Category Archives: Small business

As mentioned previously, MediaStyle decided to give our video equipment a workout by producing a mini-documentary on one of our favourite local brands, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co. Beau’s Co-Founder Steve Beauchesne and Creative Director Jordan Bamforth were gracious enough to sit down for an interview at the brewery to discuss branding, working with family,…
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MediaStyle decided to give our video equipment a workout recently. We’re producing a short feature on one of our favourite local businesses, Beau’s brewery. Here is a teaser for the video, which will be an interview with co-owner Steve Beauchesne and designer Jordan Bamforth. Enjoy!

Rob Cottingham and Alexandra Samuel are early movers in the social media world. Their combined online presence leaves a big impact. Alex’s articles appear online for the Harvard Business Review and Oprah.com and Rob’s cartooning is a mainstay of several well read blogs. Most interesting to me is their commitment to the ideals of their…
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Phillip Van Leeuwen was an Ottawa institution for modern furniture lovers in Ottawa well before the ByWard Market became a destination for high-end furnishings. They have been on the Ottawa scene for over forty years, and the first of the mid-century modern classics they are now known for are coveted heirlooms. Local Ottawa vintage modern…
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Ryan Taylor is a fair trade jeweler. No, it’s not an oxymoron. It’s just really not that common. The standard business model in the mass-market jewelry business is to design your wares to appeal to the lowest common denominator, source and buy materials as cheap as possible (regardless of the long-term social impact), then sell…
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A week away from the blog is forever in online time. But, it was with good reason, so I hope you’ll forgive me. MediaStyle recently wrapped up our largest sponsorship and event to-date: Planned Parenthood Ottawa’s Magic Boxes. It was a glitzy gala for the 45th anniversary of Ottawa’s best pro-choice sexual health organization.  We…
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In a bold move a Vancouver-based company is turning the traditional business model of a consultancy on its’ head. Social Signal CEO Alexandra Samuel explains in her blog post announcing the move: “We’re taking the intellectual property we’ve generated and gleaned from Social Signal’s four years of consulting, strategy and development and making it available…
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This week MediaStyle.ca moved into an amazing co-working space in downtown Ottawa. This brings us a little closer to the action, a professional meeting, access to super flexible event space and a great community of other small businesses, social enterprises, tech companies and start-ups to learn from. MediaStyle will be offering some workshops and training…
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Zen Kitchen has generated a lot of positive buzz in Ottawa. It’s the newest addition to the resurgent Chinatown area of Ottawa. In this interview, Dave and Caroline talk about how building a community for their food was crucial to success. They used community dinners – large group, small fee parties – where Chef Ishii…
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A few weeks back, I interviewed best selling author and researcher, Don Tapscott. His most recent book, Grown Up Digital, is the result of a $4 million dollar research project and has countless contributors, interviews, and quantitative data backing up the findings Tapscott reaches.  In this interview we talk about the book, his demographic view…
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