[one_half] Duane Lowe Name of company: What A Life! Personal & Family Video Position: Owner/Producer Partners: My cats In business since: March, 2010 I’d describe this business: I’d describe this business: as a story rescue service. I help families, individuals and organizations document and share their story for posterity through a customized, professionally produced video [...]
[one_half] David Vardy Name of company: A Few Good Cleaners Inc. Position: Owner Partners: Nope In business since: Jan. 2010 I’d describe this business: as a commercial cleaning company which clean offices and businesses in HRM. Smartest thing I did: was to surround myself with talented people who have a wide variety of business skills. [...]
I catch up with Juanita Peters somewhere between her work day and her French class. “I just spent a week with a Francophone group,” she tells me, “ and realized I needed to have someone on board who could speak the language.” So, she figures, why not her? It is her way of being able [...]
Mariana Cowen is an avid reader, a result of her quest for information- in turn a result of having somewhat blindly jumped into a career in real estate 24 years ago. At 23 years old she was a single parent of two children trying to figure out where to go with her life. She was [...]
We’ve all been there. You’re losing battery life by the second and your cell phone charger is no where to be found. After rifling through just about every bag you own and every drawer in your office, you are caught off guard by the obvious; it’s still plugged into the wall. The charger was camouflaged [...]
Don Gardiner is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his business, The Gardiner Group of Companies, by launching something new. Well, why not? Some might suggest a well-earned retirement but this grandfather of six isn’t ready to quit. His eyes light up and voice shifts gears as he talks about his new enterprise and the various [...]
“I’ve been a fighter all my life, ” admits Mickey MacDonald. This statement works on a couple of levels. When MacDonald moved to Fairview as a boy it was a tough part of town where fights were a form of growing pains. He remembers his dad watching him as he was losing one particular fight [...]
Brian Titus faces an interesting dilemma. The owner of Garrison Brewing Company doesn’t want to go head-to-head with the big beer companies but he has a problem. “I would have to slam the brakes on right now to keep us from shooting past our capacity,” he tells me. Garrison’s sales are growing 25- 30% yearly [...]
