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Creativity boosts business success

Mixing Beats with Business?

Why are business executives who chase personal fitness goals admired, while those who pursue creative goals often questioned? Why are busy professionals who enrol...

Advice

Master Startup Growth Strategies

Taking Your Startup 
to the Next Level

The atomic theory of entrepreneurship, according to Dr. Ron Mitchell, is to build from a single transaction, a scalable series of transactions. That seems...
Corporate retreat planning essentials

Retreat Planning Checklist

Pre-Planning Define objectives: Set clear goals and expectations for your retreat, whether it’s for team building, strategic planning, brainstorming a specific project or just to...
Master online selling tips

Committing to E-Commerce

It’s 2024. Do you know where your customers are?  Yep, they’re online. And that’s where you need to be if you’re looking to grow, scale...

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Technology

The Supercar
Station

Vintage car restoration
Jay Leno knows his cars. So when the well-known television host, comedian and car collector asks Victoria-based Coachwerks Restoration to work on one of...

Canada’s Turbulent Skies

British Columbia travel issues
The demand for business travel is up some 11 per cent this year, and the Global Business Travel Association projects it’s just going to...

Ottawa Invests in Island Businesses

Victoria business federal funding
Four Victoria-area businesses are sharing some of the $3.5 million announced by the federal government in September to help Vancouver Island businesses.  Industrial Plankton, which...

Stage For A New Age

Sunset Labs: high-tech, flexible virtual event space in Victoria.
For 10 years Jason Guille ran two separate businesses from his small studio tucked behind Value Village. One was an event space for everything...

10 to Watch Winners

10 to Watch Winner 2024 - Philosphy MD

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – Philosophy MD

Sector: Wellness Principals: From left, Carla Matheson, Dr. Bri Budlovsky, Dr. Matt Carere and Tara Carere Year Launched:...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - HAVN Saunas

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – HAVN Saunas

Sector: Health and wellness Year launched: 2023 Principals: From left, Nicholas Van Buren, Kurtis Vallee (not pictured,...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - ArtRow

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – ArtRow

Sector: Fine art Year launched: 2022 Principal: Lara Tomaszewska Unique selling proposition: ArtRow is a disruptive digital marketplace...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - Home Based Discovery

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – Home Based Recovery

Sectors: Health and wellness Year launched: 2023 Principals: From left, Dr. Michael Berry, Ewan Kirkaldy and Michael...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - Ocean AID

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – Ocean AID

Sector: Technology Principals: From left, Archit Kumar and Andrew Polanyi Year launched: 2023 Unique selling proposition: Pairing sonar...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - Gochip

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – GoChip

Sector: Technology and pet care Year launched: 2022 Principal: Alexander von Kaldenberg Unique selling proposition: Reimagining the relationship...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - This Week's Lunch

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – This Week’s Lunch

Sector: Food and drink Principals: From left, Jason Potter, Hannah Oluka and Kirk Stringer Year launched: 2021 Unique...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - Small Gods Brewing

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – Small Gods Brewing

Sector: Brewing and hospitality Year launched: 2022 Principals: From left, Chris Bjerrisgaard and Jonny Kostiuk Unique selling proposition:...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - Ritual Nordic Spa

10 to Watch Winner 2024- RITUAL Nordic Spa

Sector: Wellness Year launched: 2022 Principal: Marci Hotsenpiller Unique selling proposition: To deliver affordable, traditional sauna culture and...
10 to Watch Winner 2024 - Zingaro Floral Perfumery

10 to Watch Winner 2024 – Zingaro Floral Perfumery

Sector: Floral, perfume and gifts Principals: From left, Shane Murray and Palma Cafolla Year Launched: 2021 Unique selling...

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