BC Innovation
Leading by Example: Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia
Spa magnate and new chair of the Vancouver Board of Trade, Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, attributes her rise in business to foresight, intelligent partnerships and remembering her roots.
Junior Achievement Club Is in the Business of Leadership
Are great business people born or made? It’s a moot point, as alumni of Junior Achievement of British Columbia are proving daily.
Pursuing the Group Leadership Model
Control – how to get it, when to let it go – dictates your business win-loss record.
Creating a Car-Dealership Enterprise
A new car dealership model is giving Vancouver-region dealers the opportunity to grow into thriving medium-sized enterprises.
Disruptive Innovation Drives Business Reinvention
Reinvention: Find your big honking purpose and create a need where none existed
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“The apprenticing model is the kind of learning you need once your formal learning is finished.”
This year, a fireplace magnate walked away with the blue ribbon. Say hello to our B.C.'s entrepreneurial class of 2011.
Short-term desk rentals bring mobile
workers in from the coffee shop.
“E-bikes are expensive because the battery is. But I’m in batteries. I can control the price.”
From manufacturing to mining and metals, these are the runners-up for 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year.
Looking at the judging criteria, the judges, and the process of becoming an Entrepreneur of the Year.
“As sighted people, we don’t realize all the nuances that might be missed on screen.”
“It all comes down to looking around at what’s happening in trends.”
“This green fever is pretty recent. People thought we were like hippies.”
“I was just fascinated with industry, and very fascinated with construction. Big things.”
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