If you're curious about community in Canada like I am, check out this podcast. Two women entrepreneurs born into a town of artisans, grew up learning how to craft brooms in the Shaker tradition.   Now they continue this family tradition in the artisan community of Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada. Resources: @glosays Instagram Granville Island Broom Company: Website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest ..read more

In today’s episode of Glo Says Let's Talk Local Podcast - Season 6 - Special Shorts (a weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong is joined by Kevin Tholenaars, Plantrepeneur and CEO of Plantsome North America. Plantsome is an ingenious solution that helps you buy plants online and more importantly care for your plants using their helpful app! Resources: Use code TENOFF for 10% off of any products on plantsome.ca Glo Says Lets Talk Local Podcast: Apple | Spotify | Instagram | Facebook ..read more

In today’s episode of Glo Says Let's Talk Local Podcast - Season 6 - Special Shorts (a weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong talk to guest Mickey McLeod (co-founder of Salt Spring Coffee) about his 25 years of coffee roasting in the Vancouver area. Mickey joins Glo to share his humble beginnings, explain Salt Springs life long commitment to sustainability and community, plus learn where he sees the future of coffee roasting for his business. Use code GLOSAYS15 for 15% off a Salt Spring Coffee order (Feb 7th - Mar 8th). Minimum purchase of $15.99. One code per custo ..read more

Key Quotes:  The Way to Do Business "But to me, that's the only way to do business, you know, you have to care about it, and care about people and the process, and, you know, the planet and all of that, we just have done that forever.  So it's what we do." Coffee Is Like Art "The thing about coffee, which is kind of interesting is that it's kind of like art, you know, I mean, you can interpret in a different way. So you could give 10 Coffee Roasters or, you know, the same coffee, and you'll probably get a different taste of the 10 different coffees, because they're gonna do it thei ..read more

In today’s episode of ‘Glo Says Let's Talk Local’ podcast - Season 5 - What ART thou? Where ART thou? (A weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) Gloria speaks to some Docents (Esther, Fides and Ginley) today who lead guided tours on a voluntary basis in a Museum or an Art Gallery. If you ever find yourself staring quizzically at something in a museum and wondering, ‘What Art Thou?!' Go ask a Docent.  They will be happy to help you. Episode Highlights 02:40 – Esther says she worked as a Docent in a Creative Art Gallery in Singapore where they specialized in Printmaking and Fine Ar ..read more

In today’s episode of ‘Glo Says Let's Talk Local’ podcast - Season 5 - What ART thou? Where ART thou? (A weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong and her co-host Kristin Lim talk about what more art there is to visit and explore in the last few weeks of this year. Kristin has curated this list of places for you! Episode Highlights 02:11 – Gloria asks Kristin, if she ever got to imagine Van Gogh?  05:10 – ‘Polygon Gallery Shop’ is a good place to go right downstairs below the Polygon Gallery.  The gallery is showcasing a solo artist named Steven Shearer, he'd ..read more

In today’s episode of ‘Glo Says Let's Talk Local’ podcast - Season 5 - What ART thou? Where ART thou? (A weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong and her co-host Kristin Lim talk to guest, Ken Lum (A Prolific Canadian Academic, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor and Writer) about what he does and his connection with Vancouver. He shares generously and genuinely about his background and also how he became an Artist Extraordinaire!  Episode Highlights • 3:20 – Gloria says, Ken is a world famous artist with his roots are in Vancouver. He is currently the Chairperson of ..read more

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In today’s episode of ‘Glo Says Let's Talk Local’ podcast - Season 5 - What ART thou? Where ART thou? (A weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong and her co-host Kristin Lim talk to guest - Adrian Sinclair (Director of Engagement and Co-founder of the Vancouver Mural Festival). Adrian shares everything about Vancouver Mural Festival including how it all started, the goals and how it supports Vancouver's many artists. Episode Highlights 2:28 – Gloria asks Adrian, how it all started. She further asks, “Do you have to call everything a mural because you're a Co-founder o ..read more

In today’s episode of ‘Glo Says Let's Talk Local’ podcast - Season 5 - What ART thou? Where ART thou? (A weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong and her co-host Kristin Lim discuss the East Side Culture Crawl, a perfect example of a very local event. It's an annual event where Professional Artists participate in the East Side Cultural Crawl and open-up their studios for the public. It's spread over four days and this year it is extended over two weekends. Episode Highlights 7:00 - Gloria says Randy Steifel is an amazing and a talented Wood Maker. ‘Renegade Wood Works ..read more