The Top 20 Innovators in B.C. 2010. Sometimes it’s the big idea that infiltrates the tiny reaches of our quotidian lifes. And sometimes it’s the small idea that has a big impact. In this year’s survey of innovation in B.C., we look at 20 organizations, large and small, from a wide variety of fields, that are shaking up their industries, British Columbia, and the world. (Glimpse the future, too, with B.C.’s Most Innovative Companies of 2011.)
The transformative aspect of real estate development is mostly a fiction reserved for florid marketing brochures and breathless sales pitches; “cutting edge” and “a new…
Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates
Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has built some of the most impressive machines ever to come out of B.C.: the Canadarm space robots and Radarsat…
Everybody knows that the days when pollsters could phone up a diverse sample of people and get measured responses to an in-depth survey are, well,
The story of how Teradici chose a product to develop is almost as impressive as the product itself. About six years ago, the founders, with…
Today everyone and their dogs are tweeting, with about 50 million tweets daily, and even the most conservative corporations recognize that social networking has revolutionized…
It’s all too easy to look at BuildDirect, a fast-growing business that sells building supplies online, and see just another Internet store. But according to…
You can put together a long list of B.C. companies developing green technology, but single out those with real solutions at work in the world…
Last year BCBusiness recognized a local online retailer for creating a global market for used books, and AbeBooks is indeed a remarkable story, linking millions…
Pity the poor meter man. The guy who checks to see how much power, water or gas you’ve been using has to run a daily…
Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions
Sometimes the most effective innovation is the most obvious one. For health-care providers struggling to help B.C.’s most severely troubled citizens in the Downtown Eastside,
It’s either the death of journalism or a sign of its imminent renaissance. “Crowd-sourced news,” otherwise known as citizen journalism, is reshaping the way we…
The modus operandi of venture capitalism is quite simple: make money – the more the faster, the better. Social venture capitalism (SVC) – or what…
The technology that allows us to generate electricity through solar power has the potential to radically change the world; however, the process is simply too…
Some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world are putting big money into developing a class of drugs that many hope will revolutionize the…
Lululemon certainly made a breakthrough innovation years ago when it introduced yoga-themed athletic wear to the world, but the reason our panellists felt strongly that…
Remember when e-commerce was the holy grail of retail? When bricks-and-mortar storefronts would mortgage their future to hire consulting firms promising spiffy websites and complicated…
Health spending accounts for about half of most provincial budgets, and with looming deficits across Canada many health authorities are looking for ways to outsource.
Although just barely out of the starting gate, this company of 11 is sitting on a product that stands to have a huge impact in…
When Coastal Contacts was first founded in 2000, there were already several companies in the marketplace using the Internet to take the many middlemen out…
Talk about a company with the right product at the right time: Quic Financial delivers software programs that help financial institutions calculate investment risk. As…
Sometimes it’s the big idea that infiltrates the tiny reaches of our quotidian life. And sometimes it’s the small idea that has a game-changing impact.
The 20 Most Innovative Companies in B.C. 2011
The 20 Most Innovative Companies in B.C. 2011. Just how much innovation can you find in B.C.? After three years of searching, we've found the…
Video from the 2010 Innovation Gala
Interview clips from the B.C.’s Leading Innovators event
B.C.’s corporate game-changers gathered at the Loden Hotel in Vancouver on April 8, 2010 to celebrate achievement in…
B.C.’s corporate game-changers gathered at the Loden Hotel in Vancouver on April 8, 2010 to celebrate achievement in…
Video: Live from the 2011 Innovators Gala
Sight and sounds from the 2011 Top Innovators in B.C. Awards, including insightful commentary from the winners.
