Creative Couples (or as some say, "Co-preneurs") are in no way a new phenomenon. Throughout history, there are examples of couples who loved and collaborated, set standards and broke social norms. These couples often came from different backgrounds and had different strengths – but their skills were complimentary and their love only made their professional work stronger. Creative Couples Features showcase couple-owned businesses, sharing and celebrating the love, sweat and tears that comes with owning a business with your partner.
Over the past year, we've had our eyes and hearts opened to new businesses, inspiring relationships and fascinating ways that couples balance their work and love. Other than "just" owning a business two-gether, it's been interesting to learn about what keeps couples...
Before interviewing Brittany and Jacob Reiff I visited their site, navigating around in order to get an idea of what their Portland, Oregon based start-up was like. When I believed I had concrete understanding of what their cleverly-named site, Wantist...
Creative Couples interviews so many bright entrepreneurial couples with great ideas, inspiring stories, humble beginnings and celebrated successes. Without fail, each feature we publish fosters new realization, reflection and inspiration among our staff and...
When Becky Cruze and Pius Uzamere told me they met online, the first thing that came to mind was, “I should have guessed”. From their first online meeting in 2010 to establishing their online business in 2011, it would be hard to think of a better, more appropriate way...
Credits: Shot on location in English Bay, and Stanley Park, in Vancouver. Photography: Slava Micic & Kotone Frankowski Creative Direction: Slava Micic & Kotone...
Their Chinese hometowns are only a car ride away from one another yet it took flying across the world for Lin Yin and Leon Luo to meet one another. Working as a photojournalist for Vancouver Chinese Community Newspapers, Leon’s decision to move to Canada from Ningbo, China...
If Donna and Natale Rao said they didn’t work together, we wouldn’t believe them. Perhaps we think that because of the calming energy in their co-owned Wellness Centre or that they understand how their two professions perfectly compliment one another, but the most...
Walking towards Sunflower Florist in Downtown Vancouver we found ourselves taking unusually deep breaths - not because we were out of shape, but because of the aroma’s luring us down the street. As we got closer the scents filling our noses were as enticing as...
If you thought that Louis Gervais was simply a caterer - wait until you visit his bistro on Harbourside Drive. A way to a journalist’s heart is through her coffee cup and the scones only made me fall deeper in love with the menu. The new space, which opened only 18 months...
Ravy and Ranbir Mehroke, co-founders of Bombay Brow Bar (along with Ravy’s younger sister Amy Minhas), are ready to rock your eyebrows and rock your world: Step off the streets of Kitsilano and Yaletown and step into Bollywood beauty at its best. If the vibrant colours,...
