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Shea Ritchie grew up in the hospitality industry, helping with his father’s food service company. When he was 12, he was a dishwasher. And it wouldn’t be completely out of the ordinary to find him in the dish pit these days, either.

Thinking about the impact of her business on the environment and doing something about it has been part of her business since Constance Menzies opened her shop in 2007 as the first cacao bean to chocolate bar maker in Manitoba.

“All you need is love” – the Beatles

Amy Tung is an entrepreneur, yoga teacher and community advocate who decided she needed to do something that would fulfill her passion for helping people.

Optometrist Dr. Luke Small once spent three days scrubbing tiny flecks of paint from a parking lot full of cars at Speedy Muffler, the business formerly located next door to Armstrong and Small Eye Care Centre at 1140 Portage Avenue.

Luke Nolan knows noggins. Whether yours is a small, average, or an orange-on-a-toothpick, Sputnik-sized noggin, his Exchange District shop has a style that will capture your cranium …and your personal style.

Adham Tayfour wants to provide the same opportunity to others that he found in Canada. He also wants to share a taste of what he left behind.