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Demi Steps into the Spotlight: Drew Munro at the Helm

When Portfolio.YVR first introduced readers to Drew Munro in October 2025, his story followed a familiar but compelling arc: professional chef turned caterer, then innovator working to modernize an industry still tethered to spreadsheets and tribal knowledge. A year later, that trajectory has taken a defining turn. Munro has stepped away from his former role...

PRESS RELEASE: Cybersecurity Leader, Entrepreneur and Author Antonio Brandao of BCNET Headlines Portfolio.YVR Issue #14

[Press Release Originally Published via EINPressWire HERE]. VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, July 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Portfolio.YVR Business & Entrepreneurs Magazine has released its Summer 2026 edition, Volume 4, Issue 14, anchored by a ten-page cover feature on Antonio Brandao, Director of Cybersecurity Services at BCNET, the not-for-profit shared services consortium serving forty-four post-secondary institutions across...

Portfolio.YVR Web Summit Vancouver 2026 Special Edition: BC Founders Building for Business, Community, and Net Safety

Originally published via EIN Presswire. // VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, June 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Portfolio.YVR Business & Entrepreneurs Magazine has released its 2nd Annual Web Summit Vancouver Special Edition, celebrating the founders, operators, and professionals who converged at Web Summit Vancouver this year — each engaged in building the technologies and services that strengthen how business operates,...

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Beyond the Noise: Growth Nexus Brings Intellectual Discourse to Web Summit Vancouver

Web Summit Vancouver draws hundreds of events in its orbit — panels, parties, pitches, and after-conference gatherings that spill across the city for days. Most follow a familiar format. One evening, on May 13th, was designed from the outset to do otherwise. Tropoly and Ryan hosted the first-ever Nexus Forum in Gastown — an invite-only...

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Tropoly Reaches 1,000-Automation Milestone as North American Retailers Lean on AI to Offset Margin Pressure

Canadian retailers entered 2026 with a familiar set of pressures: tighter consumer wallets, persistent and rising overhead costs, and the slow grind of integrating AI into operations that were already running thin. For many mid-market and enterprise operators, appetite for automation has outpaced the internal capacity to build it. That gap is where Tropoly has...

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Espanda Ghorbannia (Convoy Communications) Redefines Luxury Experiential Strategy in Canada & Middle East

Espanda Ghorbannia is an Iranian-Canadian luxury marketing strategist, experiential designer, and founder whose work is grounded in a question most brands forget to ask: in a category where customers are never compelled, only choosing, what makes them choose you — and keep choosing you? That question has shaped her career across brand strategy, experiential design,...

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Donna Verlaan of Matera Is Closing the Gap Between Architectural Intent & Construction Reality

Donna Verlaan is a Vancouver-based building materials strategist working at the intersection of design, construction, and procurement. With over two decades of experience, she has held senior leadership roles overseeing multi-million-dollar business units and partnering with architects, developers, and contractors to deliver complex, design-led projects. Her work is defined by an ability to translate creative...

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Amélie Thuy Nguyen (Anh and Chi) Is Taking Her Family’s Heirloom Sauces to Retailers Across Canada

Amélie Thuy Nguyen is a Vancouver-based restaurateur, entrepreneur, and creative whose work sits at the intersection of food, community, and culture. Holding a Bachelor of Human Biological Sciences and a Master of Public Health, she has worked across multiple countries in population health, equity, and diversity and inclusion. Amélie is the co-founder of Anh and...

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Helen Siwak (ELL Comms) on 3 Decades of Entrepreneurship & the Future of Independent Publishing

Born and raised on the Canadian Prairies, Helen Siwak’s creative spirit was shaped by an early love for storytelling and an insatiable curiosity about human experience. Drawn to the vibrancy of the West Coast, she relocated to Vancouver and immediately immersed herself in the city’s underground arts and culture scene. There, she launched In Hell’s...

Portfolio.YVR Launches Issue 12 Headlined by Luxury Strategist Espanda Ghorbannia of Convoy Communications

Originally published via EIN Presswire. VANCOUVER, BC / 04 MAY 2026 Portfolio.YVR Business & Entrepreneurs Magazine proudly announces the release of Volume 4, Issue 12, headlined by Espanda Ghorbannia, Iranian-Canadian luxury marketing strategist, experiential designer, and founder of Convoy Communications — a boutique agency dedicated exclusively to the luxury sector, operating at the intersection of brand strategy...

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Demi Steps into the Spotlight: Drew Munro at the Helm

PRESS RELEASE: Cybersecurity Leader, Entrepreneur and Author Antonio Brandao of BCNET Headlines Portfolio.YVR Issue #14

Portfolio.YVR Web Summit Vancouver 2026 Special Edition: BC Founders Building for Business, Community, and Net Safety

Beyond the Noise: Growth Nexus Brings Intellectual Discourse to Web Summit Vancouver

Tropoly Reaches 1,000-Automation Milestone as North American Retailers Lean on AI to Offset Margin Pressure

Espanda Ghorbannia (Convoy Communications) Redefines Luxury Experiential Strategy in Canada & Middle East

Donna Verlaan of Matera Is Closing the Gap Between Architectural Intent & Construction Reality

Amélie Thuy Nguyen (Anh and Chi) Is Taking Her Family’s Heirloom Sauces to Retailers Across Canada

Helen Siwak (ELL Comms) on 3 Decades of Entrepreneurship & the Future of Independent Publishing

Portfolio.YVR Launches Issue 12 Headlined by Luxury Strategist Espanda Ghorbannia of Convoy Communications

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