Talk about an offer too good to refuse — the president of a Nova Scotia information technology company is offering to make student loan payments for half a dozen new hires. Since a couple of paragraphs appeared in a newspaper last week, the president and CEO of SimplyCast says he’s received more than 100 resumes from across the country. Read more>>

In the five years since Saeed El-Darahali started SimplyCast, a start-up in Dartmouth, N.S., not one of his employees has ever quit. For the 40 people who now work for him, office hours begin as late as 1 p.m., ice cream cakes are common, mini-putt tournaments are encouraged, and footwear is optional. Read more>>

Going places is a consistent theme in Saeed’s life. Before becoming a young man on the move, he was a boy on the move—both literally and metaphorically. Read more>>

Saeed El-Darahali started his career pushing cotton candy. He tasted it for the first time at a fair, and later searched Sobeys for his sugar fix. When they didn’t carry it, he saw an opportunity. At 14, he bought a cotton candy machine, recruited his dad to help, and started selling the bright coloured fluff at corner stores and Boys and Girls Clubs. Read More>>