Brennan Doherty
TorontoStar
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Canadians are spending less on dining out. Where does that leave Uber Eats — and its couriers?
During COVID, Uber Eats went from being an optional part of a restaurant’s business model to an absolute necessity. → Read More
Volkswagen Group Canada’s CEO on why Ottawa’s $13.2-billion EV plant investment is worth every penny
The auto giant’s St. Thomas, Ont., EV battery plant will be its first in North America. → Read More
This CEO wants small business owners to ditch the receipt shoebox for good
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, CEO of business software firm Xero, helped her father dig through his box of medical practice receipts every year as a girl to help at tax time. → Read More
Priced out of your neighbourhood? This real estate investment CEO suggests looking south
Andrew Kim is CEO of SHARE, a real estate investment company that links up Canadian buyers with U.S. single-family homes. → Read More
From basement to billion-dollar company, SOTI founder Carl Rodrigues on his software that keeps the world running
Police. Military. Trains, planes, ships, trucks all use SOTI software, say company founder Carl Rodrigues. “It’s used in pretty much every business.” → Read More
CarDoor founder and CEO Matt McKenzie wants to change the way you buy a car in Ontario
Former Kijiji veteran talks doorstep delivery anywhere in the province, the urban non-driving generation and dealing with Toronto gridlock → Read More
This Toronto entrepreneur’s inspo? A shampoo good enough for her cockapoo
Before Carolyn Chen sold a single bottle of her dog shampoo, she tested it on herself — not her beloved Mocha. → Read More
Origen Air’s purifier uses genetically modified houseplants to clean the air you breathe — and costs $10,000 a pop
Will purified air be tomorrow’s filtered water? The Canadian co-founder of Origen Air is betting on it. → Read More
More seats, higher prices: Aeroplan’s head defends one of the largest overhauls the program has ever seen
After three years of adjusting to the revamp, the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent resumption of regular air travel, Aeroplan’s head says the program has worked out its kinks. → Read More
How a Toronto computer chip maker is providing the better brains AI runs on
From its downtown Toronto HQ, Untether is designing the computer chips that run artificial intelligence programs more efficiently. → Read More
IWG Americas head Wayne Berger on remote work, the 15-minute city, and co-working in small Canadian towns
Launched as Regus in 1989, International Workplace Group now manages thousands of flex-work locations all over the world. → Read More
Pinterest head of Canada Kristie Painting on climate misinformation, social media positivity, and Pinterest’s most unexpected user demographic
Painting joined Pinterest from Wavemaker Canada, but her experience includes Bell Media, Checkout 51 and Yahoo Canada. → Read More
TD Bank Group’s chief digital officer Rizwan Khalfan on building inclusive technology, the great talent war, and his worst experience with a bank
TD Bank Group employs more than 90,000 workers and serves around 27 million customers in Canada, the U.S., and around the world. → Read More
Volkswagen Group Canada president and CEO Pierre Boutin on EVs, working in Russia, and building a Canadian gigafactory
Pierre Boutin served in Volkswagen postings in Paris and Moscow before taking the German automaker’s top job in Canada. → Read More
Maye’s big day leads North Carolina past Virginia Tech 41-10
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Drake Maye threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more to continue his strong start to the season and North Carolina open... → Read More
Colliers International Canada CEO Brian Rosen on returning to the office, fruit flies, and supply-side housing shortages
Colliers International Canada handles commercial real estate services for everything from industrial facilities to apartment buildings. → Read More
MedEssist CEO Joella Almeida on community pharmacies, Shopify and health-care privatization
A Toronto-based healthcare company provides “pharmacist-tailored, digital infrastructure that enables them to build longer patient relationships.” → Read More
Helaina CEO Laura Katz on creating a breast milk-equivalent baby formula, building a lab in Manhattan, and venture capital’s glass ceiling
Helaina, launched in 2019, uses advanced yeast programming techniques to replicate human proteins found in breast milk. → Read More
Tekion CEO Jay Vijayan on buying his first BMW, bringing eCommerce principles to car sales and working for Elon Musk
The company brands itself as the first end-to-end cloud native automotive platform for car dealerships, manufactrers and buyers. → Read More
Meridian Credit Union’s CEO embraces its special role helping people that traditional banks won’t
Jay-Ann Gilfoy, the former head of Vancity Community Investment Bank, started at Meridian in January. → Read More