Books

Kirk co-founded Wave, considered by TechCrunch as one of Canada's best startups, in November 2010. As CEO he’s led the company to milestones including more than 1.5 million users, venture funding from top VCs in Silicon Valley, Boston and Toronto, and a team of 70 team members in four cities. These are some of the pages that have inspired him

Avi Federgreen’s nearly 20 years of experience in the Canadian film industry feature many highlights, from music videos to TV series to full-length feature films. These are some of the pages that have inspired him along the way

Two years ago Anne Sorrenti left her job of 10 years working for a Toronto MP to become the Executive Chef of Morgans, a new restaurant on a stretch of the Danforth populated by methadone clinics and dive bars, along with one of the most supportive neighbourhoods in Toronto. These are the pages that have inspired her career path

Avez-vous déjà remarqué la bibliothèque de quelqu’un la première fois où vous êtes entré chez lui? Si c'est le cas, les chances sont que vous ayez appris une chose ou deux sur lui pendant que vous lorgniez du coin de l’œil sa collection de livres. Une collection de livres (ou son absence) peut révéler beaucoup de choses sur les intérêts de quelqu'un, ses passions, son désir d'apprendre et de grandir

Have you ever taken note of a person’s bookshelf the first time you were at their place? If so, chances are you learned a thing or two about them in those moments of eyeing their book collection. A book collection (or lack thereof) can reveal a lot about someone’s interests, passions, desire to learn and grow

Required learning is a thing of the distant past and the responsibility to expand our knowledge has become our own. Perhaps the best place to begin a current and self-imposed curriculum is by revisiting our required high school reading list

Ed Barreveld is CEO of Storyline Entertainment, a Toronto-based, award-winning producer of factual programming. Ed co-founded the company in 2000 and has been the sole principal since 2004, focusing on auteur-driven, socially relevant documentaries on a variety of topics. The following three books have directly or indirectly inspired his work and life

Greg Rubidge is the President of Syndicado, a film library for all digital platforms, and the Founder of online streaming site ilovedocs.com. As heavily immersed as he is in the film industry, he's also an avid reader and attributes some of his best life advice to the following pages

Over the past 25 years, Bruce Miyashita has combined "left brain" scientific methods, analytical tools, and statistics with "right brain" approaches from the arts and humanities to improve operations and to stimulate change. You can bet reading played a major role in his professional development, like these three must-reads to help generate insights in and for your business career