CEOs & VIPs

BUSINESS LEADERS

Fall 2018, Bay Street Bull: Feature interviews with Marc Randolph (co-founder of Netflix) and Paddy Cosgrave (CEO of Web Summit, Collision)

Summer 2018: Feature interviews for the Bay Street Bull‘s Power 50 issue  Dan Doctoroff (CEO of Sidewalk Labs), Dave Hopkinson (formerly at MLSE), Olivia Nuamah (Executive Director, Pride Toronto) and Yung Wu (CEO, MaRS).

Mike Stern, CEO of Connected (on LinkedIn’s 2018 Top 25 Startups in Canada), says: “‘The pursuit of better’ is language we use in the office all the time, and for us that’s just as much about being human as it is about our craft. The pursuit of better is about our natural desire to make progress, to produce, even to play…” (read more)

Athletes

Brady Leman

Kelsey Serwa

DESIGNERS

PHILIP BEESLEY (ARTIST/ARCHITECT AND IRIS VAN HERPEN COLLABORATOR)

The development and design process is a constant back-and-forth, but rather than sounding tedious, Beesley’s description almost evokes children at play: “I was with Iris just a couple of weeks ago and we shared a couple of days, combinations of very quick exchanges where we unpack a box and spread it out and try things on and play, and then each person leaves with some new samples and ideas for pushing things further.” (read more)

A CONVERSATION WITH KARIM HABIB, GLOBAL EXECUTIVE DESIGN DIRECTOR FOR INFINITI

“I think as designers we need to think not just about style and form and shape. For example, residential architecture in Japan is mind boggling – it’s truly, truly innovative in a sense of the word that I’ve rarely seen being so relevant and accurate. I’m still trying to get my head around it.” (read more)