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Archive for October, 2011

Macdonald Realty CEO Lynn Hsu: From humble beginnings to extraordinary success

Friday, October 21st, 2011

by Sandy Huang, originally published in the Vancouver Observer on October 20, 2011

In 1985, while raising a young family, Lynn Hsu began her real estate career despite being a new immigrant with limited English and no social network.

From 1987 through 1989, Hsu was the number one salesperson for Western Canada at a large, national real estate firm. In 1990, Hsu bought Macdonald Realty; at the time a single office in Vancouver’s Westside. Fast forward 25 years and Hsu is heading Western Canada’s largest real estate brokerage firm, with over 1,000 realtors working in 20 offices across British Columbia and Alberta. Macdonald Realty’s reported figure for gross sales in 2010 was $4.7 billion. Read more…

Ms. Lynn Hsu (second from right), winner of the title Person of the Year in Chinese Business. Photo courtesy of Chinese Business Chamber of Canada

Global Currents’ Beverley Pomeroy’s Success Fueled by Giving

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

by Sandy Huang, originally published in the Vancouver Observer on September 28, 2011.

Global Currents is the ultimate “momtrepreneur” success story. In 2007, Beverley Pomeroy started PincGiving, a peer-to-peer pledge website that enabled online charitable donations. In the four years since, the company rebranded as Global Currents and has grown by 20 per cent every quarter. Through her work with Global Currents, Pomeroy has moved into grant prospecting and grant writing, advocating via social media, and founding the Life On Purpose online television network. Read more…

The Next Step: Getting Down to Business

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

It’s difficult to make the shift from being a student focused on academics to finding one’s place in the working world. Our principal, Sandy Huang, has been invited to be one of the panelists at the UBC Alumni Affairs’ The Next Step: Getting Down to Business event. If you’re a UBC alumni, come and hear about the best ways to bridge the gaps between the student life and the business world.