1 June, 2006 - 10:42am

The main story of this month's BC Business Magazine profiles some of BC's most accomplished entrepreneurs and explores the characteristics needed to build a successful business. Featured on the cover, Sxip's Founder and CEO Dick Hardt, is described by reporter Corinne Friesen as "a local tech genius who exemplifies what these entrepreneurs have lots of: self-reliance and intution". Other common traits she notes are "crazy-passion about their work, quick to praise, stubborn as hell, a strong vision, loads of confidence and a desire to make a difference". Read more in "Tips from the Top".