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Manjit Minhas, CEO and co-founder of Minhas Breweries, Distillery and Wineries and venture capitalist on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, in the company’s winery and distillery area, newly added to the micro-brewery in 2019.

Dragon Manjit Minhas: From side hustle to $200 million liquor firm

Co-founder of Calgary-based Minhas Breweries, Distillery and Wineries and a VC on reality show Dragons’ Den discusses business and investing

February 1, 2024
Wealth

Arlene Dickinson: Dragons’ Den star, businesswoman, investor, author, and founder and managing general partner at Calgary-based District Ventures Capital, which invests in the food and beverage and health and wellness sectors.

Arlene Dickinson: what works in venture capital

The Calgary Dragons’ Den investor on her family’s immigration experience, working for free and what shaped her as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist

January 25, 2024
Wealth

From left: Jyoti Stephens, vice-president of mission and strategy; Arjan Stephens, president; Arran Stephens, chair and co-founder, and Ratana Stephens, member of the board of directors and co-founder of Nature’s Path.

Nature’s Path: how next gen was inspired to lead at firm

Richmond, B.C.-based breakfast and snack-food company grew from a journey to India and a meeting of the minds around sustainable food

November 20, 2023
Family Business

Syrian Chocolatier Isameddin Hadhad, the father of Peace by Chocolate founder Tareq Hadhad, creates chocolates.

War destroyed their business. Here’s how they rebuilt in Canada

Fleeing from war, members of the Hadhad family were sponsored to settle in Antigonish, N.S., and founded Peace by Chocolate, which funds many peace and social-good initiatives

September 7, 2023
Family Business

Standing in a corn field, the Townsend family is the next generation of one of the company’s founders. From left, Mitchell, Blair, Livia, Courtney and Tanner Townsend, and their dog, Lincoln.

Three generations grow Uncle Bob’s popping corn company

Ontario business started as niche crop and now sells into major grocery stores, wholesale and even overseas

June 20, 2023
Family Business

Markus Frind: “On the Internet, everything moves at light speed; when building buildings or developing land, everything takes and is measured in terms of, years, not days.”

Markus Frind: From Plenty Of Fish to plenty of grapes

When the British Columbia entrepreneur sold his dating site, one of his next ventures was creating Frind Estate Winery, returning to his family’s farming roots

June 1, 2023
Family Business

The Chapman family, from left: David, Ashley, Lesya and Penny.

Fire disaster didn’t melt Chapman’s ice-cream dreams

The family behind the iconic Canadian company discusses how they went from four workers and two old trucks to over 280 products and over 800 employees

May 23, 2023
Family Business

Cumbrae’s founder Stephen Alexander, centre, with his sons Ryan, left, and Jacob.

Third-gen Cumbrae’s founder on business and his sons’ roles

Stephen Alexander, a third-generation butcher from Australia who founded Cumbrae’s in Canada, on his journey and his approach to his sons’

May 4, 2023
Family Business

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