By Sasha Milam, Gustavson Content Curator. Originally published in The Ring. It’s unlikely that many of Vancouver Island’s craft beer brewers got into the business because of an abiding interest in machinery and production logistics. Fortunately for them, that’s...
By Sasha Milam, Gustavson Content Curator. Originally published in The TORCH magazine. Picture it: two kids are passing a basketball in the driveway. One of them dribbles up to the net and then shoots—with a satisfying swish, the ball is through—and the hoop lights up...
By Carlos Chicas Berti. Originally published in the fall 2018 issue of Business Class magazine. For more information about the Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award, contact deya@uvic.ca. Stewart Butterfield, BA Philosophy ’96, knows better than most that the...
By Mackenzie Ford, Gustavson co-op student This spring, nine brave entrepreneurs stepped on stage for the Coast Capital Savings Innovation Centre’s PitchIt Competition, to pitch their bright new ideas in the hopes of receiving funding to put towards their ventures. A...
By Stacey McLachlan. Originally published in the fall 2018 edition of Business Class magazine. Some romances are love-at-first sight stories. Others are a slow burn. For Jeff Hemmett, BCom ’13, his relationship with the business world falls firmly into the latter...
