Did you know that Telus runs a fabulous blog for small businesses and enjoys 10,000 visitors every month? That’s news to us when we were contacted by Telus to contribute and expand on our advice to Allistyle Inc. in the Global and Mail’s “The Challenge”. There are other great resources as well on the blog. We hope you can benefit from Telus Talks Business as well!
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
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.
Read our latest article on the Vancouver Observer – Success: Why and How.
