By Aurora Sutherland

When you think of small towns like Hope, BC you don’t think of leading-edge fashion. Carol Raspberry thinks differently. Carol envisioned a store that derived its fashion sense from music, surf, skate and art.

Strong of heart and kind in action, Fran Scott's eyes sparkle with secret mischief. Her entrepreneurial journey has been a pummeling ride that she refused to bail out of, resiliently moving forward with her head held high. And it's that powerful nature of hers that Fran uses to Nurture her clients' businesses. 

Three years of submergence in the entrepreneurial adventure yields a lot of obstacles. More importantly, it yields a lot of lessons to be learned by overcoming them. The faster entrepreneurs can learn and adapt, the more business savvy they become, providing their business with staying power. Jim and Sandy Bob, the owners of Diamond Printers, have done this by weathering three tough years of operation, to come out shining…like a diamond.