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Entrepreneur
of the Year
In our 24th annual feature on B.C.'s top
entrepreneurs, we showcase 30 innova-
tors who are changing the way they (and
we) do business. From finance to biotech
to real estate, these are the risk-takers and
game-changers to watch right now
by Jessica Barrett, Brenda Bouw, Marcie
Good, Dee Hon and Jacob Parry
"We can create new supply,
but that takes time. We can
create a certain level of afford-
ability, but we need other levels
of government to help" –p.72
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Roll With It
peter Ducommun is owner of one of the
last skateboard companies in Canada.
How the Vancouver native keeps going
is a story of perseverance, vision—and
staying true to the sport's alternative roots
by Kerry Banks
The Great
Canadian Fire Sale
The controversial sale of Vancouver's Little
Mountain is just one in a series of sell-offs of
public land by government. Is the loss of these
valuable (and leverageable) assets hurting the
cause of affordable housing? by Kerry Gold
COVER & TOp: ADAM BLASBERG; MIDDLE RIGHT: ADAM+ KEV; BOTTOM: BRIAN KENT/VANCOUVER SUN OCTOBER 2016 BCBusiness 9
EvErybody's
a winnEr, baby
EOY finalists (from
top) Matias Marquez,
Cody Green, Roger
Hardy and Sean
Clark; (right) Peter
Ducommun of
iconoclastic Skull
Skates
OC TOBER 2016
