Entrepreneur of the Year

Environment

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: How Aaron Joe built Salish Soils into a circular-economy powerhouse on the Sunshine Coast

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: How Benjamin Sparrow found value in the world’s dirtiest water

Manufacturing

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: Why Matt Lewis left banking to build Braidy Corporation

Lifestyle

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: How Fresh Prep went from a Chinatown basement to a $100-million national meal-kit brand

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: Oxygen8 founder James Dean is bringing clean air to the Pentagon—and beyond

Finance

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: Inside Hiive, the Vancouver startup shaking up pre-IPO trading

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: How Soroush Karimzadeh built Canada’s leading welding-robotics company

Real Estate

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: Inside William Wright Commercial’s people-first playbook for real estate success

Manufacturing

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: How Kirk Homenick turned Hardbite into Canada’s homegrown snack sensation

Real Estate

Entrepreneur of the Year 2025: From fishing lodges to floating cities—how Brian Grange Built a global marine empire

Environment

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Raminder Grewal is shaping the future of environmental consultancy with Vancouver-based Keystone Environmental

Retail

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Delta-based Santevia Water Systems founder Yvonne Anderson filters out the noise

Lifestyle

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: How founder Dominik Desbois turned passion into reality with Spin Society

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Randy Wu is eating away the competition with Fantuan’s food delivery service

Retail

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Carole Herder is taking big steps with Cavallo Horse & Rider

Health

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Cyrus Greenall is fast-tracking medical treatment with Vancouver-based Firstline

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Safe Software CEO Don Murray helps other companies connect the dots

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: How SMPC co-founders Gueorgui Anguelov and Roumen Petkov are driving the market for electric vehicles

Retail

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Gary Lenett designed Vancouver-based Duer to help people move

General

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024

Indigenous

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Annie Korver is using Fernie-based Rise Consulting to advance Truth and Reconciliation efforts across Canada

General

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Architects Michael Green and Natalie Telewiak are shaping the future of wood buildings

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Co-founders Barry Yates, Michael Carlson, Amielle Lake and Bill Schonbrun are wasting no time treating water at CarboNet

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Absolute Security CEO Christy Wyatt is locked in on her goals

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Clariti co-founders Cyrus Symoom and Jake Dancyger are changing the way people interact with governments

General

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Keith Ippel and Caroline von Hirschberg are bringing the business community together with Spring

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: DarkVision Technologies co-founder Stephen Robinson is changing how we view oil pipelines

General

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Etro Construction founder Mike Maierle crafts a sense of place

General

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Rubicon Organics CEO Margaret Brodie is cultivating high standards for cannabis production

General

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: How Apollo co-founder Jeff McCann is expanding the insurance industry

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: How Certn co-founders Andrew McLeod and Owen Madrick are making themselves known with background checks

Retail

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Rain Zhang wraps the hospitality industry in Willowest’s furnishing products

Transportation

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: John and Ryan Anderson are taking Anderson Air to new heights

Indigenous

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: How Niilo Edwards is creating pathways to reconciliation at First Nations Major Projects Coalition

Philanthropy

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: C.O.D.E. Initiative co-founder Bahar Heravi Moussavi is working to diversify the tech industry

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Tobyn Sowden is building Redbrick piece by piece

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2024: Bruce Qi powers businesses like Salesforce and O2E Brands with Launchpad’s tech platform

General

EOY at 30: UFW founder John Volken was sitting on a fortune. Then he sold it all

General

EOY at 30: What Milton Wong’s mentorship did for John DeHart and Nurse Next Door

General

EOY at 30: How Diane Johnson flipped the script on the entertainment industry

General

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023

Real Estate

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Cory Wright expands mindfully at William Wright Commercial

Real Estate

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: How Joshua Gaglardi built up Orion Construction during the pandemic

Lifestyle

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Art Lee makes Rove Concepts a reality

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Drew Hamilton is filtering out plastic with Vivreau’s water solutions

