A notice on a bulletin board at the University of Guelph caught the eye of Francis Lo 15 years ago. It was for a competition called Project SOY (Soybean Opportunities for Youth) and launched Lo and his brother, Erik, on a roller-coaster ride that tested their resourcefulness and tenacity. “In a way, I suppose what […] Read more
Stories by Glen Cheater
It’s no coincidence that great employees have great bosses
Touring big-city publishing and media executives through his printing plant never gets old for Curwin Friesen. “We have a lot of customers from New York, Boston or L.A. who come here for press checks,” says the president of Friesens Corp., located in Altona, Man., a town of 4,200 an hour’s drive south of Winnipeg. “For […] Read more
When the good times end, will you be prepared?
Charlie Smith calls them the Wonder Years, a golden time when business and profits just kept getting better and better. They started in 1986 when Smith founded Combine World, located on Highway 16 just east of Saskatoon, and lasted until around 2000. Then the ground began to shift under his feet, although it would take […] Read more
