UPEI student named 2010 Student Entrepreneur Prince Edward Island Champion
UPEI student Nicholas MacLeod has been named the 2010 Student Entrepreneur Prince Edward Island Champion by national charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and program supporter, CIBC.
Since 2003, Nicholas has owned and operated Future Web Design, providing full service information technology services with a strong emphasis on customer service. Future Web Design provides clients with web development, hosting, domain registration, graphic design, photography and IT Technical Support. The company focuses mainly on small business by offering web development and IT services that are of high quality and add value to the company.
Nicholas's largest business accomplishments to date include being fully supported financially by the business, having a client base across the US and Canada including British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and all Atlantic Provinces as well as having an average of 60 per cent growth in revenue over the past three years.
'For me personally the award provides additional inspiration. It has taken an incredible investment of time and personal sacrifice to bring my business to this point', says Nicholas. 'Being recognized brings incentive for me to continue to work hard, set and strive for larger goals.'
As a provincial champion, Nicholas will now move on to represent Prince Edward Island in the regional round of competition taking place at the 2010 ACE Regional Exposition in Halifax on February 26, 2010. Provincial champions will each present their business to a panel of entrepreneurs and industry professionals who will determine two regional champions. Each regional champion will receive a $1,000 cash prize and move on to the final round of competition at the 2010 ACE National Exposition in Calgary on May 12, 2010. The national champion will receive a $10,000 cash prize and represent Canada at the international level of competition, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.
'With today's ever changing economic situation ACE is thrilled to continue to celebrate the achievements of young entrepreneurs who are simultaneously attending University or College, explains ACE president Amy Harder. These dedicated individuals will no doubt drive the Canadian economy for years to come.'
About ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, ACE is a national charitable not-for-profit organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. Working in partnership with business and higher education, ACE provides post-secondary students with the opportunity to gain entrepreneurial and leadership skills, outside of the classroom, through a team based program, Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) and an individual based program, Student Entrepreneur. Due to direct involvement with ACE, students move on to become entrepreneurs and business leaders who will make a meaningful contribution towards a better Canada.
CIBC became a founding corporate sponsor of ACE in 1995 and has sponsored the Student Entrepreneur Competition since its inception in 1997.
Media release courtesy of ACE
