web summit, queer innovation, vancouver, bc, portfolioyvr, helen siwak

Twenty Thousand Minds, One City: Why Web Summit Vancouver Demands Your Attention

There are conferences, and then there are catalysts. Web Summit has never been content to be the former. Since its founding in Dublin over a decade ago, it has grown into something altogether different: a global gathering of the people who are actively building, disrupting, funding, and questioning the future. Over one million attendees have...

dean vlad x, vlad xanthopolous, phuckeryu, portfolioyvr, helen siwak, vancouver, bc

When the Joke Is the Business: Vladimiros Xanthopoulos Launches the University of Phuckery

Vancouver-based entrepreneur Vladimiros Xanthopoulos has launched University of Phuckery — an irreverent, satire-driven ecommerce platform offering tongue-in-cheek bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral “degrees” within a fully imagined academic universe built on classical symbolism and intellectual parody. Designed as a fully automated direct-to-consumer digital campus, the platform comments on achievement culture, burnout, performative professionalism, and the relentless...

anthony green, greenhat security, vancouver, bc, yvr, portfolioyvr, helen siwak, entrepreneur

Anthony Green: Building World-Class Cybersecurity and Assurance from Canada

GreenHat Security represents the most distilled expression of Anthony Green’s approach to cybersecurity: practical, rigorous, and built around meeting organizations where they are. As co-founder of GreenHat Security and GreenHat Assurance, Anthony launched the two firms to address a challenge he had encountered repeatedly across industries. Companies are expected to be secure, compliant, and audit-ready,...

ritchie po, cybersecurity, portfolioyvr, helen siwak, vancouver, bc, lawyer, yvr

Ritchie Po: Data Privacy, AI Governance, and the Art of the Four-Minute Pivot

Ritchie Po is a data privacy lawyer and consultant based in Vancouver. Since his last profile in Portfolio.YVR in June 2024, he has expanded his practice to encompass AI governance and cross-jurisdictional legal compliance. He has partnered with TechImpossible, a Vancouver-based IT security consultancy founded by Peter Skaronis, focusing on GDPR compliance, and with Monachus,...

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Venessa Stonehouse & Mindful FÜD: Turning Rescued Fruit into a National Food Brand

Venessa Stonehouse is the co-founder and CEO of Mindful FÜD, a plant-based food company focused on turning rescued ingredients into bold new products. Her journey into food started more than seven years ago when she launched one of Vancouver’s early meal delivery companies, Feed Me Fit. What began as a passion for wholesome food gradually...

milton tonial, not bad snacks, portfolioyvr, helen siwak, vancouver, bc, entrepreneurs, canadian business

Milton Tonial & Not Bad Snacks: Building a Better Snack from the Ground Up

Milton Tonial is the co-founder of Not Bad Snacks, a Vancouver-based premium snack brand reimagining indulgent, better-for-you snacking. Originally from Brazil, Milton began his professional journey in law, earning his degree and practicing before ultimately pivoting toward entrepreneurship. While his legal background shaped his analytical thinking and discipline, he always knew he wanted to build...

aeryon ashlie, aeryon wellness, portfolioyvr, helen siwak, west coast entrepreneurs, vancouver, bc, yvr

Aeryon Ashlie & Aeryon Wellness: Redefining Women’s Health Through Science and Strength

Aeryon Ashlie is a nutritionist, wellness expert, keynote speaker, and number one bestselling author many times over. She is the founder of Aeryon Wellness Supplements, a 100 percent women-owned Canadian brand redefining women’s health through science-backed, transparent innovation. With nearly two decades of experience, she has built a trusted platform spanning product innovation, national media,...

MARK AINLEY, PORTFOLIOYVR, FENG SHUI, VANCOUVER, BC, YVR, WEST COAST BUSINESS

Mark Ainley & Sense of Space: The Feng Shui Consultant Making Environments Work for You

Mark Ainley is a Vancouver-based contemporary feng shui consultant, educator, and writer who brings a grounded, contemporary perspective to a largely misunderstood field. With more than 25 years of professional experience, he works through his consultancy Sense of Space with homeowners, creatives, and business professionals to align the environments in which they live and work....

ann foster, rebel of the regent, author, portfolioyvr, helen siwak, vancouver, bc, yvr

Ann Foster & Vulgar History: From Podcaster to Published Author — A Historian’s Entrepreneurial Journey

Ann Foster is an author, podcaster, and librarian living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her research interest lies in the intersection of women, history, and pop culture, especially the lives and stories of figures both well-known and half-forgotten. Ann has appeared as a historical expert on BBC radio, and her writing has been published on JStor, Longreads,...

sarah chapman-funston, marketing director, portfolioyvr, entrepreneur, vancouver, bc, helen siwak

Sarah Chapman-Funston & SCF Marketing: Making Strategic Marketing Accessible for Growing Businesses

Sarah Chapman-Funston is the Founder and Principal of SCF Marketing, a marketing strategist with more than 11 years of experience helping businesses grow with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Her work is rooted in making marketing feel understandable and accessible for growing businesses. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and business owners learn what marketing really...

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Twenty Thousand Minds, One City: Why Web Summit Vancouver Demands Your Attention

When the Joke Is the Business: Vladimiros Xanthopoulos Launches the University of Phuckery

Anthony Green: Building World-Class Cybersecurity and Assurance from Canada

Ritchie Po: Data Privacy, AI Governance, and the Art of the Four-Minute Pivot

Venessa Stonehouse & Mindful FÜD: Turning Rescued Fruit into a National Food Brand

Milton Tonial & Not Bad Snacks: Building a Better Snack from the Ground Up

Aeryon Ashlie & Aeryon Wellness: Redefining Women’s Health Through Science and Strength

Mark Ainley & Sense of Space: The Feng Shui Consultant Making Environments Work for You

Ann Foster & Vulgar History: From Podcaster to Published Author — A Historian’s Entrepreneurial Journey

Sarah Chapman-Funston & SCF Marketing: Making Strategic Marketing Accessible for Growing Businesses

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