The startup is a testament to the fact that a tech company doesn’t have to originate in, or relocate to, Silicon Valley to succeed.
In the pages of MONTECRISTO over the past five years, you’ll find a pack of local outliers—leaders and talent pushing the boundaries of our social and civic lives.
Gastown restaurateur Sean Heather’s passion to keep his businesses fresh and enticing, desire to find community wherever he is, and commitment to innovate on a shoestring began quite some time ago, far from British Columbia’s West Coast.
Howard Soon is head winemaker at Sandhill Winery, he’s been since 1997, and has been a pioneer in the Okanagan Valley wine industry for over three decades.
Embracing an entrepreneurial renaissance.
Vancouver is a region of ideas and action, with deep entrepreneurial roots that go back generations. In the technology sector, our entrepreneurs excel across the board in the incredibly competitive and varied landscapes of rapidly changing industries.
As chairman of Vancouver development company Polygon Homes, and an important philanthropist to numerous Canadian arts organizations, Michael Audain is a long-time builder of spaces big and financial successes bigger, and his fingerprints are scattered across many facets of the city he calls home.
