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05/30/2026

Twenty Thousand Minds, One City: Why Web Summit Vancouver Demands Your Attention

There are conferences, and then there are catalysts. Web Summit has never been content to be the former. Since its founding in Dublin over a decade ago, it has

05/29/2026

Ally Pintucci of The Girls Trip Series Is Changing the Way Women Experience Solo Travel

Helping shape the way people and brands show up online (and IRL). Ally Pintucci is a Vancouver-based commercial photographer, creative director, and community b

05/29/2026

Mitchell Scott & The Better Butchers: From Backyard Barbecue to Plant-Based Pioneer

Mitchell Scott is an entrepreneur passionate about one thing: removing animals from the food chain. For over ten years, he has been deeply immersed in the plant

05/29/2026

Karen Lam of Black Op**te Entertainment Premieres Armageddon Road at Fantaspoa

When Portfolio.YVR profiled lawyer-turned-filmmaker Karen Lam last September, her fifth feature film, Armageddon Road, was poised on the edge of the world. The

05/28/2026

From West Coast to National Voice: Craig Patterson & Helen Siwak Formalize an Expanded Vision for Retail Insider

Retail-Insider.com, Canada’s most-read online retail and business publication, has announced a strategic national partnership with EcoLuxLuv Communications &a

05/28/2026

Jessy Savage: Building Purpose-Driven Digital Growth Through Victoria Digital Media

Jessy Savage is a Canadian entrepreneur, community builder, and founder of Victoria Digital Marketing (VDM), one of Vancouver Island’s emerging full-service d

05/28/2026

Aeryon Ashlie & Aeryon Wellness: Redefining Women’s Health Through Science and Strength

Aeryon Ashlie is a nutritionist, wellness expert, keynote speaker, and number one bestselling author many times over. She is the founder of Aeryon Wellness S

05/27/2026

Michelle Raymond (Raymond Realty) Two Decades of Heart-Centred Luxury Real Estate in Vancouver

Michelle Raymond is a second-generation REALTOR and a Vancouver original, raised inside the industry by parents who shaped her understanding of real estate long

05/27/2026

Tara Teng on Dismantling Systems of Harm Through Somatic Coaching, Community, and Advocacy

Tara Teng (she/her) is an Embodiment Coach working at the intersection of spirituality and sexuality. She helps people find their way back to their bodies — o

05/27/2026

Ann Foster & Vulgar History: From Podcaster to Published Author — A Historian’s Entrepreneurial Journey

Ann Foster is an author, podcaster, and librarian living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her research interest lies in the intersection of women, history, and pop c

05/26/2026

Web Summit Vancouver takes over the city for a week — events everywhere, every format, every variation. If you have been to enough of them, you recognize the formula before you walk in the door.

On May 13th, Growth Nexus broke it.

Tropoly and Ryan hosted the first-ever Nexus Forum — an invite-only evening built around one question: Trust in a Tectonic Market Shift. Over a dozen senior leaders from across industries sat at one table. Not to network. Not to pitch. To think out loud, together, on the questions most rooms never actually get to.

Firesides with Michael Tippett of Generation Studios and Andrew Woods of AMTRA Solutions pushed the room further — into the philosophy of the AI era, and the real implementation tensions facing businesses right now. Invited guests did not just listen. They pushed back.

Portfolio.YVR was there for the full evening — not as a press pass, but as a fellow entrepreneur, founder, and collaborator in a room selected for depth. Growth Nexus does not fill seats. They make selections.

The conversation ran well past midnight.

https://portfolioyvr.com/2026/05/growth-nexus-brings-intellectual-discourse-to-web-summit-vancouver/