Finance

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Danny Popescu plans to grow Harbourfront to $1.5 billion in 5 years

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: How competition and camaraderie drive the pair behind Klue

Health

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: How Herbaland’s founders are chewing through the vitamin industry

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Tamer Mohamed is finding fact in science fiction with Aspect Biosystems

Health

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: How Stefan Fletcher helped RebalanceMD find its footing

Transportation

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: How Michael Menzies fast-tracked the Universal Group’s success

Manufacturing

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Thomas Martini is shaking up manufacturing with Apex Aluminum Extrusions

Lifestyle

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Wendy Bennison’s success at Saxx, in brief

Manufacturing

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Rayacom’s Austin Tran is making his mark on the printing industry

Lifestyle

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Sara and Moe Samieian redesign the family furniture business

Lifestyle

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Keenan Fisher took no shortcuts with Tommy Gun’s Barbershop

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Mehar Pratap Singh predicts the future with ProCogia

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2023: Wishpond Technologies just keeps swimming with Ali Tajskandar at the helm

General

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022: Hamed Shahbazi cares for caregivers with Well Health Technologies

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022: Anna Sainsbury has the cybersecurity industry covered with GeoComply

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022: Euan Ramsay and James Taylor boost drug development with Precision NanoSystems

Health

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022: Marcia Nozick uses EMBERS to fire up companies and employees alike

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022: Tom Madden designs treatment with delivery technology from Acuitas Therapeutics

Tech + Science

Carl Hansen takes Canada’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year prize

General

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021

Manufacturing

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 winner: Ray Castelli built mobile shelter maker Weatherhaven into a big-tent operation

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 winner: Carl Hansen engineered AbCellera’s rise to biotech powerhouse

Finance

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 winners: Catherine Dahl and Reza Sanaie make the numbers work for accounting automation

Retail

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 winner: Darrell Jones puts Save-On-Foods at the top of the grocery food chain

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 winner: Judi Hess turbocharged Copperleaf by reinventing its company culture

Health

Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 winners: Alison Taylor and Trevor Johnston succeed by helping the helpers

General

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards 2019 Pacific

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Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019: Pacific Region Winners

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Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019: Business Disrupter

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EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards 2018 Pacific Region Gala

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Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018: Pacific Region Winners

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EOY Winners Past & Present: How they did it

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B.C.’s Entrepreneur of the Year Winners

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2017: B.C.’s winners

Natural Resources

Entrepreneur of the Year 2017: Mining & Metals

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2017: Business to Business

Finance

Entrepreneur of the Year 2017: Financial Services

Real Estate

Entrepreneur of the Year 2017: Real Estate/Construction

General

EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Pacific Region 2016

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Turnaround Entrepreneur finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Business-to-Consumer finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Family Business Award of Excellence

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Emerging Entrepreneur finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: B.C.’s winners

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Technology finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Hospitality and Tourism finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Business Services finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Real Estate and Construction finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Business-to-Business finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Food and Beverage finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2015: Innovative Technology and Financial Services finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year Thought Leadership Event

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2014: and B.C.’s winners are…

Manufacturing

Entrepreneur of the Year 2014: Manufacturing finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2014: Energy finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2014: Emerging finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2014: Business-to-consumer finalists

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2014: Business-to-business finalists

Hospitality

Entrepreneur of the Year 2014: Entertainment/Hospitality finalists

Tech + Science

Entrepreneur of the Year 2014: Information Technology finalists

General

EY Announces Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists

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2013 B.C. Entrepreneur of the Year

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2013 Mining and Metals EOY: Clive Johnson

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2013 Manufacturing EOY: Mark Wolverton

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2013 B2B Products & Services EOY: Warren Roy and Shannon Rogers

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2013 Information Technology EOY: Markus Frind

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2013 B.C. Entrepreneur of the Year: Glenn Johnson

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2013 Emerging EOY: Shahrzad Rafati

