We invited Bridgitte Anderson, the CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, to join us as a guest on Conversations That Matter about where our attention needs to turn to close our productivity and prosperity gap.

We invited Naseem Javed to join us for a Conversation That Matters about unleashing the power of entrepreneurship in an effort to turn around Canada’s sinking economy.

We invited David Williams to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the bleak forecast of stagnation young Canadians will face over the course of their careers.

We invited Marc Côté of Cormorant Books to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the important role bookstores play in neighbourhoods and our lives.

We invited Chief Clarence Louie to join us for a Conversation That Matters about his businesses, his strategies and how he manages his dual roles as Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band and as head of the development corporation.

We invited entrepreneur Laurel Anne Stark to join us for a Conversation That Matters about empowering female entrepreneurs with the resources needed to support a vital sector of our economy.

We invited Robert Chesnut, the author of Intentional Integrity to join us for a Conversation That Matters about integrity, the challenges of being a person of integrity and why it is vitally important that we demand it of ourselves and others.

We invited Mark Selman, the founding director of the Executive MBA program in Indigenous Business and Leadership, Beedie School of Business, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the wealth of potential in doing business as or with indigenous organizations and individuals.

We invited venture capitalist Sean Bromley to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the remarkable potential that is waiting to be unleashed in Vancouver, if only the business development climate was warmer.

We invited Executive Coach Ron Bremner to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the role of leadership in building and sustaining a corporate culture for the 21st century.

To talk about social entrepreneurialism, Lunapads and her latest social venture, Nestworks, we sat down with Madeleine Shaw for a Conversation That Matters.

Small businesses bring enormous value to the economy. That is according to Laura Jones of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

What is the B Corp movement? According to Craig Ryan, a B Corp is to corporations what LEED is to building design.

Big businesses are doing such a good job of thwarting the efforts of hackers they have turned their attention to small business. That is according to cyber security expert Dominic Vogel.

Saul Minkoff has had quite the adventure in social entrepreneurialism. In 2013, he was part of a team competing for the Hult Prize offered by the Clinton Global Initiative to create a business that would help provide food security for 20 million people by 2020.

“We’ve seen market volatility before and we’ll see it again." That is according to Murray Leith, the head of research at Odlum Brown. He points out fluctuations are a natural part of the investment cycle.