September 28, 2020

The Idea Suite ranked as one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies for the second year in a row

Toronto, ON

Toronto-based, female-founded innovation agency The Idea Suite is excited to announce that it has placed on the 2020 Report on Business Ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies, earning the honour for the second year in a row.

Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranks Canadian companies on three-year revenue growth. The Idea Suite earned this year’s spot with three-year growth of 83%, following growth of 185% in the previous year’s ranking. The back-to-back honour is particularly meaningful as a female-owned and operated company, and a small business that has managed to survive and thrive in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As travel and meeting restrictions came into effect earlier this year, The Idea Suite rapidly and successfully pivoted their entire suite of offerings to 100% virtual solutions, and response to their new digital approach and platforms has been overwhelmingly positive.

Launched in 2019, the Canada’s Top Growing Companies editorial ranking aims to celebrate entrepreneurial achievement in Canada by identifying and amplifying the success of growth-minded, independent businesses in Canada. It is a voluntary program; companies had to complete an in-depth application process in order to qualify. In total, 400 companies earned a spot on this year’s ranking. The full list of 2020 winners, and accompanying editorial coverage, is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine—out now—and online at tgam.ca/TopGrowing.

“The stories of Canada’s Top Growing Companies are worth telling at any time, but are especially relevant in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic,” says James Cowan, Editor of Report on Business magazine. “As businesses work to rebuild the economy, their resilience and innovation make for essential reading.”

“Any business leader seeking inspiration should look no further than the 400 businesses on this year’s Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies,” says Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail. “Their growth helps to make Canada a better place, and we are proud to bring their stories to our readers.”

About The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, leading the national discussion and causing policy change through brave and independent journalism since 1844. With award-winning coverage of business, politics and national affairs, The Globe and Mail newspaper reaches 5.9 million readers every week in print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 2.1 million readers in print and digital every issue. The Globe and Mail’s investment in innovative data science means that as the world continues to change, so does The Globe. The Globe and Mail is owned by Woodbridge, the investment arm of the Thomson family.

About The Idea Suite

The Idea Suite’s mission is to unlock the creative potential of people and businesses through innovation, a passion shared by Co-Presidents and Founders Shelli Baltman and Fiona Stevenson, and a growing focus for small and large businesses alike in a rapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace. The Idea Suite’s global client list includes more than 40 industry-leading companies across sectors, including PepsiCo, Mondelez International, Starbucks, Molson Coors, and Parkland Fuel Corporation.

Shelli’s consulting/agency background (McKinsey) and Fiona’s CPG background (Procter & Gamble), made them ideal business partners as they set out five and a half years ago to build an innovation agency that would bring business-mindedness and creative thinking to the challenges that big, global companies face every day. Now, Shelli, Fiona and their team serve a broad, growing client base, delivering best-in-class innovation programs designed to come up with breakthrough ideas for new products, brands, services and experiences with the capacity to transform growth and shift culture. The Idea Suite’s other core offerings include qualitative research, strategy workshops, keynote speeches and training programs (on topics including innovation, creativity, insights, and strategy). They’re proud to do this work from their creative venue in North Toronto, the community where they grew up and now live.

For more information about The Idea Suite, and for all media inquiries, please contact kit@theideasuite.com, or call +1 (647) 667-3765. For all work-related inquiries, please contact shelli@theideasuite or fiona@theideasuite.