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Vancouver's Form develops high-tech swim goggles V O L U M E 4 9 N U M B E R 1 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 BCBUSINESS 5 "Business up until five to 10 years ago, for a lot of smaller companies, was around, Look, let's not invent something new here. Let's do something tried and true" –p.31 ( contents ) The Informer 13 SMALL BUSINESS B.C.'s shortage of big companies has some benefits, but can we overcome the hurdles? 14 GO FIGURE Between Biden, Bonnie and your boss leading Zoom calls, leadership has been a hot topic over the past year 15 YOUNG GUNS Adeera co-founders Emma Reynolds and Shannon Edlington fashion a new brand in a tough industry 17 FIVE QUESTIONS Squamish Nation councillor and spokes- person Chris Lewis stresses collaboration 19 SHIFT HAPPENS Do your staff think the company crossed an ethical line? It's only right to hear them out, but remember who's in charge Quality Time 57 WEEKEND WARRIOR Developer Zack Ross spun a hobby into a high-flying workplace tool 59 ON TREND Virtual health care may be about to turn a corner, courtesy of COVID 61 INVENTORY Play it safer this winter with help from made-in-B.C. hand sanitizers 62 IT'S A GOOD THING Why the time could be right for local CO2 capture technology Chatter 8 EDITOR'S DESK New beginnings Our Most Resilient Cities in 2021 Thanks to a pandemic-era makeover, the seventh annual Best Cities for Work ranking shows how well positioned B.C. communities are to rebound from the mess that was 2020 by Andrew Macaulay 45 How to Survive the Financial Apocalypse As COVID-19 keeps markets on edge, we explore the landscape for truly alternative investments, from fine art to cryptocurrency by Michael McCullough 20 The Innovators In Part 2 of our nod to some of the province's most ingenious companies, a diamond miner and a connected car contender share the spotlight with a blockchain gaming pioneer by Nathan Caddell, Michael McCullough and Nick Rockel 31 COVER: STEPH MARTYNIUK; TOP: BYRON EGGENSCHWILER; BOTTOM: ISTOCK