Published inThe Startup·Jan 19, 2021Tug-of-War: Canada’s Small Business Community & Rolling RestrictionsThis story was originally published on Stephanie Hughes Journalism.com HERE’S AN OFTEN-QUOTED STATISTIC: 20 per cent of businesses don’t survive in the first two years of their opening. Five years go by and that number balloons to 45 per cent. Give it ten years, and that’s 65 per cent. …Small Business7 min readSmall Business7 min read
Jun 21, 2020Evan Siddall Versus the World: A Summary of the 2020 CMHC SagaThis article was originally featured on Stephanie Hughes Journalism.com WHEN YOU THINK OF AN INTERNET SPAT between two opposing viewpoints, you probably wouldn’t expect a crown insurance lending corporation and a few major real estate companies to be at the center of it. Then again, you also probably wouldn’t expect…Real Estate7 min readReal Estate7 min read
Apr 12, 2020Why No One is Buying into the AirBnB Pity PartyThe court of public opinion is a very delicate place, and a company like AirBnB — with all of the unsubtle characters that brought it success — show just how quickly an organization can find itself on the jury’s bad side. AirBnB was founded in 2008, marketed as a discount…Airbnb5 min readAirbnb5 min read
Published inDataDrivenInvestor·Feb 3, 2020Member-onlyThe Lessons Learned from the Tech Unicorn Stampede of ‘19Even more valuable than the profits investors make in the stock market are the hard lessons they learn along the way… Thing is, the lessons are only valuable if they’re actually learned. I’ve been meaning to write about this topic for a while since the year 2019 presented an interesting…Unicorns8 min readUnicorns8 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jan 13, 2020Member-onlyThe End of Nine-to-Five: The Inevitable Gig EconomyIf you worked an office job many years ago and five o’clock rolled around, you would stretch, gather your things, and clock out for the day. Maybe you’d even leave a half-hour earlier if it’s a Friday. …Gig Economy10 min readGig Economy10 min read
Jul 17, 2019Member-onlyHow Hudson’s Bay — and Canada — Is Not Immune to the U.S. Late-Cycle Retail MarketThe Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) closures represent a contraction in its business plan after the company underwent an overly optimistic…Retail6 min readRetail6 min read
Jun 13, 2019High and Low: The Soaring Demand and Limited Supply of Toronto’s Purpose-Built Multifamily MarketIntroductionHousing8 min readHousing8 min read
Apr 3, 2019Scorching Real Estate: Comparing the California, B.C. and Fort McMurray Wildfires’ ImpactLast August was devastating for British Columbia (B.C.) and California — each had declared a state of emergency because of wildfires. Both…Wildfires9 min readWildfires9 min read
Mar 11, 2019How Coworking Co-Opts the Traditional Office SpaceIntroductionStartup9 min readStartup9 min read
Feb 25, 2019Queen for 90 Days — What’s Next for Long Island City’s One Court Square?In February 2019, Amazon, Inc. (Amazon) officially broke it off with Long Island City (LIC), cancelling previously announced plans to…Real Estate5 min readReal Estate5 min read