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Category: Business in the Kootenays

Selling success with Kootenay Kombucha

“Run your business like you’re going to sell, even if you plan to keep it.” Lavinia Lidstone ran Kootenay Kombucha for four years with that advice, and then she decided to sell. “Add value, keep good records, keep a good business. You need to do these things to succeed anyway,” she says. She doesn’t think […]

Remote workers empowered by tech in the Kootenays

In 1985, professor Donna Haraway wrote an essay called the “Cyborg Manifesto.” It became one of the preeminent works of the post-modern era and struck an incisive chord with artists, philosophers, academics and scientists alike. She argued that all humans interacting with technology were becoming—colloquially speaking—cyborgs. And by augmenting ourselves as such, we transcended traditional […]

5 tech startups to watch in the Kootenays

Whether you’re a remote worker on contract 5,000 kilometres from the office, or an ambitious new enterprise employing dozens of people to manufacture advanced materials, there’s never been a better time to go your own way. And there’s no better place to do it than the Kootenays – which have always been about unbridled self-realization. […]