The Modern Entrepreneur at the 50th Parallel
The Modern Entrepreneur at the 50th Parallel podcast dives into highlights the innovators, investors and industries that make Campbell River, B.C.. — a unique, small-sized city — a remarkable place to start and grow a business. Hosted by the City of Campbell River Economic Development Department, biweekly, this biweekly show features guests who dive into what it is like to be a modern entrepreneur, sharing their tips and insights into best practices.
Episodes
Q & A with BC Green Business -Jarret Klim, Program Manager and sustainability advocate as he explains the GreenBiz program and how easy it is for businesses to take the incremental steps towards sustainability. Evolving from the Vancouver Island Green Business Collective (VIGBC) - launched in 2013 by the Synergy Foundation, this organization has expanded under the new name to provide affordable certi...
Freyja is a boutique croissant shop that uses the highest quality and freshest ingredients that are sourced locally and internationally. The croissants take four days to produce as they are based upon a sourdough recipe with its origins in Scandinavia.
This shop is located on Shoppers Row in Campbell River.
During this episode, we will chat with owners Géza and Emese about how they came to Campbell River from Hungary through the B...
Stonehouse Teas and Beach Fire Brewing have been collaborating on products for a few years, with success. Today, we hear about how special-batch tea beer was born out of an idea and has evolved into over 30 collaborations between the two businesses. Darrin and Christine also discuss what makes a good team collaboration and how to evaluate whether a collaboration is worth the work it will take to make it a success.
Rachael Weaver and Maureen Hunter of Rivercity Inclusion join us to talk about how they the organization has been supporting the business community through their supported and customized employment programs.
Rivercity Inclusion is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to advocate for services and/or provide services for people with special needs, and their families, who live in the Campbell River area. They will be celebrati...
Carl Sweet, equipment sales representative with Inland Truck and Equipment and board director of Truck Loggers Association (TLA), joins us to chat about the forest industry in the region and the future of forestry through innovation.
Sarah and Kyle have a love of craft beer that rivals many - but they turned that love into a festival that not only contributes to the craft beer scene in Campbell River, but also gives back to the community. With deep family ties to the Campbell River Community Foundation, they were motivated to find a way to continue the family tradition of contributing funds to the foundation. Since they are teachers, they decided to get creativ...
Christine Lilyholm joins us for this episode to discuss how she innovates and creates products that allows Stonehouse Teas to stand out. Through collaboration, attention to detail and looking to the community and her staff for insight into products, Stonehouse has been a staple business in the community for over 25 years.
George Lambert discovered Campbell River when his career in sound brought him to a music festival at Saratoga Speedway! After that visit, he decided to set roots in the forestry town and eventually founded T-MAR industries in 1984. T-MAR specializes in steep slope logging equipment design and manufacturing.
George talks with us about challenges with HR and supply chain issues, and how he turned those challenges into successes by ...
In 2022 Dennis Brodie became the Manager of the YBL - Campbell River Airport. Today he is chatting with us about the services this municipal airport provides to the region, how convenient it is to flying out of YBL and the local businesses that call the airport lands home.
A new year, a new mayor and a new podcast!
For the first podcast of the year, the modern entrepreneur guest is the newly elected Mayor Dahl. Before he was the City of Campbell River's Mayor, Kermit was an entrepreneur and dedicated business owner in the city for over 20 years. He built the family owned business from two staff to over twenty.
Markella Gionet joins host Leah Knutson with Campbell River Economic Development to chat about starting her business Fresh Fetch. Fresh fetch started as a fresh locally sourced canine food topper and has expanded to include treats and meal mixers to support your pets nutritional needs. Freshfetch.ca From the idea phase to participating in the food incubator offered by the city, we touch on what it took to start and grow her busines...
Today we chat with Debra Hellbach from the VIU Centre for Seafood Innovation and Naomi Tabata from North Island College about innovation and technology in the seafood sector on Vancouver Island. From automating oyster shucking to working collaboratively with aquaculture and seaweed companies to build prototypes, these organizations are advancing the region and the sector.
In this episode Lovena Harvey, founder of the Gathering Place Trading, chats about her entrepreneurial journey that started in South Africa by trading their campervan for a ton of rooibos tea and bringing it back to Cortez Island. Twenty years later, she reflects on the importance of having business mentors and an appetite for learning and adapting to new ways of doing business in order to maintain and grow operations in the indus...
Today we chat with Lucas Schuller, Executive Director of the Highway 19 Concert Society, about making the transition from full time employment with a local MLA to leading a not-for-profit society in the arts and culture scene.
In this episode we learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur as a consultant who specializes in in recreation, tourism and leisure. We also dive into the best practices for collecting information from the public on products or services.
Founder of Tremain Media, Leah Tremain has been innovating in the media and marketing industry since early in her career. Like her dedication to jiu jitsu, she is constantly evaluating and strategizing what move to make next in anticipation of where the market is going.
Colin and Natasha recently moved to Campbell River for reasons like many others - to access the amenities that are bountiful in the region. Join us as we hear about how they balance the need, and more importantly the want, to be close to the mountains and wilderness and yet still tap into effortless access to Vancouver for work.
In this episode Carly Pereboom, executive director of Destination Campbell River joins Rose Klukas to talk about Campbell River as a tourism destination and what it is like to work in destination marketing.
In this episode, Crystal Henrickson from the Talent Collective chats with Rose Klukas about being an entrepreneur.
Crystal is based out of Penticton and came to Campbell River as the keynote for the Modern Entrepreneur Speaker Series in May 2022 which focused on retention and attraction strategies for the current workforce.
Her keynote can be found on Techatchery.ca.
Join us as we chat with Jim Colvin from Serious Labs about Campbell River, technology and innovation and the realities of being an entrepreneur.
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