Risk Takers & Innovators: Great Canadian Business Ventures Since 1950

by Sandra Phinney

Harnessing their creativity, technology skills, and entrepreneurship, the tenacious individuals featured in these stories have realized their dreams and, in many cases, developed their innovation into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551539748
• ISBN13: 9781551539744
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Amazing Stories
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

a salute to Canadian biz leaders

This book impressed me, largely because the words "risk takers" and "innovators" are commonly used to describe American entrepeneurs, not their canadian counterparts. Sadly, my favourite big business story of the past half-century was not included: the ill-fated attempt to build the all-Canadian "Bricklin" car in New Brunswick. The Bricklin tale probably wasn't listed because it was a total failure. The stories in this book are generally upbeat and focus on biz successes, by contrast. One of the stories looks at the development of IMAX movies. My fav tale concerns a "super wood" used in Confederation Bridge.Good stuff. I liked it.Nate H.