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As co-owner of a small, Vancouver-based company that distributes premium ice, Nesbit signs off on all her messages with a variety of cheery, brand-appropriate tags, like “Cool yet warm regards,” “Keeping it Cool,” or “Keep it cool, Ice Princess.”

As co-owner of a small, Vancouver-based company that distributes premium ice, Nesbit signs off on all her messages with a variety of cheery, brand-appropriate tags, like “Cool yet warm regards,” “Keeping it Cool,” or “Keep it cool, Ice Princess.”

As co-owner of a small, Vancouver-based company that distributes premium ice, Nesbit signs off on all her messages with a variety of cheery, brand-appropriate tags, like “Cool yet warm regards,” “Keeping it Cool,” or “Keep it cool, Ice Princess.”

As co-owner of a small, Vancouver-based company that distributes premium ice, Nesbit signs off on all her messages with a variety of cheery, brand-appropriate tags, like “Cool yet warm regards,” “Keeping it Cool,” or “Keep it cool, Ice Princess.”

Of course, Nesbit and business partner Jennifer Trayler, both 32, have learned plenty more than that since launching their business, On the Rocks, in 2009.

Their foray into entrepreneurship has been an intense education on all fronts as they look to build their sales, now primarily concentrated in Metro Vancouver, across Canada and beyond.

Their foray into entrepreneurship has been an intense education on all fronts as they look to build their sales, now primarily concentrated in Metro Vancouver, across Canada and beyond.

At the same time, real disposable income stalled, prompting the report’s author, Benjamin Tal, to raise the alarm over the direction of job quality in the country.

“The surge in self-employment reduces the overall quality of employment, largely due to the fact that, on average, a self-employed person earns 10-per-cent to 15-per-cent less than a regular employee,” Tal concluded.

”I would add that there is a positive relationship between firm size and worker compensation: larger organizations, on average, pay higher wages/salaries — and provide more non-wage benefits — than smaller ones,” said Jock Finlayson, executive vice-president of the Business Council of B.C., in an email.

“In the B.C. context, we need to realize that having more large enterprises operating in the province will have a positive impact on worker and thus household incomes.

“In the B.C. context, we need to realize that having more large enterprises operating in the province will have a positive impact on worker and thus household incomes.

The survey, which was commissioned by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, also found that more than half (58.3 per cent) of business-owner respondents cited the top reason for becoming self-employed was the opportunity to be their own boss and make their own decisions.

As well, 39 per cent felt that owning their own business fit well with their lifestyle, while 36 per cent believed their skills and knowledge would be better utilized.

“We talked about how it would be so cool to start our own company, something we could be proud of and reflects our own core values.

Both women say they are pleased with the results yielded by all their hard work over the past two years, and look to add employees of their own, beyond their current two-person operation, as their client base and profit margin steadily grows.