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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…

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Frogbox entrepreneur Doug Burgoyne leaps from one business success to another

Monday, September 12th, 2011

In 2008, Doug Burgoyne quit his high-paying corporate job and co-founded Frogbox, a Vancouver-based eco-conscious company which supplies reusable boxes for the residential moving market. With no experience in the industry, Doug, along with his partner, launched Frogbox, expanded into the U.S. in their first year, established three corporate locations within two years, and earned two high-profile investors via a successful pitch on the popular CBC show Dragons’ Den.

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Look for us in The Vancouver Observer – “Success: Why and How”

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

We’re thrilled to announce that we will be the columnist for the Vancouver Observer‘s Success: Why and How! Our principal consultant, Sandy Huang, will be tracking down extraordinary Vancouver business people with extraordinary success and interview them for our readers. She will uncover their secrets of success and hopefully inspire all business owners. Our first interviewee was Arnold Leung of Appnovation Technologies. It only took Arnold two years to lead Appnovation to generating $2.2 million in revenue, and three years to expand to 30 employees. See how he defies the startup norm.

 

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