There are scores of independently owned businesses throughout Centretown, and for documentary filmmaker Satheesh Gopalan they are all tiny empires – each one only a slight push away from expansion into new territory. 
Krystina Caponi, Centretown NewsFormer business consultant Satheesh Gopalan produced his own documentary about business strategies with his own money.
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