arnett is pictured with his star as he is inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame during an event in Toronto on Saturday, November 23, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
canada
Police probe continues as details emerge in Kevin O’Leary boat crash
Federal Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O'Leary leaves a television studio following an interview in Toronto on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Media reports says celebrity businessman O'Leary was on a boat involved in a crash that left two people dead in Ontario's cottage country last weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
rob magazine
Five things I learned from Kevin O’Leary
Kevin O'Leary. In April, O’Leary was the headline speaker at a 'wealth-building' event in Toronto.
small business
Seven takeaways from Canada’s top small business leaders
Globe.SmlBizSummit2019-41.jpg The Globe and Mail Small Business Summit . panel that included Tanya Walker left Peter Neal, co-founder and CEO of Neal Brother Foods Inc. and on right Chef Mark McEwan
small business
Report on Small Business Newsletter: Former Dragon David Chilton on why he got 53 lunch requests in one day
Toronto, Ont. October 20, 2009 - David Chilton, author of The Wealthy Barber speaks with Rob Carrick for Let's Talk Investing. (Photo by Anne-Marie Jackson/ The Globe and Mail)
managing
Former Dragon David Chilton: ‘One day I got 53 requests for lunches from companies looking for investment’
David Chilton Handout
small business
Report on Small Business Newsletter: Does this Dragons’ Den star’s financing startup Clearbanc live up to its lofty promises?
Michele Romanow, who is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, television personality and venture capitalist, poses for a photo at her Toronto home on Monday, September 26, 2016. (Michelle Siu for The Globe and Mail)
toronto
Mystery on Nuthatch Lane: Why police arrested a fashion entrepreneur after the death of a homeless man
Generic ambulance and crew shot taken at Toronto Western Hospital. June 6, 2001
streetwise
Michael Wekerle’s Difference Capital Financial gets windfall from Toronto’s Vena Solutions
Michael Wekerle, chief executive officer of Difference Capital Financial Inc., speaks during an interview in Toronto, on Dec. 1, 2014.
television
Farewell CBC’s Mr. D – awesome, dumb, adorable and ours
John Doyle
streetwise newsletter
Streetwise newsletter: More coverage on Fortress; Michelle Romanow’s Clearbanc raises another $50-million
Bank towers at the four corners of King St. West and Bay St. are photographed on Oct 1 2018. Clockwise from top left are Bank of Montreal, TD, CIBC and ScotiaBank.
technology
Dragons' Den star’s startup secures another US$50-million in financing
Partners Andrew D'Souza, left, and Dragons' Den star Michele Romanow at Clearbanc's Toronto office on Nov. 9, 2018.
small business
Report on Small Business Newsletter: She was eight months behind on her rent. Instead of kicking her out, the landlord issued a challenge
Kiana "Rookz" Eastmond poses for a photograph outside Sandbox Studios in Toronto on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Dragon’s Den star Romanow’s seven tips for maximum productivity
This photo is to go with story with Dragon's Den entrepreneur Michele Romanow on productivity. HANDOUT