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Primerica sells a simple idea. The network makes it travel.
Buy term. Invest the difference. Primerica built a business around that sentence - and a sales network that makes the sentence personal.
Paolo Kalaw and the art of getting out of the way
He built laboratory businesses, then turned to the software that connects them. For EviSmart founder Paolo Kalaw, the recurring question is how people learn to do more without doing everything themselves.
Sabine Veit and the Art of Knowing What to Keep
She carried a German baking inheritance into a Canadian frozen-bread business, then sold the company she had spent three decades building. At Hirondelle Estate, Sabine Veit is giving her attention to a different kind of growth.
CGI built a business on staying
The technology industry loves a launch. CGI makes its living in the years that follow, when banks, utilities and governments need the machinery to keep working.
Zena Chaudhry and the small details that make a home
A family friend needed help. Zena Chaudhry discovered how much could stand between a woman and a safe place to stay - then built Sakeenah Canada around the details others had missed.
David Partington and the business of learning on the job
From British regional offices to a remit spanning Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, David Partington has built a career around a practical question: how do you help the next broker get better?
Dominic Hains and the long arithmetic of trust
From Canadian pricing desks to a finance role in Hong Kong, Dominic Hains built a career across the workings of reinsurance. At RGA Canada, a CA$5.8 billion agreement puts his emphasis on lasting client relationships into focus.
Françoise Lavertu Stevens and the things that get stuck
From luxury retail to Tesla to Desteia, Françoise Lavertu Stevens has worked where a good idea meets the trouble of making it happen. Her latest undertaking begins with a familiar obstacle: somebody, somewhere, is still looking for the right document.
Robert Gauvreau and the arithmetic of a leap
He left a secure accounting job with a new house, a growing family and no savings. In Peterborough, Robert Gauvreau built a firm around a question that reaches well beyond tax season: what should a business owner do next?
UniUni found a better use for the delivery driver.
A Vancouver food-delivery startup found its opening in the parcels nobody else could move cheaply enough. Now its North American network faces a harder test: making rapid growth pay.
MEDFAR wants the doctor back in the room
Two aeronautical engineers built an electronic medical record around the work of a clinic. MEDFAR’s next bet is that connecting the paperwork can give the appointment back to the patient.
Pascal Tremblay and the art of getting bigger without starting over
From printer cartridges to payments and cloud systems, Pascal Tremblay has built a career around businesses ready for their next chapter. At Novacap, the former founder pairs sector knowledge with a preference for keeping entrepreneurs in the picture.
Azam Bhaloo and the business of showing up
A chartered accountant became the leader of a group built around children, classrooms and everyday services. At The Foray Group, Azam Bhaloo asks investment to answer to people as well as profit.
Philip Kaczmarczyk and the business of staying familiar
Philip Kaczmarczyk has built AYCE Capital around a delicate transaction: buying an IT business while preserving the relationships that made it worth buying. His growing network stretches across Canada and the United States.
Elroy Gust and the business of coming back
An elevator needs another service visit. A water utility needs another day of reliable operation. Elroy Gust has built Newlook Capital around the work that keeps returning.
Donald Park and the art of buying a business without losing its people
From a Vancouver laboratory to a network across Canada, Donald Park has built Smile Innovations Group around a delicate transaction: giving owners a next chapter while keeping their work in familiar hands.
Marc-Antoine Cantin and the business of showing up
He bought a stove company with his brother in 1999. Now, at Anges Québec, Marc-Antoine Cantin is putting decades of operating experience behind a different kind of investment: time spent with entrepreneurs.
Gregory Smith and the businesses you notice when they stop
From forest seedlings to port terminals, Gregory Smith has built a career around the machinery of everyday life. At Instar, his investment thesis begins with the people who make it work.
Luc Fortin and the problem with closing time
After decades on the banking side of the trade, Luc Fortin crossed over to the exchange. His work at TMX asks a practical question: how does a Canadian market keep pace with clients whose day has already begun?
Fernand LeBlanc and the business of thinking ahead
From Canadian product management to TruStage’s Preplanning Solutions business, Fernand LeBlanc has built a career around decisions made long before they are needed.
Rupesh Amin and the business of showing up
A ferry can cross the Salish Sea in 70 minutes. Building a service people can depend on takes longer. For Conqora founder Rupesh Amin, Hullo puts a career in infrastructure to a very public test.
Paul Tuzi and the value of showing up
A factory tour, a rebuilt foundry, and two days away from the laptop reveal how Zynik’s manufacturing chief approaches the businesses entrusted to his group.
Norman Hyde-Whipp and the mechanics of growth
Before leading Barrier Ridge Capital, Norman Hyde-Whipp worked in industrial finance. His public career offers a close look at the people, practical knowledge and construction businesses behind an investment strategy.
Benjamin Bergen and the business of keeping Canada in the picture
He spent a decade helping Canadian technology companies find a voice in Ottawa. Now, as CVCA’s CEO, Benjamin Bergen is working on the next question: who will finance their growth?
Dara Parker and the question money keeps avoiding
From queer community leadership to global impact investing, Dara Parker keeps returning to a difficult question: who gets to decide what money is for? Her route to Toniic runs through dinner tables, grant applications and the rugby pitch.
Cycle Capital bets on the parts that save power
A chip, a membrane, a better molecule: Cycle Capital backs the machinery behind a less wasteful economy. Its wager is that climate technology wins customers when it improves the bill as well as the planet.
League of Innovators makes ambition cheaper
Canada’s young founders can buy advice with shares they may one day regret selling. League of Innovators offers another bargain: free coaching, no equity, and people to call when the plan unravels.
Justin Cordero and the art of listening before the next call
Before joining Ramp’s Canadian launch team, Justin Cordero nearly topped Zip’s ranking for listening to sales calls. His route from student work placements to founding inbound SDR offers a quieter view of how a sales career takes shape.
The Small Canadian Agency in the Room When Medicine Has to Make Sense
For 40 years, Synapse Medcom has occupied an awkward but valuable space between the laboratory and the clinic - translating dense evidence into the meetings, materials and moments that help people act on it.
GT sells a plan for the people who can say no
A trade negotiator, political strategists and crisis communicators share a business: helping organizations make their case when government and public opinion have a vote.