Four businesses in the Tri-Cities have reached the semi-finals of the 15th annual Small Business BC awards, which recognize the achievements of entrepreneurs in 10 categories.
Coquitlam-based Easy Daysies Ltd. and LifeSupply are among the 10 semi-finalists for best innovation.
Easy Daysies provides tools such as magnetic schedules for parents of young children to teach them to become more cooperative, independent and less anxious because they know what’s to come in their day. The company recently branched out to create similar schedules for adults dealing with memory loss, dementia or brain injury.
LifeSupply provides online shopping for a variety of medical supplies, from acupuncture needles to catheters, dental bibs and eye pads.
Another Coquitlam company, Longevity Graphics, is a semi-finalist for Best Marketer. The company’s 11 employees design websites and implement internet marketing strategies for a variety of clients, from crossfit studios to realtors and non-profit organizations.
One of the companies they’re up against is Empty Desk Solutions of Port Moody, which provides social media and marketing support to small businesses.
The semi-finalists in each category were selected from nearly 600 nominations and an online vote. Each must now present its case, to the competition’s judges, on why it deserves to win the award. In February, the top five finalists in each category will then make a 10-minute pitch to a panel of business experts.
Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony Feb. 23 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. For more information, and a full list of semi-finalists, go to sbbcawards.ca.
