2009 ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
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,
Video: Ryan Beedie’s Acceptance Speech
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Ryan Beedie, president of real estate developer The Beedie Group, is the Pacific Region overall…
Ryan Beedie, president of real estate developer The Beedie Group, is the Pacific Region overall…
Video: Interview with Ryan Beedie
Ryan Beedie, president of real estate developer the Beedie Group, is the overall BCBusiness 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year.
"I come from a family of entrepreneurs. I worked many years at the foot of my father in the toy wholesale business in Calgary,” David…
Winner: Real Estate and Construction
Walking through Langley Concrete Group’s 110,000-square-foot precast plant in Chilliwack, Mark Omelaniec displays an old-fashioned enthusiasm for efficiency and solid craftsmanship.
His pride is obvious as…
His pride is obvious as…
Video: Interview with Mark Omelaniec
Mark Omelaniec, the president of Langley Concrete, is the 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year winner in the Real Estate & Construction category.
Growth hasn’t robbed Kin Wah and Kin Hun Leung of the spirit that drove their father, Chie Yau Leung, when he set up a 2½-metre-long…
Video: Interview with Kin’s partners
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Kin's Farm Market partners Kin Hun Leung, brother Kin Wah Leung and Kin Wah's wife…
Kin's Farm Market partners Kin Hun Leung, brother Kin Wah Leung and Kin Wah's wife…
Brad Miller has a motto: fail often, fail fast and fail cheap, then get back to the drawing board. Perhaps not every entrepreneur would embrace…
Video: Interview with Brad Miller
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IMW Industries Ltd. CEO Brad Miller is winner of the BCBusiness 2009 Entrepreneur of the…
IMW Industries Ltd. CEO Brad Miller is winner of the BCBusiness 2009 Entrepreneur of the…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That’s the famous line from Dickens’ 1859 classic A Tale of Two Cities,
In the biotech industry, where success depends on a steady flow of venture capital and investors willing to wait years for profits to materialize, there’s…
When Brett Hodson was given the opportunity to buy the water and utilities division of Terasen from new owners Kinder Morgan in December 2005, he…
Family Business
CEO, ABC Recycling Ltd.
What began as a scrap-peddling business in 1912 has since passed through the hands of four generations of the Yochlowitz family.
Making the Decision: Entrepreneur of the Year 2009
Anyone can nominate a person for Entrepreneur of the Year, as long as the candidate is primarily responsible for the performance of a company that…
