A letter every Monday about the businesses every town depends on.
The owners, the numbers and the tools: practical, sourced and calm about AI. Written for people who own, run and buy traditional businesses. First issue this fall.
You're on the list. The first issue will land in your inbox on a Monday morning.
What you'll read
- 01The Rewire
Practical AI inside real businesses, with the real cost.
- 02The Modern Owner
Audio conversations with owners, operators and buyers.
- 03Teardowns
How a type of business makes its money, in plain numbers.
- 04The Succession Wave
A generation of owners retiring, and what happens next.
- 05Building Lean
Lessons from starting and running small companies.
From the editor
I'm Dennis Corcoran, an operator and investor in Toronto. In 2025 I built a pharmacy delivery company with no employees and sold it to a strategic buyer a year later. This is the publication I wish I'd read before I started.