Financing Global Gazelles

References

¹ Part of the definition is derived from business terms defined by Quanto Financial Technology website http://www.equanto.com/glossary/g.html

² Richard Remillard, Executive Director, Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), interview March 16, 2006

³ Tim Askew, Senior Advisor, Export Development Canada, interview March 20, 2006

⁴ Susan Hughes, Manager, Business Development bank of Canada, interview March 16, 2006

⁵ Mike Volker, Director, Angel investor, Interview March 14, 2006

⁶ Peter Webber, Senior Advisor, Small Business Financing Division, interview March 13, 2006

⁷ Someshwar Roa, Director of Industry Canada – Strategic Investment Analysis, intertview March 15, 2006

⁸ Steve Ponte, Manger, TD Commercial Bank, interview March 13, 2006

⁹ Gary Bizzell, Business Development Manager, SUCCESS, interview March 10, 2006

¹⁰ Mervin Perry, Senior Associate, Doyletech Corporation, interview March 15, 2006

¹¹ Jay Dent, Vice President – Finance of Angio Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc, interview March 21, 2006

¹² Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Financing in Canada 2003, Industry Canada

¹³ Speed Demons, Business Week, Steve Hamm, Ian Rowley, (March 2006)

¹⁴ Investorwords website, http://www.investorwords.com/2526/intellectual_property.html

¹⁵ Serge Charbonneau, Trade Commissioner – SME Policy – Industry Canada, interview March 17, 2006

¹⁶ Forging Links for Immigrant Success, Andy Ivens, The Province, March 19, 2006

¹⁷ http://rankings.canadianbusiness.com/Profit100/list.asp

¹⁸ http://www.bcbusinessmagazine.com/

¹⁹ http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/class/cfe/NBE/2motives.htm

²⁰ Profit 100 Overview: The Only Thing That Matters, Kim Shiftman, Profitguide.com, June 2005

²¹ Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Financing in Canada (2003), prepared for the Government of Canada

²² In Search of the Drivers of High Growth in Manufacturing SMEs, O'Regan, Ghobadian and Gallear, Middlesex University Business School, June 2005

²³ Startups on Fire, Ann Winbald, President and co-founder of Hummer Winbald, quote from the November 2005 issue of Fortune Magazine

²⁴ Margaret Ramsdale, President of Omega Fashions, interview March 15, 2006