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BCBUSINESS.CA In financial circles, they talk about a pivot point: the price level at which markets turn bullish or bearish. If you're Malcolm Gladwell, it's the tipping point: "the moment of critical mass, the thresh- old, the boiling point" that explains how sociological change takes hold, a path or direction cemented. And if you're TSN, there's the turning point: the point in the game where one team ran away with it. Call it whatever point you want, in most people's personal and professional lives that time comes early. When the BCBusiness team began discussing the idea of doing a Top 30 Under 30 list, we settled on the arbitrary cutoff age of 30 because we recognized—from personal experi- ence and lots of anecdotal evidence— that our 20s are the most dynamic time of our lives. Many leave home for the first time, launch their first careers and, still today, find their life partner in their 20s. It is the ideal time to experiment, to take big leaps of faith, to be bold and fearless. For some, those bold and fearless years are modest in scope: I moved to New York and switched into mag- azines at 25, after an unsuccessful two-year run in appliance sales. But for others, such as the 30 individu- als profiled in these pages (starting on p. 39), the work they're doing now is not only shaping their own destinies in profound ways but the lives of many others, in B.C. and beyond. Whether it's Luke Strimbold, the 23-year-old mayor of Burns Lake—bringing his community together after a devastating mill explosion—or Yael Cohen, the 27-year-old charity dynamo beating the drum for early cancer detec- tion, these are young people making a dif- ference. And while it's no guarantee that the successes realized today are going to carry forward for the rest of their careers, we're pretty confident that we'll be hearing from Ann Makosinski, the 16-year-old Victoria inventor of a body-heat-powered flashlight, for many years to come. C O N T R I B U T O R S Matt O'Grady, Editor-in-Chief mogrady@canadawide.com / @bCbusiness editor'sdesk y Photographer Adam blasberg shot B.C.'s up-and-coming entrepreneurs for our 30 Under 30 coverage (p. 39). My favourite part of the assignment was meeting the range of entrepreneurs and inventors. I learned that Vancouver can be a great place to do business. My favourite magazine is Bon Appétit. FEBRUARY's most popUlAR stoRIEs on BcBUsInEss.cA Vancouver: Innovation Hub? FWE 'Where Magic Happens' Gala Tri-cities Chamber of Commerce Gala Vancouver Real Estate Hit by End of Immigrant Investor Program B.C.'s Most Loved Brands / tech-science / people / people / real-estate / marketing-media 12 BCBusiness AprIl 2014 Writer Abby Wiseman got the inside scoop on 30 Under 30 finalist Zach Berman's Gastown juice truck (p. 52). My favourite part of the assignment was meeting people in my own age group who don't believe in limitations. I learned that the key to success may be problem solving. When I'm not writing for BCBusiness I'm looking for stories and dreaming of travelling. Betting on the Roaring Twenties N e x T M O N T H We unveil B.C.'s 10 most loved brands and tell the behind-the-scenes story of one iconic retailer portrAIt: AdAm BlASBErg. ClothINg CoUrtESy holt rENfrEw: pAUl SmIth SUIt jACkEt, ErmENEgIldo ZEgNA ShIrt, fErrAgAmo BElt, Etro ChINoS, BrUNEllo CUCINEllI poCkEt SqUArE, Etro kNIt tIE p12-13-EdsNote_april.indd 12 2014-03-13 1:37 PM