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Garett Senez describes his 19-month-old company as “if Apple, Dyson or Tesla made baby products.” For him, scaling Quark from a new startup in 2022 to being in over 1,500 stores in Canada with 35 different offerings has been a rewarding...
Delaram Hajipour’s day job is no laughing matter. As the CEO of Vancouver-based NephroCan, she works to help patients and practitioners access kidney dialysis treatment. But when the sun sets and the curtain closes on that, she steps on stage to...
Halfway through my phone call with Sami Brar, I’m glad we’re not on video. She’s about to shoot some trivia questions at me, and though I grew up watching Bollywood, I’m not exactly up to date on the industry. “What...
Earlier this year, at the old age of 23, Arnav Mishra won this magazine’s 30 Under 30 competition. It’s very rare for someone that young to be overseeing more than 20 employees, but that was the case with Mishra, who...
It would be pretty easy for a couple of burgeoning entrepreneurs to take a look at Canada’s furniture industry and decide that the market is too rife with competitors. You have the old-school brick-and-mortar retailers that can be found across...
Jessica Bosman is all about making breast friends—namely, custom-fit bras with 3D-image technology. Her company, Vancouver-based Doubl, is challenging industry sizing standards by designing a way for people to send in their body measurements from home. “There’s baggage associated with...
Talking frogs, wrecked police cruisers and public nudity probably don’t scream climate crisis to you. But Hurricane Mona, a new absurdist dark comedy written by Vancouverite Pippa Mackie, is no regular production. The play, presented by Touchstone Theatre and Ruby...
The Kickoff: “Our dad put full trust in us from a very young age,” says Sara Samieian—in response to which her brother jokes: “Maybe too young.” Moe Jr. may have been the only one to inherit their father’s name, but the...
The Kickoff: Growing up in an entrepreneurial family, Keenan Fisher was put to work early. His parents were owners of a dog treat factory in Alberta, and, at 12 years old, Fisher was tasked with cooking, packing and shipping dog treats...
The Kickoff: “I never imagined myself running a company that is, effectively, focused on testicular comfort,” Wendy Bennison says with a laugh. But retail has always been a superpower of hers—past titles include COO of Mark’s, president of Roots Canada and...