Entrepreneur of the Year: Brian Hill
These days, Brian Hill doesn’t spend much time on the floor of any of his Aritzia clothing stores, which he leaves in the hands of some 1,131 employees. Rather he’s charging forward with a major expansion, including a number of stateside openings. Chalk it up to a lifetime in the fashion industry, but the man’s obviously got a knack – Aritzia’s revenue per square foot is four times the industry average. He attributes that accomplishment to the economic immunity of his 15-to-30-year-old target market. more...The sweet science
It's great to watch them raise their babies and then go off and make honey. more...The model: Noot Seear
Without the model, the engine of fashion might never get started. more...What bus, dude?
Sometimes a personal conundrum can inspire a great business idea. For surfer Dylan Green, the 31-year-old owner of Tofino Bus Ltd., it was the lack of cheap, fast transportation between his home base in Victoria and the surf town of Tofino.In 2002 Green was a UVic student living in Victoria. Stymied by Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp.’s extra charge for surfboards and the indirect, expensive service it offered between Victoria and Tofino, Green bought an 11-seat passenger van and started running weekend shuttles between Victoria hostels and Tofino. more...
Blink and you miss it: David Watters
What I am is more of a hobbyist magician. Like many kids, I had those childhood illusions of becoming a great magician. I started at eight when I did my first magic trick. I progressed over the years and then left it. I got back into it when we went to Las Vegas, which is the world’s stage for magic. I picked up a couple of tricks but almost left them on the shelf because of career aspirations and priorities.Then my grandson had an accident in a pool. more...
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