Portland's neighbor to the north is home to many types of successful and exciting business ventures. This week on Biz503, we'll be talking with two officers from Vancouver-based companies about the work that they do, and how the city of Vancouver is their ideal home base.

Colton Telford is the chief operating officer of Panco Foods, whose signature product is Pan's Mushroom Jerky, and

Charles Swatzell is the Chief Strategy Officer at Formos, a Vancouver software company with global reach. He's also the director at The Bridge Incubator in Vancouver.

This week's episode is hosted by Dave Barcos, founder of The Bridge Incubator.