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isPermaLink="false">http://albertaventure.com/?p=12230</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Stephanie Sparks In West Edmonton Mall, amid the early morning mall walkers and maintenance workers, a line of anxious women of all ages began outside the first-ever Victoria’s Secret store in Canada and wound around the Ice Palace, where &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=7728</guid> <description><![CDATA[Terry Pithers, co-owner, Style for Success Inc. by Scott Messenger When Terry Pithers was growing up, a dining faux pas could elicit a wooden spoon to the knuckles from his manner-minded British mum. While he and wife Joanne Blake have &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=7043</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bill O’Neill, owner, Arcade Records and Tapes by Scott Messenger In the age of the iPod, you might expect a business plan focused on selling vinyl long-playing albums to make for some lonely days at the shop – even if &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=5720</guid> <description><![CDATA[Like the popular Tupperware scene a generation ago, gold is the newest trend in the business of in-home transaction parties. by Danyael Halprin “Bring your own gold,” Calgary’s Gloria Lawrence told 10 friends and neighbours when she invited them to &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=4814</guid> <description><![CDATA[We asked three serial entrepreneurs what they learned from their first startup and what they’re doing differently today by Suzanne Wilton It’s 4 a.m. and Evan Chrapko just arrived in the United Arab Emirates from Karachi, Pakistan, on a mission &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=3456</guid> <description><![CDATA[When Eaton’s began offering pre-fab houses through its catalogue in 1912, western homesteaders could purchase a basic model for $890. The Toronto-based company would ship everything from floorboards to shingles for pickup by customers at their nearest train stations. That’s &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=3021</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carmie Nearing: owner and chef, Spoon Fed Soup by Colleen Seto Growing up with nine siblings in Cape Breton, N.S., Carmie Nearing quickly learned how to be resourceful and creative in the kitchen. And after a detour from cooking to &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=2615</guid> <description><![CDATA[Natural food stores are not your mom-and-pops anymore. How Planet Organic has become one of the hottest brands in organic retail <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=2636</guid> <description><![CDATA[No province is an island. Eventually even Albertans will feel the effects of soaring fuel prices, food inflation and falling home prices. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still party like it’s 2006 <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.albertaventure.com/?p=1961</guid> <description><![CDATA[Saskatchewan has snatched Alberta’s crown as Canada’s growth leader. And yes, commodity prices have a lot to do with it. But something else is awakening in the traditionally  collectivist-minded heartland: a new spirit of enterprise <a
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