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OCTOBER 2014 BCBusiness 13
October 2014
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volume 42 number 10
20 Editor's dEsk
Entrepreneurship:
It takes all kinds.
23 fEEdback
You tell us.
Frontlines
26 tEchnology
Vancouver has become
a way station for
global tech giants like
Twitter and Facebook
attracted to, among
other good things, the
fact that it's easy to get
a visa to work here.
How much longer we'll
have this advantage is
another matter.
31 EnErgy
BC Hydro's new
CEO
doesn't have a lot of
experience running
big energy utilities—
she has none—but what
Jessica McDonald does
have is a finely tuned
political nose, honed
from two decades in
the public service. And
boy will she need it.
37 financE
How much money can
B.C. really expect to
bring in from a new
LNG tax? We consider
the options.
39 mEdia
Vancouver's Plenty of
Fish used to be the big
fish in the online dat-
ing pond. Now, with
the rise of smartphone
dating apps, the
water's a bit murkier.
Cover Story
Entrepreneur of the Year
Twenty-one years on, the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards never fail to sur-
prise—and inspire. From mining to manufacturing to hospitality, these are the
stories of B.C.'s most innovative business people. by Brenda Bouw, Melissa Edwards,
Kristen Hilderman, Trevor Melanson, Matt O'Grady and Jacob Parry
Features
Passage From India
This month, Vancouver restaurateur Vikram Vij becomes the latest addition on
CBC's popular business show Dragons' Den. But Canada's leading evangelist for
Indian cuisine is a success three decades in the making. by Nikki Bayley
To Die For
A decadent corporate lifestyle is killing B.C. men at an alarming rate. What are
employees—and employers—willing to do about it? by Roberta Staley
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eyes on the prize
Vikram Vij wants to be "the
Nike of the food industry."
