Category: Entrepreneurs

Notable Young Entrepreneur: Heather Pace

Heather Pace owns a raw vegan dessert company in Victoria, British Columbia called Sweetly Raw Desserts. Pace also teaches raw food classes and yoga, and writes a blog. Notable loves Heather Pace for how she applies her business sense to holistic nutrition and wellness, and for her Chocolate Peanut Butter

Starting a Small Business? Avoid These First-Year Pitfalls

So you’ve decided to start your own business. The plan is in place, you’ve raised some funds and perhaps you’ve even quit your day job. With 85 per cent of Canadian new businesses surviving their first year, the odds of success appear higher than many would think. Your first year

Politics #Meh: 3 Things We Are All Thankful For

It was an interesting day in history. #understatement The 45th President of the United States woke up in the White House and millions of women around the world united in one the biggest showcasing of solidarity since the 1970s. Add to that the usual Canadian news stories (housing market, gas prices,

The Secret Behind the Success of GoDaddy.ca’s Itty Bitty Baller Campaign

Did anyone else go online after seeing GoDaddy.ca’s new commercial starring Lithuanian basketball star (and centre for the Toronto Raptors) Jonas Valančiūnas to check to see if his Itty Bitty Baller company was for real? The bashful-yet-proud way that he confesses his off-court passion of making miniature figurines of himself seemed so …

19-Year-Old Canadian Inventor Makes Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List

Another day, another 30 Under 30 list for 19-year-old Canadian inventor Ann Makosinski. The second-year student at the University of British Columbia has been named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in the ‘Energy’ category. In 2013, she was named to Time’s 30 Under 30 list. “It’s been a little goal of mine for