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Liquid vs. illiquid: Finding the perfect asset balance for enterprising families

Many businesses families have most of their wealth tied up in illiquid assets, whether it’s the buildings in which they operate or their holding company. “All the risk…

September 3, 2024
Wealth

Private investment banker Chris Dobbin saw gap in home care market

Advisor to high tech, PE firms founded Nova Leap after watching his father-in-law’s health struggles

July 4, 2024
Wealth

This document can reduce tax and smooth family spats – but only if it’s signed

Shareholder agreements are uber-critical to family business. But creating one can be a struggle, and getting it signed might be worse

May 31, 2024
Family Business

Keeping ‘hot sleepers’ cool paid off for Calgary founder

Fashion exec Lara Smith watched her sister suffer from night sweats, set about creating new fabrics, market niches

February 2, 2024
Wealth

Manjit Minhas, CEO and co-founder of Minhas Breweries, Distillery and Wineries and venture capitalist on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, in the company’s winery and distillery area, newly added to the micro-brewery in 2019.

Dragon Manjit Minhas: From side hustle to $200 million liquor firm

Co-founder of Calgary-based Minhas Breweries, Distillery and Wineries and a VC on reality show Dragons’ Den discusses business and investing

February 1, 2024
Wealth

Chris Crosbie cannabis martial arts wealth

With N.L. family in politics and business, Chris Crosbie forges unconventional path

Martial-arts injury leads entrepreneur to a ‘big idea’ in the developing fields of cannabis cultivation, retail

November 17, 2023
Wealth

Muraly Srinarayanathas, co-founder and executive chairman of Ajax, Ont.-based 369 Global: “At a very young age, I knew I wanted to lead businesses that would help newcomers succeed.”

Entrepreneur Muraly Srinarayanathas gives back by helping other newcomers

Ontario-based entrepreneur now builds and invests in firms like Computek College that support new Canadians

October 26, 2023
Family Business

After exiting her startup, Kelly Emery - pictured here in a room with yellow couch and computer - turned to the ‘TechForGood’ movement aimed at leveraging technology to solve societal problems, and founded Troop, which matches charities with corporate donors.

Kelly Emery co-founded and sold Ratesupermarket.ca, then started Troop

A decade after her dad sold his HVAC business to Lennox, she started her own entrepreneurial journey – helping SMBs match with charities

August 1, 2023
Family Business

Markus Frind: “On the Internet, everything moves at light speed; when building buildings or developing land, everything takes and is measured in terms of, years, not days.”

Markus Frind: From Plenty Of Fish to plenty of grapes

When the British Columbia entrepreneur sold his dating site, one of his next ventures was creating Frind Estate Winery, returning to his family’s farming roots

June 1, 2023
Family Business

Calgary exec bootstrapped her construction business without a single loan

Her personal investment portfolio includes equities, real estate and stakes in female-founded startups

May 5, 2023
Wealth

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