With International Women’s Day approaching, Container Brewing’s General Manager Katie Lush had a bright idea. What if she created a team of women from Metro Vancouver’s craft beer industry to collaborate on a charity beer celebrating the occasion? That team ultimately included Four Winds’ Ashley Brooks, Faculty Brewing’s Jacquie Loehndorf, Country Malt Group’s Katy Wright, … Continued
When you hear the phrase “attainable luxury”, what do you think of? What are the especially gratifying, edifying, or beautifying things you do that won’t break the bank? If you’ve never heard of “personal training for your skin”, this might be a new go-to for you. That’s what skoah, a facial shop with a membership-based … Continued
The odds are pretty good that Machool founder Kamyar Asadibeiky is one of the brightest people you’ll ever meet. Consider his brainchild, Machool, a time and money-saving shipping platform that Great Little Box Company (GLBC) is fortunate to supply shipping boxes and supplies for. Machool is a brilliant solution for business owners who do … Continued
“When the company was launching, [founders] Kent and Don Petersen did things the unconventional way,” says Lakota Executive Vice President, Reinhardt Haukenfers. “They did things that everybody said wouldn’t work.” When you’re a fledgling natural wellness company based in the small northern British Columbian city of Dawson Creek, you have to get creative to get … Continued
Container Brewing Creative Director Brendan van den Bosch is on the other side of a fairly intense whirlwind of hard work. He—along with co-founders Dan Webster and Terry Brown and Head Brewer Tim Juul—has just opened a brewery, after all. And the newly minted East Vancouver brewery is a beauty: 4,440 square feet and two … Continued
Harken Coffee hasn’t yet opened up its flagship 338 Powell Street location in Vancouver, BC Canada and the roastery-coffee-shop is already winning design awards. This fall, the innovative minimalist folding carton Great Little Box Company helped them create, took first place and Judge’s Choice in its category at the AICC Independent Packaging Design Competition. It’s … Continued
How does a single moment factor into an ongoing story? That’s the poetic way Little Straw Vineyards’ winemaker Barb Hall conceives of her work. Wine captures a single season, but at the same time, it never stops evolving. It keeps telling a longer and longer story about the people who made it and those who … Continued
“I had a $50 gift card to Cabela’s or something like that. And I had a free Shopify trial,” says Scott Sibley, founder of the subscription business Simple Fishing. “I bought some lures and sold them online, and that was it.” A business was born. And in the world of e-commerce, this particular business is … Continued
When Neil Thomson decided to create his subscription business Naked Snacks, healthy snacking was new to him. But he knew a thing or two about branding. “I had all sorts of books about entrepreneurship that said, ‘Just create that minimum viable product’, and then invest into branding once you’ve gotten feedback from your first customers.” … Continued
One of the most pleasurable aspects of being a craft beer fan is experiencing different regions through taste alone. And one of the more delightfully unexpected trips a beer drinker can take is to Juneau, Alaska, via the award-winning brews of Alaska Brewing Company. Founded by Marcy and Geoff Larsen in 1986, the company has … Continued