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Paulo Carvalho grew up helping his family at My Flowers to Go, and now it’s his shop.

Louis Lévesque Côté was a touring musician, working at Café Postal between gigs. When the opportunity to buy in to the business arrived nearly seven years ago, he was ready to seal the envelope on life on the road.

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.

Destiny Seymour is the founder of Indigo Arrows, reimagining the pottery and bone tool patterns of her Anishinaabe ancestors for modern home décor.

Some of Sachit Mehra’s earliest memories are riding his tricycle around the tables at his family’s restaurant. Today, he’s helping set the direction for the future of East India Company.

When starting a business, a person quickly faces a decision: Do they want to take the franchise route or the independent route?