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Originally Posted by frozen
Gotta be sensitive what you say here. You would be surprised how many on this board are sustained by the 14 dolla balla jobs provided by the dying industry so they can continue to afford their car payments and go to school part-time. In the end, you can't expect much from this glorified tourist city with large retail presence. While we haven't created any companies worthy of note globally other than the nature that was given to us, our southern neighbor Seattle a few hours away is the birth place of companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, Costco, Starbucks, etc. Something had gone deeply wrong here but the pride is strong at least.
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Originally Posted by GS8
Vancouver has Hootsuite which is highly regarded in the social media universe. They are in the process of restructuring, possibly prepping for an IPO.
Hey, it's one company at least 
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I guess anything buried in snow will be fucked for over the next week, given the crazy temps we'll be having. |
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Originally Posted by hud 91gt
Don't forget LuLu
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There are a lot companies based in Vancouver who are successful, but because they work behind the scenes in their respective industries you wouldn't even know it if they were right next door.
I'm kind of glad the rain washed some of the snow away cause once the deep freeze hits, we are would be fucked. And then there are the poo Coquitlam folks who got the dump today.