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2013 Special Citation, Family Business of Excellence: Karen Flavelle

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2013 B2C Products & Services EOY: Thomas Skidmore

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2012 B.C. Entrepreneur of the Year

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2012 Manufacturing EOY: Steven Gula, John Bacher and Paul Jean

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2012 Real Estate and Construction EOY: Ted Pickell

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2012 Social Entrepreneur of the Year: Michael Fergusson

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2012 B2C Products & Services EOY: Sylvie Rochette

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2012 Emerging EOY: Greg Blake and Andre Kroecher

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2012 Mining and Metals EOY: Frederick Davidson

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2012 B.C. Entrepreneur of the Year: Ashley Cooper

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How B.C.’s EOY 2012 Winners Were Chosen

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2012 Lifetime Achievement EOY: Norman Keevil

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2012 Information Technology EOY: Kenshi Arasaki, Wilkins Chung & Eric Diep

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2012 Media and Entertainment EOY: Ryan Holmes

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2011 Real Estate and Construction EOY: John Tilstra

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2011 Financial Services EOY: John Nicola

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2011 B.C. Entrepreneur of the Year

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2011 Young EOY: Joshua Huen

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2011 Mining and Metals EOY: Keith Neumeyer

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2011 Social Entrepreneur of the Year: Diane Johnson

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2011 B2C Products & Services EOY: Attila & Boldijarre Koronczay

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2011 Cleantech & Information Technology EOY: Don McInnes

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How B.C.’s EOY 2011 Winners Were Chosen

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2011 B2B EOY: Darby Kreitz

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2011 Hospitality and Tourism EOY: Vikram Vij

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2011 B.C. Entrepreneur of the Year: Robert Little

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Samir Manji, Winner: Business to Consumer

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Nicole Stefenelli, Winner: Clean Tech

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Emad Yacoub, Winner: Hospitality

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Elton Pereira, Winner: Information Tech

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Peter Barnes: Winner: Mining & Metals

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Peter Brown: Lifetime Achievement Award

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The 2010 Runners-up

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Chad Wasilenkoff: Overall Winner | 2010 EOY

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2010 B.C. Entrepreneur of the Year

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Charles Kim, Winner

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Janice Abbott, Winner: Social Entrepreneur

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Ryan Beedie: 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year

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Winner: Business to Business

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Winner: Cleantech

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B.C.’s 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year

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Winner: Business to Consumer

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Winner: Real Estate and Construction

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Winner: Mining and Metals

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Winner: Technology and Media

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Making the Decision: Entrepreneur of the Year 2009

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Video: EOY Winners Flashback

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Video: The EOY nominees

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Brian Hill’s acceptance speech

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David Sidoo: The Player

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Robert Lee: Lifetime Achievement

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Turnaround Winner: Amiee Chan

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Technology Winner: Kevin Ham

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Social Entrepeneur Winner: Clarence Louie

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Energy/Natural Resource Winner: Ross Beaty

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Construction/Real Estate Winner: Ivan Marmatny and Ron McNeil

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Emerging Entrepeneur Winner: Davis Yung

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AG: 2008 Entrepreneurs of the Year

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2008 Entrepreneur of the Year: Brian Hill

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2008 Entrepreneur of the Year

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 – Video Clip from the Event

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Hospitality, Tourism and Entertainment Winner 2007

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Manufacturing Winner 2007

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Emerging Entrepreneurs Winner 2007

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Health Sciences Winner 2007

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B2C Products and Services Winner 2007

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B2B Products and Services Winner 2007

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Technology and Media Winner 2007

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2007

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The Visionary: Roger Hardy

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Big Gains: Jim Case

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Child’s Play: Jim Moore

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Man of Steel: Earl Hirtz

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Taste for success: Jeffrey Fuller

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Healthy Margins: John DeHart, Ken Sim

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Day in the Sun: Art Aylesworth

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Ian Telfer: 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year