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#1 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 19 April 2022 - 08:12 AM

I was having a conversation the other day on this topic.  

 

I was saying the city has a pretty weak field of inspirational or even prominent business leaders.

 

Any nominations to prove me wrong?

 

 

Check out the Chamber Business Hall of Fame:

 

https://www.victoria...ll-of-fame.html


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 April 2022 - 08:14 AM.


#2 spanky123

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Posted 19 April 2022 - 08:21 AM

I was having a conversation the other day on this topic.  

 

I was saying the city has a pretty weak field of inspirational or even prominent business leaders.

 

Any nominations to prove me wrong?

 

 

Check out the Chamber Business Hall of Fame:

 

https://www.victoria...ll-of-fame.html

 

We have a different type of leader now. 20 years ago your leaders where your developers, bankers, realtors, and local business people who had stakes in the community and leveraged involvement to both give back and raise their profile. 

 

Today the 'leaders' are multinational and Victoria represents a very small part of their business. You don't hear about them so you don't think they exist.



#3 Mike K.

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Posted 19 April 2022 - 08:34 AM

Have we ever had a situation where a business leader was not leading the Chamber?


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#4 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 06:12 AM

Chamber honours hotelier Mandy Farmer as Member of Distinction

 

The Award of Distinction highlights a businessperson who has contributed to Greater Victoria through leadership and vision as a positive role model and a sustained commitment to a prosperous community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is no dig against Mandy Farmer.  She comes from an extremely wealthy family and I'm sure has done a good job of running two budget hotels here.  It's not like she grew the hotels from some type of humble start.  Her dad built one, they bought the other.   It's likely useful to their business model that the province bought out a dozen or more competitors and put them out of the hotel business.
 
But is she representative of the best we have here in Victoria, in terms of business leaders?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 January 2023 - 06:13 AM.


#5 Matt R.

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 09:39 PM

Don’t forget Roar in Tofino.

#6 davidN

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Posted 14 January 2023 - 12:42 AM

This is why, long long ago, I stopped watching any awards show or event where the "industry leaders" vote on who is the best ( and brightest) among them.

 

If it is not measurable in some unbiased non political way then it is nothing but and exercise in self congratulations. It done to raise the public profiles and thus satisfy egos and raise funds. 


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#7 Matt R.

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Posted 14 January 2023 - 11:06 AM

Like the “awards” magazines give out, strangely only to advertisers…
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