10 - Sunday, June 8, 1986 - North Shore News LOCAL EN TREPRENE URS NETWORK usiness after Business: a solid success THE ROOM was packed and the air was alive with the busy buzz of people wheeling, dealing and displaying their. wares at Tuesday’ s Business After Business social. By all accounts this third in- stallment of an increasingly: popu- lar series, ‘jointly co-hosted by the North “Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and: The Coach House Inn, was a runaway success. Approximately 150 people, in- cluding a ‘dozen representatives from the North Shure News, filled “the second floor convention. room. \.. “at The Coach House. Inn, mixing, “mingling ' ‘and meeting’ the' repre- “!Sentatives of the 30 North. Shore and Lower Mainiand business and Service organizations. who . set. up. informational | _ displays © for * the “evening... ; ‘ Business -After Business coor- dinator Fyfe:-.Brown,:. of. Fyfe Brown. and. Associates, rated ‘the turnout.the best.to date. - “We've already planned the next. “he. was in trouble. The next. day. > fiom. the: Construction Training: oT ‘classes at Carson Graham Sécond-' “ aty-::School recently completed «. e uilding'a house. ot oo Phe students” participated ina ‘Pr ctical.. and: ‘positive ; education, “program, in which they, erected ’a_ prefabricated . ‘house, .. previously. bail by, ‘the: students, on | North vs fe By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter “and we're going to broaden the scope by inviting international companies to participate and in- ‘clude people interested in tapping into the international market.” Brown ‘said the previous Business After Business was a suc- cess where it really counted most — it generated concrete deals for. many of the local business penpie | participating. “The most interesting thing that really made my day after the last one. was a call | received from a small, local . interior decorating shop proprictor who had set up a’ table last time around. ..*“His home’ was mortgaged and- Under the, i of « con ; structicn teacher. Bjorn " Hilstadr, © the: house...was- first. built at the® ‘school over the winter months.’ It’ was then’ knocked .down ‘and :’ =moved , to. North “Pender” Island," where it was reassembled under the: watchful eye of Hilstadt. / This project gave the” students after the meeting, he connected with another North Shore business and landed a $15,000. contract,” said Brown. MONEY MADE According. to Brown, at least eight other North Shere companies generated ‘‘major’’ contracts with other Vancouver firms. North Shore resident Guy Robinson, production manager for Vancouver-based Vidatron Com- munications Inc., was one of the meuy business representatives par- ticipating with a display. Vidatron specializes in producing and preparing business training, ins dustrial and sales videos. ‘It's my first time involved and I think it’s a great opportunity to meet people,”’ Robinson said. ‘‘A lot of the larger companies are just ~ discovering - the. merits of video personnel training and the ‘other ° applications our. company is in- Graham’ Secondary ‘School. are discovering that .the best way to learn: building * construction is by” doing it.:'The ‘students, under the Ciendte ‘Tylee Cee ber, Steven Davies, Brian Rush, Victor. Guer- rero, Rod Peek- “Philpot. and Sim Coker. entering the’ highly’ competitive | employment, market... -_, - The students: involved - nthe » project“ were Ty! hambers, 19, ’ Steven ‘Davies, ‘Brian Rush, 17 ~ Victor’. Guerrer eek. volved with.” Galaxy Word Shop owner Jeanette Leigh Paisley, also a first time participant, said she was im- pressed with the turnout and said she was getting good feedback. Six months into the word pro- cessing business in North Van- couver, Paisley said she'll be back for the next Business. After Business in September... DRAWING TOGETHER Acting: North Vancouver District Mayor Murray Dykeman said he was amazed at how. many people turned out, despite the temptingly beautiful weather outside. ‘‘This is what it’s all about — the com- munity drawing together,” he said. “Where many companies spend upwards of $100,000 on a trip to the Orient to make contacts; the’ “THESE “STUDENTS from. Carson