L i z z y K a r p
Founder ,
Lizz y K arp
CommuniCations;
direCtor and
Co - Founder , r ain
Cit y ChroniCLes;
partner ,
here there
age: 29
the story: Lizzy Karp
credits her outsider status in
helping her become an "acci-
dental" entrepreneur. Born in
Salt Lake City to an American
father and Canadian mother,
Karp defected north during
the George W. Bush years,
studying English at the Uni-
versity of Toronto. She moved
to Vancouver in 2009, where
she took a public relations
program at
SFU and immedi-
ately became a mainstay in
the city's cultural scene with
her launch of the popular
storytelling event Rain City
Chronicles. After approach-
ing the Waldorf Hotel as a
potential venue for Rain
City, the former operators
of the east side institution
hired her as their marketing
and cultural programmer.
That led to a job with ad
agency Village & Co., and in
2012 she went solo with her
own marketing and com-
munications company; her
event firm, Here There, was
established in 2014 following
her successful reinvention of
Vancouver's Chinatown Night
Market.
marKers oF suCCess:
Communications clients
include Vancouver Coastal
Health, Salt Spring Island
Coffee and Young Agrarians.
Rain City Chronicles has
produced events with the
Vancouver School Board and
the Vancouver Art Gallery
and has been broadcast on
CBC Radio.
—J.B.
Who inspires me to suCCeed
" Ira Glass. The charming face of 'new storytelling,'
Ira is constantly pushing the boundaries of his
own job—producing a radio show, live version of
that show and more. He is dedicated, wise and
humble, and doesn't seem to settle"
bcbusiness.ca april 2015 BCBusiness 45
