Essays

What Should Canada Tell You?

The ambitions we encourage in one another shape the country we become

Sep 8 • Bryan Danielson

Ambition, in Their Own Words

Earlier conversations about what people want to build, what they won’t compromise and what they’ve learned

Jul 29 • Bryan Danielson

Your Principles Should Make You More Ambitious

Knowing what you won’t compromise makes it easier to say what you want and let other people help you pursue it

Jun 3 • Bryan Danielson

What If We Built It Here?

A guest essay by Ben Clayton on Float’s Rob Khazzam, the risk of waiting and the case for building in Canada

Mar 11 • Ben Clayton

Canada Can’t Afford to Be a Secret

What hockey and Silicon Valley reveal about making Canadian success visible, and giving ambitious people a reason to build here

Feb 16 • Bryan Danielson

What Canada Can’t Afford to Outsource

From Arctic surveillance to underwater robots, five Canadian companies building the tools to protect our territory

Jan 9 • Bryan Danielson

Stop Apologizing for Having a Point

What Glenn Kramon taught me about clarity, conviction and writing like a person

Jan 3 • Bryan Danielson

The Year Canada Got Loud

Why 2025 gave me reasons to bet on Canada, from investment incentives to the companies building here

Dec 31, 2025 • Bryan Danielson

We Invent It, Then Rent It Back

Canada can recruit brilliant researchers, but the harder question is who owns what they build

Dec 27, 2025 • Bryan Danielson

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