Rushmila Rahman

“People come from various challenging backgrounds so we wanted to identify those students who could excel if they were given the opportunity,” Ryan Beedie, president of Vancouver-based Beedie Luminaries, says of the scholarship foundation’s newest program for refugees and new immigrants.

When you hear the name Amazon, “small business” probably doesn't come to mind. But the American retail giant's upcoming pop-up event on June 18 is all about showcasing products from 50 small businesses in Vancouver that sell through Amazon's e-commerce site.

Mickey McLeod cared about nature long before “sustainability” became a buzzword. As a kid, McLeod camped with his family and his Cub Scout troop, but a move from New Westminster to rural Texada Island in 1966 turned the pastime into...

Just in time for National Indigenous History Month, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and BC Achievement Foundation announced the six recipients of this year’s BC Reconciliation Award, which celebrates reconciliation efforts in the province. A member of the BC Achievement...

Exactly how does a business thrive in the face of an industry-wide crisis? If you ask Clio’s CEO and co-founder Jack Newton, it’s the legaltech company’s focus on long-term growth and customer success that earned it centaur status in the face...

Walking into a negotiation is kind of like confessing your love for someone: every word matters. Business consultant Jenna Bayuk, who founded Vancouver-based Kinship Kollective in 2019, spent 15 years helping entrepreneurs across various industries to develop their companies, market their...

For any furniture company to get a seat at the table, it has to do things well and it has to do them fast. It was never an easy feat, but pandemic and supply-chain delays pushed up wait times everywhere...

Like many of us, Vancouver-based software company Carl Data Solutions has been through some big changes during the pandemic. Over the past few years, the business—which monitors real time series data to make AI-based predictions for industry and Smart City...

Sourcing high quality real estate to put your money into can sometimes feel like landing your dream job in the middle of a recession—barriers to entry are high and chances are slim. But proptech startups like Parvis are looking to modernize...

Toronto-based Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is offering a $125,000 Small Business grant to Black-owned businesses in Vancouver. This is the law firm’s third annual grant, the previous two having focused on Toronto and Calgary respectively. The initiative started as a...

The winners of the Rising Stars category of The 2022 Women of the Year Awards.

An entrepreneur through and through, Prishita Agarwal, whose family dinner table was always abuzz with business talk, launched a startup at age 14. At boarding school in Bangalore, Agarwal noticed that her peers were struggling with their mental health, so...