Success Stories
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Fab 30: Debbie Landa, CEO | Dealmaker Media
A champion of entrepreneurship in Canada and stateside, Debbie Landa could be the most connected Canadian in Silicon Valley. Founder of San Francisco-based conference producer Dealmaker Media and co-founder of ...
Fab 30: Victoria Lennox, Co-Founder | Startup Canada
Ask anyone familiar with Victoria Lennox to sum her up in a single word, and “tireless” would be it. The Ottawa native is only 28, yet she has run or ...
Fab 30: Sean Ivens, CEO | Advanced Medical Solutions Inc.
With $15,000 of borrowed money, emergency medical technician Sean Ivens purchased some medical equipment and a converted GMC Suburban, and got into the ambulance business in 1995. And when the ...
Fab 30: Brad Mills, CEO | Mills Basics
Mills Basics opened in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in 1949. By the time Brad Mills took over the business founded by his father, the neighbourhood was Canada’s poorest, ridden with drug ...
Fab 30: Tobias Lutke, CEO of Shopify
Tobias Lutke never meant to start a software company. But then he discovered how terrible the only e-commerce software on the market was—and knew he could do better
Fab 30: Robert Deluce, President & CEO | Porter Airlines Inc.
Robert Deluce is the personification of a crucial trait of entrepreneurs: determination. The founder of Porter Airlines, a Toronto-based short-haul airline that began service in 2006, faced nearly insurmountable challenges ...
Fab 30: Steve Nash, Founder | Steve Nash Enterprises
Although it’s likely that 38-year-old basketball star Steve Nash will hang up his high-tops for good within the next two years, he won’t find himself short of things to do. ...
Fab 30: Barb Stegemann, CEO | The 7 Virtues
Barb Stegemann describes herself as “a normal mom in the suburbs with a strong desire to help others.” Based in Bedford, N.S., Stegemann is fulfilling that desire through entrepreneurship. Inspired ...
Fab 30: Lysanne Tusar, Founding Director & CMO | The 8th Estate Winery Ltd.
Like many groundbreaking businesses, Lysanne Tusar’s started over a glass of wine. It was 2006. Tusar was 26, living in Vancouver and working as a beverage marketing professional when a ...
Fab 30: Dani Reiss, President & CEO | Canada Goose Inc.
Most Canadian exporters make no mention of their Canuck roots in their marketing message. Some even hide the fact. Not Canada Goose, the Toronto-based producer of extreme winterwear that’s wildly ...
