Member Features

BIE Feature: June Confetti Sweets Confetti Sweets Submitted by Kathy Leskow, Chief Cookie Eating Officer What’s your story? I was a stay-at-home mom with a sweet tooth and big ambitions! I left my corporate job working in the hospitality industry to stay home with my kids when they were little. As awesome as that was,…

BIE Feature: April Beauty Diamond Medispa and Aesthetics Beauty Diamond Medispa and Aesthetics Submitted by Lola Olorunfemi, Owner/CEO What’s your story? During the pandemic, I was a Nurse educator at the University teaching Nursing. I saw and felt the direct impact of Covid on frontline staff, patients, families, caregivers, teachers, and the entire population. As…

BIE Feature: March Indigenous Box Inc. Indigenous Box Inc. Submitted by Mallory Yawnghwe, Co-founder and CEO What’s your story? My partner and I founded Indigenous Box from our Southside Edmonton basement in March 2021 after winning $5000 from a pitch contest put on by New Relationship Trust. I’ve always loved discovering new Indigenous businesses to…

BIE Feature: February BKY Technologies Corp. BKY Technologies Corp. Submitted by Mike Letto, Business Development Manager What’s your story? My wife and I moved to Edmonton 20 years ago from back east with a dream to make a life for ourselves here and we now call Edmonton our home with our 3 kids and our…

BIE Feature: January Refresh Botanicals Refresh Botanicals Submitted by Dr. Jagvir Singh, CEO and President What’s your story? Refresh Botanicals™ is organically sourced, but we take it to the next level where our research in powerful bioactives allows us to zero in and take a look at specific botanical molecules that address very specific skincare…

BIE Feature: December Bakenary Ltd Bakenary Ltd Submitted by Darya Naidenkova, Co-founder — Bakenary Ltd What’s your story? I was always a creative and adventurous person. All thanks to my grandmother, who used to sign me up for all possible handmade and arts crafts activities in my childhood. After I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing, I…

BIE Feature: November Quickfire Mortgage Solutions Quickfire Mortgage Solutions Submitted by Jeremy Hamelin, Mortgage Broker — Quickfire Mortgage Solutions  What’s your story? YEG is homebase. I was born and raised here, educated here, and launched my career here! After pursing my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, I began working in the field specializing in running campaigns.…

BIE Feature: October Hyklen Services and CenterTech Auto & Small Business Expansion Hyklen Services and CenterTech Auto & Small Business Expansion Submitted by May Beauvais, Owner What’s your story?   People start businesses for a lot of reasons; some do it for money and others for fame, but for my family and I, we wanted…

BIE Feature: September Optimax Benefits Optimax Benefits 24 Years in Business   Submitted by Earl Shindruk, President — Optimax Benefits What’s your story? Successful businessman and community leader, Earl Shindruk, launched Optimax Benefits in 1998 after a vast career at TransAlta, Laidlaw Waste Systems and with Lafrentz Road Services. He combined a wealth of experience and his…