A chef needs to be skilled in the kitchen. A restaurateur needs to be a skilled businessperson. Entrepreneurs who play both roles have to manage both the atmosphere and food quality of their restaurants while managing their branding and reputation online. Thanks to Digital Main Street Mississauga, Jong Park can now manage HEE SUSHI’s digital […]
In 2023 Nikky Saclamacis reached a bar many entrepreneurs can only dream of achieving. She marked 30 years in business. The Dance PAC founder started out in the basement of her parents’ home. Today, the Dance PAC is a 6000 square foot studio in a prime location near the 401 and Winston Churchill Blvd in […]
The old expression “that’s child’s play” is supposed to mean a task is easy. Shaun Doolarchan knows the opposite is true. The co-founder of the indoor playground Kidz at Play faced complex challenges bringing his family’s vision to life. And then, he had to keep the new business alive. “Kidz at Play actually started in […]
Today, Mayor Bonnie Crombie joined the University of Toronto Mississauga’s (UTM) Vice-President and Principal, Alexandra Gillespie, at the BIO International Convention in Boston to announce the creation of SpinUp – the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area’s first venture incubator offering wet lab space. SpinUp will provide early-stage entrepreneurs and life science companies with affordable access […]
Today, Mayor Crombie and Councillors joined Mississauga’s Economic Development Office, in partnership with Oxford Realty Properties, to celebrate the grand opening of Mississauga’s new anchor innovation location – IDEA Square One Entrepreneur and Innovation Hub. Located in Square One Shopping Centre in downtown Mississauga, IDEA Square One is an important physical anchor for Mississauga’s broader […]
The City of Mississauga is seeking input on an incentive program that will help transform a former industrial area along the waterfront into an innovation campus. The Lakeview Innovation District, part of the 177-acre Lakeview Village development, will become an employment hub where people can research, test and develop solutions in state-of-the-art offices, flex-offices and lab spaces. […]