By KRYSTLE CHOW
Published in the Business section of Centretown News.
Nov. 25, 2005

Mohamed Rahman is an inspiring example of how immigrant entrepreneurs can make it in Ottawa.

The engineering graduate from Bangladesh arrived here in 1993, and got a diploma in systems engineering at Algonquin College. He was all set to start a computer systems support company, when his work in a bathroom and kitchen design store gave him instead an innovative idea for a lighting business.

Nearly two years after opening Exclusive Lighting and Electrical Home in Orleans, Rahman has seen the sales of his store jump from $73,000 in 2003 to $450,000 in 2005. Continue reading →