Canadian Entrepreneur: Mike Lazaridis

But how did this South-African born entrepreneur make his way into virtually every technological industry on the planet? How did he become the space-traveling, futuristic car selling, loudmouthed computer genius we all know today?

Private universities, private jails, private health-care and private water testing. What do all of these things have in common? They are all services the Tory government in Ontario has been trying to privatize with some disastrous results and possibly more to come. The Ontario government, lead by Progressive Conservative leader Mike Harris, has been slowly trying to do away with services that are currently administered by the province. The ideology in question, privatization, has been a hallmark of the Common Sense revolution. But so far the Tories have been slow to make a success of it. Attempts to privatize the Liquor Control Board and TV Ontario were put on the back burner because of low public support. As well, privatizing hydro

Tommy Douglas is considered to be ‘the greatest Canadian,’ considering that he revolutionized the country because of the healthcare system, welfare benefits, and the bill of rights. Without Tommy's effort towards the benefit of Canada, we would be far from where we are today so much as even the little things he affected and changed created the biggest impact.

Andrew Carnegie in the late 1800’s was one of the richest men in the world due to his well known triumphs within the steel industry. In addition to this Carnegie also donated several million dollars to an abundance of organizations, such as, establishing over 2,500 libraries around the globe. Carnegie once said “The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.” when saying this he is referring to greed and how doing contributing acts within the world is far better than keeping money for oneself, this is why Andrew Carnegie is a Captain of Industry like Steve Jobs (Andrew Carnegie History). Steve Jobs much like Andrew Carnegie was one of the richest men in the world due to being the co-founder and CEO of Apple and Pixar. He can be distinguished as a Captain

a good person to start with. In the article “Where are They Now: Eric Lindros” by Michael

In “Developing better political leaders: The case for a school government,” Paul G. Thomas argues that Canadian society needs a school of government to improve the quality of its politicians. Through this educational process political leaders will develop their skills and become more credible, effective and ethically aware, benefitting Canada on a social and economic level. Thomas reveals the current degree of mistrust between Canadian citizens and their political representatives. The political parties ability to “campaign in poetry and govern in prose”(247) further heightens Canadians dissatisfaction with their leaders. He states politicians manipulate public opinion to gain voter support and this results in election promises that are not implemented. Also, he suggests a

The Canada Health Act is federal legislation that puts in place conditions by which individual provinces

Pearson had a significant contribution on the foreign policy and the establishment of Canada’s role on the world stage, partly due to his glorious record during his period at External Affairs, founding NATO in 1949, and winning Nobel Peace Prize for commanding UNEF to protect Suez Canal. But he also concluded the Canada-US Auto Pact, which repaired the relationships with America and laid a foundation of the future free trade.

Stephen Harper was a former prime Minister of Canada. Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959), he was a Canadian politician and member of Parliament who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada . Stephen Harper was elected to become prime minister of Canada on February 6, 2006 to November 4, 2015. Stephen Harper is Canada's longest-serving Conservative prime minister since Sir John A. Macdonald. Harper became leader of the new Conservatives, which won 99 seats and reduced the Liberals to a minority government in the 2004 election. Once Stephen Harper was prime minister of Canada he accomplished. A strict follower of free enterprise private enterprise and a littler, decentralized government, Harper cut the Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Joseph Palenchar (2013) noted that “the old days saw BlackBerry’s market share in global smartphone shipments peak in 2009 at 20% and fall to 5% in 2012, marking the company’s lowest level since 2003.” (para. 3) “Increase the chances that BlackBerry can regain some of its lost market share during the make-or-break year of 2013” (para. 9) Revenue is declining because the market is becoming smaller. With Apple, Samsung’s products are growing deeply in customers’ impression, BlackBerry is standing in the behind position compare with those two brands. BlackBerry is not enough strong to attract those Apple and Samsung’s customers to choose its products even they produce the new products.

Today Billionaires such as Peter Thiel, cofounder of paypal, Dmitry Itskove "godfather" of the Russian internet, Larry

Lucas Benitez, through the CIW, made a difference for workers by making deals with big companies. He helped create an agreement that made McDonald’s pay workers a penny more per pound of tomatoes that they were picking, which is similar to a deal they made with Taco Bell, another major fast food chain, a couple of years previously. A penny more per pound may sound like very little, but according to someone working at the CIW, a worker that was making $190 a week before the agreement could make $325 after

Mike Lazaridis, RIM’s CO-Chief Executive Officer, was a passionate advocate for the power of basis science to improve and transform the world. With his engineering degree, Lazaridis is responsible for product strategy, research and development, product development and manufacturing. Jim Balsillie with more charismatic and outgoing personality brought his wealth of business knowledge to RIM. With such strong leading executive team, RIM had achieved a great employee growth by department from Fiscal 1999 to 2001. (exhibit 3) Moreover, RIM has a well-developed corporate culture that celebrates achievement, creativity, and risk taking. Employees at RIM were well compensated and motivated by various benefits, at the meanwhile, RIM is also famous for its corporate giving to the communities.

Research In Motion Limited (RIM) was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada but has multinational operations with offices in North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

Blackberry is a brand that was created by Research in Motion’s (RIM) Founder Mike Lazaridis in 1996, providing wireless web enabled devices across multiple networks. RIM is a Canadian based company founded in 1984 that formally worked