2010 BC Entrepreneur of the Year
Chad Wasilenkoff: Overall Winner | 2010 EOY
The 2010 Overall Entrepreneur of the Year: Chad Wasilenkoff?, CEO, Fortress Paper Ltd.
Perched above the McDonald’s restaurant at Lonsdale Quay, the offices of Fortress Paper are…
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Video: Chad Wasilenkoff’s Acceptance Speech
Described by the judges as “a true entrepreneur with a vision that equates to success and profits,” Chad rose to the top of B.C.’s thriving…
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Peter Brown: Lifetime Achievement Award
The 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award is Peter Brown? the founder and chair of Canaccord Financial Inc.?
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Emad Yacoub, Winner: Hospitality
The 2010 Hospitality and Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year is Emad Yacoub?, the president and CEO of Glowbal Restaurant Group Inc.?
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Elton Pereira, Winner: Information Tech
The 2010 Information Technology Entrepreneur of the Year is Elton Pereira?, the President and CEO of ParetoLogic Inc.?
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Peter Barnes: Winner: Mining & Metals
The 2010 Mining and Metals Entrepreneur of the Year is Peter Barnes, the CEO of Silver Wheaton Corp.
Peter Barnes hardly fits the stereotype of either…
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Samir Manji, Winner: Business to Consumer
The 2010 Business-to-Consumer Products and Services Entrepreneur of the Year is Samir Manji?, the President and CEO of ?Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc.
It’s clear that family…
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Janice Abbott, Winner: Social Entrepreneur
The 2010 Social Entrepreneur of the Year is Janice Abbott?, CEO of Atira Women’s Resource Society and Atira Property Management Inc.?
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Nicole Stefenelli, Winner: Clean Tech
The 2010 Clean Tech Entrepreneur of the Year is Nicole Stefenelli, Founder and president,? Urban Impact Recycling Ltd.?
A lack of formal business training is the…
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The 2010 Runners-up
Manufacturing
Karen Flavelle, President and CEO, Purdy’s Chocolates
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B.C.’s 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year
Ryan Beedie: 2009 Entrepreneur of the YearWhile for much of…
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Ryan Beedie: 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year
While for much of 2009 corporate Canada fretted over balance sheets and talked of retrenching, for the hungry entrepreneur, it was nothing but go, go,
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