Archive for ‘May, 2010‘

Last month, on April 19th, Rocky Mountaineer celebrated their 20th anniversary at their Vancouver station. With a brand new locomotive and new uniforms, Rocky Mountaineer hired me to update their sales material with new photos. First up: the GoldLeaf Dome coach car.

When you’re sharing a train for a week, you tend to make lots of friends.

An on-board attendant describes the journey to two passengers.

Our models rocked the new uniforms with their runway strut.

Another look at the uniform, coat removed..

For the rest of the photos from Rocky Mountaineer’s 20th Anniversary, please visit Jeremy Lim Photography on Facebook.

Before Delhi 2 Dublin‘s “Planet Electric” launch party, I joined Sonia Ryan and Harjot Bassra from Sugar Tuesday for a series of quick interviews with the band members. First up: Sanjay Seran.

Want to know a secret? Girls who play instruments drive me crazy. And then there’s Kytami. Sigh.

Tarun Nayar is the electronic side of Delhi 2 Dublin. He spends most of the time behind a laptop, but that doesn’t mean he’s not full of personality.

Sanjay always puts on a fierce performance. He’s also a jedi master.

Andrew Kim and Ravi Binning, representing the electric guitar and dohl respectively, join the stage.

Delhi 2 Dublin made their Commodore Ballroom debut in style, bringing on an entire troupe of celtic and bhangra dancers.

How these guys can perform while jumping around so much, I’ll never know.

Being stuck behind a laptop doesn’t give Tarun much time with the fans, so he took that problem into his own hands. Or their hands, rather.

Grand epic. Delhi 2 Dublin – a fusion band with very little precedence fills the Commodore Ballroom to capacity. Nothing short of incredible and so very well deserved.

Like what you see? Give me a shout to book me for your next concert and don’t forget to fan up at Jeremy Lim Photography on Facebook for more updates!

Owen Clark has been an entrepreneur his whole life. At the tender age of 16, Owen was already manufacturing and distributing a fabric adhesive called Speed-Sew. Now, he is a serial entrepreneur, adding landlord, stock investor, and owner of a business community to the list. Owen joins us today to talk about his latest venture, ByzHub.

Owen, if you had to describe ByzHub in one or two sentences, what would you say?
ByzHub.com is a business-to-business and consumer-to-business networking site that connects people online and in person.

As a networking site, there’s a lot of competition out there. What would you say sets ByzHub apart from its peers?
Byzhub takes a different approach to the community formula, emulating real-life networking. Just like other sites, the social ties are all there, but ByzHub’s focus is on connecting consumers with businesses and business with each other like we do in person.

Can you tell us a little more about the consumer-to-business relationships?
For consumers, ByzHub has a system called “Quote Request”. Let’s say I’m looking for a lawyer. I choose a maximum distance from my location, write a description for what I’m looking for, and hit submit. Instantly, everyone who can meet my needs receives an email or a text saying there’s a new job waiting for them.

How about the business-to-business relationships? What makes ByzHub more like a real-life networking experience?
The Internet is here to stay but so is the need to meet face-to-face, and we’ve made sure to incorporate that need into Byzhub. Every month, we host meetups for our ByzHub members to mingle in person. Each meetup usually has a speaker, one from our own community. Whenever possible, we also use our members’ work spaces to host the events. For example, one of our last meetups was held in a chocolate factory, featuring an architect – both from within our community. We feel it’s a great way for people to expand their boundaries, learn about new businesses around them, and make real, long-lasting work relationships.

You have a lot of great ideas here. What inspired you to create this site? There are a lot of competing communities out there; what did you see something missing from their formula that ByzHub does better?
I have a lot of business connections I’m quite fond of. The concept of taking those connections online and making new ones through social media was exciting. However, I never found a website that was the perfect online business community – so I made one, using the best features from a number of popular sites. There are a few notable mentions: Craigslist was regional and promoted local interactions, eBay’s review system encouraged professional transactions, LinkedIn’s membership system emphasized qualified connections, and YouTube supported the viral spread of content by letting you embed content around the web.

In closing, what advice would you give someone looking to make new business connections?
It’s easier said then done, I know the fear that goes through peoples heads in regards to networking; I’ve been there. That being said, if you’re standing alone at a social or business gathering, how nice is it when someone comes up to you and says hi? Be that nice person to someone. It’s really that easy. Nike says it best: “Just Do It”. Remember, God gave you 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. Do twice as much listening as you do talking, and make your only objective to start a new friendship.

Ready to network? Be sure to check out ByzHub or stop by one of its upcoming meetups.