In 2018 LIFT was awarded Best in BC, Entrepreneur Promotion, at Startup Canada Awards in Vancouver. LIFT is a community of Vancouver Island entrepreneurs and creatives. Like some other business networks we are member focused: • we encourage our members to do business together, • to review each others businesses on the Vancouver Island Local Business Directory (and on Google, Facebook, and elsewhere), • to promote each other on our extensive social media networks. Unlike some other business networks, we are: • inclusive: if you are a community-minded, innovative/unique, ready to collaborate kind of business, we are inviting you to apply to join and get LIFTed by our award-winning promotional team: http://bit.ly/1000WeAreVanIsl Based in the Comox Valley, as of September 2018 LIFT is working with entrepreneurs, startups, creatives, and small business from Victoria to Quadra Island. Our goal, to connect and promote the 1000+ best, most interesting businesses on the Island. Serving our members we are fuelled by our Solution Sponsors and Community Partners. LIFT Solution Sponsors Sure Copy Courtenay, Mastermynde Strategy, 50th Parallel PR, Jabin Postal Films, Presley & Partners, and 98.9 The GOAT LIFT Community Partners Atlas Cafe, Island Word, My Tech Guys, McKinnon Photography, Harmonic Arts Botanical Dispensary, Island Soul Films, Investors’ Group, The Creator Space, and Douglas Magazine LIFT Digital Partners RTOWN, Spring Activator, Picatic FMI see http://liftstartups.ca or call HPM at 1-250-792-1408