Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky is famous for saying the reason for his success was “skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.”
If we apply this advice to the business world in beautiful British Columbia in Western Canada we can confidently state the Puck is currently in Vancouver and Victoria with some seeing the Puck in Kelowna thanks to Disney’s acquisition of Club Penguin and the work life style that the Okanagan offers.
So after Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna (Drum Roll) where is the Puck going next????? I am going to make a case that Mid-Vancouver Island is where Wayne Gretzky would be quickly lacing up his skates and heading to the Nanaimo region. Nanaimo lies only a short 18 minute Helijet or seaplane ride from downtown Vancouver across the Georgia Strait.
- Microsoft has invested $6.2m into a Nanaimo based cyber security company
- East Side Games headquartered in Vancouver have established a presence in Nanaimo
- Aplin Martin a Vancouver Engineering firm is establishing a Nanaimo presence
- Award winning Virtual Reality company Cloudhead Games is headquartered in Qualicum Beach
- Air Canada has commenced a direct flight from Nanaimo to Toronto
- Vancouver Island University is up to 18,000 students and in 2017 won the National MBA Games
- Nanaimo Airport is undergoing a $15m expansion
- The town of Parksville has a purpose built film studio where Chesapeake Shores is filmed.
- Port of Nanaimo has started receiving shipments of European automobile imports and has received $6.3m investment from the Federal Government
- Tilray the Nanaimo-based marijuana producer went public valued at $1.5billion.
- Local entrepreneurs Shawn and Gavin have opened a Tech Input Co-working space in downtown Nanaimo
- Real Estate Webmasters a homegrown company that was featured on both Dragons Den and Shark Tank continues to go from strength to strength employing over 150 employees.
With a daily Fast Foot Passenger Ferry Service being planned between the downtowns of Nanaimo and Vancouver I invite you to put on your skates and head to Nanaimo region where myself and others feel the Puck is going and realize the benefits of living and working on the West Coast.