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"Who do you admire in the B.C. business community?" more...Andrew Seymour
Leaving the U.S. was no small step. But Toronto native Andrew Seymour arguably landed a pretty sweet job when he took the GM duties off the plate of Canadians president Andy Dunn in January: the Canadians have growing ticket sales, a spruced-up stadium and energetic local owners willing to spend some cash.The 40-year-old Seymour had a well-established life in Fort Myers, Florida. He worked his first sports internship with the Fort Myers Miracle minor baseball club. more...
La vida Barcelona
What B.C. could learn from Barcelona is living day-to-day rather than constantly thinking about the future. more...Corporate climb
When Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) dropped more than a quarter-million dollars to help turn a popular rock-climbing site into a provincial park, the obvious question was: why?The iconic retailer will surely score some goodwill through the donation, but there are also some less karmic business reasons for this kind of generosity. This may well be a stellar example of just the kind of corporate community involvement more and more companies are struggling to do right. more...
Moving mountains
The internal shakeups at Intrawest ULC may have reached their peak as B.C.’s resort heavyweight announced its third CEO in just over two years.Long-time CEO and founder Joe Houssian retired in November 2006, shortly after the company was bought by New York-based Fortress Investment Group LLC, a sale that took the company off the stock markets and gave it some deep pockets to draw from to acquire new resorts. more...
Editor's Podcast: Peter Severinson
Digital editor John Bucher asks, "Who is Gen Y?" more...The Gen Y guide
Gen Y – also known as Generation Next, the Millennials and the Echo Boom – has more power and greater choices than any cohort to come before it.We’ll tell you about some B.C. companies that have devoted plans to deal with Gen Y. Each has recognized that this generation brings unique challenges to business, and each has accepted a critical idea: in this labour market, businesses are adapting to Gen Y, not the other way around. more...
Back in the game
Mason, a stocky 60-year-old, earned both fame and infamy in B.C. in the ’90s when Clearly Canadian Beverage Corp., the hometown alt-beverage champion he founded and led, took shareholders for a few gut-wrenching falls in the market. more...When labs attack
“One of the things I realized about business is that they’re not as friendly as scientists,” says Genetrack president and CEO June Wong.“This is a battleground. It’s not always about whose product is the best, it’s not about who’s the most honest; it’s really about competitors killing you.” more...