Contents | Oct. 2010
cover story
Entrepreneur of the Year 2010
Opportunities found, risks taken, treasures won – this is what it's all about. The 17th annual Entrepreneur of the Year awards celebrate the cunning, perseverance and good fortune of B.C.'s most impressive business leaders.
features
House of Cards
The B.C. government is betting big on growing gambling revenue, wagering that a new downtown casino can attract big spenders from overseas.
By Nick Rockel
Follow Me
Forget the airport-hotel seminars of old; leadership training is now a world of ninja consultants and pseudo-gurus.
By Andrew Findlay
The New Partner
Corporations are coming to the classroom in a bid to keep B.C's great ideas from languishing in academia.
By Andrew Findlay
Den of Inequity
As enterprising social-service groups go capitalist, the line blurs between for- and not-for-profits.
By Charles Campbell
Profile: The Pubster
Jeff Donnelly hit on a way to turn a rundown bar into a money-making business. Then he did it again and again and again.
By David Jordan
Technology: Privacy for Sale
B.C.'s slew of social-media businesses are running up against the conflict of profits versus privacy in online products.
By Petti Fong
primer
Brief:The Cost of Justice: The moral and economic reasons B.C. lawyers want to save legal aid
Brief:Defragging Killer Betty: Vancouver entrepreneurs target underserved women gamers
Brief:Sunken Treasure: How underwater Panamanian trees made it to B.C. by the container-load
Expat:Just Enough: Becky Newton follows a sweet Swede to Malmo
Inquiring Minds:What was the scariest moment of your career?
Need to Know:How to build a strong application package
Crossroads:William Amelio: Going from Chinese PC-maker to CHC Helicopter