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How often do you think about the take-out paper cup that holds your coffee?

Ce Soir Lingerie’s Carol Yaschuk is a risk-taker. “You have to be to start your own business,” she said. “You also have to trust yourself.”

Nearly a century in, the Dawson Richardson Building is as strong and steadying as your first cup of coffee in the morning. Home to Forth, the building at 171 McDermot Avenue has become a community centre for the Exchange District.

Open for 15 years, Riverstone Spa loves being a local destination. “I find Manitobans like to support local businesses,” says Alicia Brown, the spa manager.

Rui Dias is three years in to his lifetime dream as the owner of the computer store Nothing But Tech.

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.