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Around BC: Entrepreneurial Success Stories

  • Meet Loredo Rucchin, Jukeboxprint.com

    Loredo started Jukeboxprint.com seven years ago in a crowded marketplace. It is now Canada’s premier online printing company – providing the highest quality business cards and innovative print products for all your business needs, at the lowest prices.

  • Meet Christopher Mitra, Grant Schaeffer and Mike Waithe, Western Industrial Solutions

    With so much media attention paid to new start-ups with young founders, it can be easy to lose sight of the value that years of work experience add to a business venture. That’s why business partners Christopher Mitra, Grant Schaeffer and Mike Waithe have no problem speaking to the 60+ years of experience they bring to their company, Western Industrial Solutions.

  • Meet Jason Mason, Mason Industries

    Jason Mason loved snowboarding in jeans, which posed a slight problem: if he fell, he'd be soaking wet for the rest of the day. Unsatisfied with the "look-a-alike" denim outerwear options available, he decided to take matters into his own hands in the summer of 2011. That was the spark that led to the creation of Mason Industries.

  • Meet Ilana and Noam Kenig, ReStoring Data Inc.

    You know that sinking feeling – the moment you realize your hard drive has failed and taken all of your photos and documents with it? Like most of the population, you probably haven’t backed it up recently, so your hopes for recovering your files may seem bleak. Well, the good news is that help is finally here; Vancouver-based entrepreneurs Ilana and Noam Kenig are on a mission to restore lost data.

  • Meet Chris Davies, Chris's Sign & Lighting Service Inc.

    Chris's Sign & Lighting Service Inc. has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a one-man sign and lighting maintenance service in Langley. In business for over 20 years, Chris's Signs now employs over 30 people, and has recently expanded to include a partner location in Alberta.

  • Meet Buddy Boyd and Barb Hetherington, Gibsons Recycling Depot

    Gibsons Recycling Depot is so much more than a privately-owned recycling facility on the Sunshine Coast – it‘s a small business with the big goal of making a difference by promoting sustainability and creating employment opportunities.

  • Meet Marcie Weinstein Smith, Lovey's Body Products

    Marcie didn't initially intend to start a business – she was a new mom looking for an all-natural diaper cleaning product. When she couldn't find one, she invented it herself. A few short years later her products are available in 140 stores across Canada.

  • Meet Ravy Minhas-Mehroke and Amy Minhas, Bombay Brow Bar

    Marcie didn't initially intend to start a business – she was a new mom looking for an all-natural diaper cleaning product. When she couldn't find one, she invented it herself. A few short years later her products are available in 140 stores across Canada.

  • Meet Justin and Andrew McAleenan – EightSix Network

    The McAleenan brothers always knew that they would own and run their own business. They just didn’t realize that it would be before either of them had started their careers working for someone else.

  • Meet Zach Berman and Ryan Slater – The Juice Truck

    How many times have you taken a vacation and come up with a brilliant business idea? Probably quite a few. Zach and Ryan discovered their business idea while on a yearlong backpacking trip, where they discovered unique juice blends in every country.

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