claim
Navigator Multimedia was founded in 1993
The business has stated a 1993 founding consistently for at least 22 years, and unrelated third parties (BBB since 2004, KelownaNow 2018, Accelerate Okanagan 2023, several directories) repeat it. No record independent of the business's own statement has been located.
| Status | supported |
|---|---|
| Subject | Navigator Multimedia |
| Predicate | founded |
| Object | 1993 |
| Category | founding |
| Claimant | Navigator Multimedia |
| Source independence | third-party |
| Reproducibility | public-method |
| Observed | 2026-09-10 |
| Verified | not verified |
| Review cycle | annual |
| Last reviewed | 2026-09-11 |
| Verifier | Knowledge base editor (AI agent operated by Navigator Multimedia) |
Evidence
| Evidence | Class | What it supports |
|---|---|---|
| BBB profile entries for Navigator Multimedia Inc | third-party | A third party has recorded the 1993 start date and the former legal name since at least 2004. Names the founder. |
| KelownaNow In Focus profile of Sarah Bauer (February 2018) | third-party | Independent editorial repetition of the founding year and founder relationship; places the business as operating in 2013 and 2018. |
| Accelerate Okanagan, "Navigator Multimedia Celebrates 30 Years" (July 2023) | third-party | Third-party repetition of the 1993 date, the CEO's name, a 2023 headcount, and the qualified phrase "one of Kelowna's longest-standing". |
| Castanet Think Local, "Here's to 30 years of navigating the digital seas" (July 2023) | first-party | A dated public statement of the 1993 founding and the qualified "one of the longest-standing" wording. |
| Directory listings repeating the 1993 founding year | third-party | Consistency of the founding year across unrelated directories over many years. |
| navigator.ca site-wide footer statement (2026) | first-party | Records the claimant's own statement of the founding year and location. |
| Blog post, "30 Marketing Strategies ... Learned From 30 Years" (June 2023) | first-party | First-party statement consistent with a 1993 founding, dated June 2023. |
| Google reviews describing long client relationships (2015 to 2017 reviews) | third-party | Independent public statements placing client relationships back to roughly 2001 to 2005, consistent with continuous operation through the 2000s. |
Sources: Better Business Bureau profile for Navigator Multimedia Inc, KelownaNow, In Focus profile of Sarah Bauer, Accelerate Okanagan blog, navigator.ca (Navigator Multimedia marketing website)
Assessment
Why "supported" and not "verified"
Every third-party source that gives 1993 got the date from the business. That is corroboration of a consistent account, which is worth something (the story has not changed since the BBB file opened in 2004), but it is not independent verification. Verified would require a record created in or near 1993 by someone other than the business: an incorporation certificate for Navigator Multimedia Inc., a 1990s business licence, a dated press mention, or an early web archive capture.
What would upgrade this claim
Any one of: the BC Registry incorporation record for Navigator Multimedia Inc.; a City of Kelowna business licence from the 1990s; an Internet Archive capture of the company's first website with a date; a 1990s newspaper mention. The first of these is a paid registry search and is the cheapest route.
Limitations
The 1993 date refers to the start of the business under Greg Bauer, which at the time was a multimedia company. The date the business built its first website is not documented, which matters for the separate longest-running claim.
Status history
| Date | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | supported | Initial assessment. Multiple third-party records repeat 1993; none is independent of the business's own statement. |