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When a friend brought back bags of coffee from Costa Rica, Geordie and Jill Wilson could smell an opportunity brewing.

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

Hippy. Dippy. Trippy.
Thirteen years ago, Lisa Tjaden was not any of these things. Today, the owner of Radiance Gifts is happy to label herself as all three.

There’s no better way to embrace the holiday spirit than taking a seat for a performance of The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s perennial favourite, The Nutcracker.

When the facade of the Scott Block, a century-old office building at 272 Main Street, was uncovered a few years ago, Bryan Goertz envisioned something spectacular in that space.

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.”