Canada’s Entrepreneur

Kenny Wong , self proclaimed friendliest builder in the Lower Mainland, is the Co-Director of PHW Homes Inc. , a family run business focusing on designing and building residential custom homes. Following his client focused experience while working at eBay, he joined the family business 10 years ago inspired to learn and with the desire to change the common perceptions of contractors within the hom...

François Lanthier Nadeau est un bâtisseur et éternel étudiant basé à Québec. Il mentore les startups du programme Apollo13 — une initiative de Spektrum Média aidant les startups à devenir profitables. Il est aussi responsable du marketing chez Snipcart , une solution de e-commerce pour développeurs, depuis plus de 5 ans. Durant cette période, l’entreprise a lentement mais sûrement grandi sa base d...

Tenacious, vibrant and bold; Amanda Hamilton and her eponymous studio offer more than just Interior Design services. As an accomplished creative entrepreneur with an adventurous spirt, Amanda continuously strives to carve out an aspirational and unorthodox path in the industry, making her one of Canada’s most influential cultural personalities.

Linda Southern-Heathcott is President and CEO of Spruce Meadows , the sprawling equestrian facility in Calgary's deep south.

Je m'appelle  Fallone Jean . Entrepreneure depuis l’âge de 19 ans, je suis une passionnée : propriétaire de 3 gyms pour femmes C30M-kickboxing , Leader en puissance et coach PNL. J’ai donné plusieurs conférences sur la puissance féminine en plus d’animer plusieurs groupes de coaching en ligne pour les entrepreneures. Je suis aussi entraineure de zumba et de kickboxing depuis plus de 10 ans! J’ense...

Patricia (Tish) Conlin heads up the Global Consulting Group Inc. (GCG) , a leading talent solutions company with over 25 years finding leaders for our clients in IT, Engineering, Real Estate, Finance and Healthcare companies. GCG has end to end solutions for talent acquisition, Executive coaching, wellness and transition along with Retirement transition solutions. As well as building GCG Tish is p...

Alex Putici  ( putici.com ) is an entrepreneur and community builder. He is the founder of Alberta’s largest coworking community called Work Nicer , with offices in Calgary and Edmonton. He has an impressive track record of starting a number of different companies and also spends his time to make the Calgary community a better place. Alex is the founder of 100 Men Who Give A Damn in Calgary, GenYY...

Christianne Hayward has been educating children and adults for over forty years. She established her unique parent and youth bookclubs in 1996, and founded the Lyceum in 2007 where she now facilitates 11 bookclubs, 7 writers’ workshops and literature and art classes for young children at the Lyceum, with her talented staff. She also teaches at post-secondary institutions, works as a teacher consul...

With more than 25 years of sales experience, Lee Mainman has been responsible for the direct management of sales teams and client relationships for major accounts across every industry vertical. Lee gained significant management and consulting experience from working at companies like TELUS, Robert Half Technology and VCIO. Today, he is a partner at Bits in Glass , an award-winning technology cons...

Ryan Gill is one of the city's best-known entrepreneurs. He is CEO and Co-founder of Communo , a vetted network of marketing professionals. He's also President and Partner of Cult Collective, an agency specializing in marketing and branding.

For the past decade, Taylan Pince has been leading the talented product team at Hipo Labs and helping brilliant startups go from "a small team with a good idea" to multi billion-dollar companies. He is both artist, engineer and innovator – a startling collection of talents. Hipo is a brilliant example of a company that has grown through its own self-sustaining investment and discipline. Hipo, spec...

Anthony Giuffre is founder and CEO of Avenue Living Asset Management which has assets of more than $1 billion including more than 8000 residential rental units across Western Canada.

Robert Phelps , President of Canadian operations with SilverChef , who has teams established across Canada responsible for supporting Dealer Partners and Industry Bodies to deliver business value with flexible equipment rental and finance lease funding solutions across the hospitality sector. Focused on supporting customers and industry including Restaurants, Cafes, Motels, Hotels, Clubs, Coffee R...

Filomena May has her own branch of Raymond James Ltd. in Calgary and her company is named Filo Financial Solutions .

Jeff Lydell is the founder of Gasket Games , a native of Vancouver, and has a 14 year production and biz-dev background at Blackbird Interactive, Bigpoint, and Relic Entertainment. His shipped titles include Company of Heroes, Dawn of War II and expansions, and Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.

Rob Hunter has been an entrepreneur ever since he was a kid. He had an eBay account by the time he was 12 years old, and sold Japanese professional wrestling VHS tapes and DVD's (yep!) to pay his way through university at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He did so well, he was able to establish a mini student real estate empire. After graduation, he sold my...

Jim Button is co-founder of Village Brewery , a strategist with Evans Hunt and a member of the board of directors of Beer Canada . Jim has been on a sabbatical for a year while he deals with terminal cancer.

Introducing  Isabelle Mercier-Turcotte , brand performance catalyst (a.k.a jet fuel) at  LeapZone Strategies . As a brand builder, business performance catalyst, TEDx speaker with more than 2 Million views, and one of the best selling authors of the business and marketing book titled, The Next Big Thing: Top Trends From Today's Leading Experts to Help You Dominate the New Economy ; Isabelle's sole...

Jennifer Carlson is founder and president of Thirsty Naturals . She's also co-founder of Baby Gourmet and Chair of Innovation and New Ventures at SAIT .

Sandra Nomoto is a writer and aspiring world traveller. After earning her University degree and working in public relations, at the age of 25 she launched Conscious Public Relations Inc ., a virtual communications firm. Over the 10 years in business, Nomoto was awarded the 2009 Volunteer of the Year by Women In Film & Television Vancouver, earned B Corporation® certification, and contributed to eW...

Robin Smith Co-Owner and Co-Founder of VL OMNI – which he has built over the past twenty-five years. He is also founder of genealogyman.com. VL OMNI provides a platform for agile and scalable iPaaS ecommerce integration. It is used by global multichannel to move data seamlessly through their infrastructure as they grow, expand, and accelerate their business. VL OMNI is headquartered in Oakville an...

PJ L'Heureux is a well-known Calgary businessman who owns and operates several bars and restaurants in the city including CRAFT Beer Market , Trolley 5 , St. James Corner , Home & Away and Rodney's Oyster House .

Greg Hadubiak is an executive coach, consultant, facilitator, speaker and author who believes that the impossible is possible if human potential is unleashed. He brings extensive, broad-ranging, senior level experience and insight to leaders, especially those involved in significant change management initiatives. Greg’s client list is extensive and encompasses both public sector and private sector...

Clive Goodinson , aka The Jokester, is the mastermind behind Pixton . It all started when he imagined a website where people could share and collaborate on ideas and stories. Combining his love of comics like Tintin, The Far Side, and Calvin & Hobbes, with his skills in computer programming, Clive struck upon the idea of a new kind of comic, where anyone could be its author. An expert in the full...

Nicola Kozmyk Jones is the owner and executive director of Pure Motion Dance Company , a company she started in 2008 at the age of 21 that quickly grew into one of Calgary’s largest and most successful commercial dance companies. Pure Motion provides Nicola with the opportunity to work with some of Calgary’s top dance professionals and share her love of dance with young children. She has a bachelo...