A few weeks ago, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urged the private sector to do more to support job growth and a “sustained, long-run expansion of Canada’s economy.” Coincidentally, Small Business Week launches next week — it celebrates the valuable role Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses play in the Canadian economy, and provides loads of inspiration to anyone wanting to join the ranks of the countless job creators who launch startups, bring innovation to life, drive economic growth and enhance our communities.
In my investment and merchant banking careers, I have participated in financing hundreds of early-stage companies. Those startups, and tens of thousands like them around the country, are making a tremendous impact on the lives of the people who work for them — and the communities in which they operate.
FirstEnergy — the company I co-founded almost 20 years ago — is one of the best examples I can offer.
FirstEnergy was created to give the Canadian energy industry another way to access equity capital. Read more from Financial Post