Menno Martin, St. Jacob’s

Trent Bauman first joined Menno S. Martin as an employee over 30 years ago. Eventually he went on to purchase the company with his business partner because he appreciated both the quality of the work and the “people-first” mentality. As the company celebrates its 75th...

Fivewalls Realty, Guelph

A lifelong entrepreneur, Paul Hayman founded Fivewalls Realty to provide an online portal to match buyers and sellers with vetted real estate agents. Paul is an advocate for healthy workplaces and is passionate about the necessity of building paid sick days into...

Grosche, Cambridge & Guelph

Helmi Ansari and his wife Mehreen Sait founded Grosche International in the laundry room of their home 10 years ago. The company has experienced considerable growth and now distributes tea and coffee supplies from five warehouses in North America, Europe and New...

Muskoka Brewery, Bracebridge

Founded in 1996, Muskoka Brewery has expanded from a small staff to over 100 employees. In order to balance the actual cost of living in the region with the company’s pay rates, the company worked to implement a higher wage structure. As wages increased, the business...

Pre-Line Processing, Lincoln

After years in infrastructure development, Damin Starr took over a parts manufacturing company in 2005. He soon discovered that the company’s practice of hiring just-in-time staff through temp agencies created problems such as high turnover and potentially dangerous...