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What makes a success?What makes a Forty-under-40 award winner? Do you have to know at the age of nine that you want to be a lawyer, as Stacey Handley did? Do you need to start your own company by the age of 14 like Milun Tesovic? Do you have to build a $2 million company from a meagre start of $20 and a U-Haul like Marcel Newell? The road to success is rarely direct, but there is advice to be gained and opinions to listen to when it comes to success in business. And whether it’s serving with former prime minister Jean Chrétien, appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show or starting a cartoon production company, success takes many forms. In our issue this year, we have played with the words that people have used in defining their success, and patterns can be seen to emerge. Words like perseverance, opportunity, creativity and integrity make their way into more than one graphic; but so do community, family and philanthropy. In fact, for most of the people in these pages, their toughest business decision was not deciding what company to buy or when to sell; it was laying off staff or missing a family event because they had to work. Their lives may be fast-paced, full of strategizing and negotiations, but they take the time to prioritize their goals and take action in line with their values. If there’s anything our jumbles of words tell us in these pages, it’s that a balanced life is the most successful of all. — Page Baila Lazarus, news features editor, Business in Vancouver 2009 Winners Gina Arsens — Page 6 Harmon Bal — Page 8 Ryan Barrington-Foote — Page 12 Chris Bennett — Page 6 Charles Chang — Page 10 Carlo De Mello — Page 18 Katie Dunsworth-Reiach — Page 26 David Granville — Page 21 Jacqueline Griffiths — Page 14 Jeffrey Guise — Page 25 Paul Haagenson — Page 16 Stacey Handley — Page 4 Allison Hegedus — Page 22 Sarah Howard — Page 30 Michael Hungerford — Page 24 Irene Jeremic — Page 5 Aly Jetha — Page 21 Shaun Karp — Page 28 Brian Kwon — Page 18 Jason Macdonnell — Page 26 Barbara MacPhail — Page 24 Geoff Mair — Page 29 Jason McLean — Page 27 Sean Murch — Page 28 Marcell Newell — Page 25 Beverley Pomeroy — Page 23 Gary Pooni — Page 19 Aaron Rallo — Page 3 Shabnam Rezaei — Page 12 Brian Smith — Page 22 Olga Stachova — Page 10 Daniel Steiner — Page 29 Andrew Sukow — Page 7 Rahim Talib — Page 14 James Tansey — Page 8 Milun Tesovic — Page 5 Seana Wade — Page 30 Ian Walker — Page 4 Rob Wildeman — Page 16 Danielle Wilson — Page 3 This article from Business in Vancouver December 29, 2009-January 4, 2010; issue 1053 Business in Vancouver (www.biv.com) has been publishing in-depth local business news, analysis and commentary since 1989. The newspaper also produces a weekly ranked list of the biggest companies and players in a wide range of B.C. industries and commercial sectors, monthly features and industry-focused sections that arm its subscribers with a complete package of local business intelligence each week. |
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