2010 FedNor Business Plan Challenge winners announced

Business Centre Nipissing Parry Sound Inc.
News Release

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The Business Centre Nipissing Parry Sound Inc. held the 2010 FedNor Business Plan Challenge Presentations and Awards Dinner on September 29, 2010 at Zorba’s Grill. The challenge featured eight young entrepreneurs that created business and marketing plans and presented to a panel of five judges. The judges were Guy Paquette from FedNor, Pauline Rochefort from Nipissing University, Dominique Marleau from the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, Neil Fox from Economic Partners, and Tanya Bedard from Canadian Youth Business Foundation.
 
The winners in the Marketing Plan portion of the challenge were as follows:
 
1st Place: Stacey Willick from West Ferris Secondary School $500
2nd Place: Kiefer Uuksulainen from West Ferris Secondary School $300
3rd Place: Sébastien Maillé from École Secondaire Algonquin $100
4th Place: Martin Chartrand from École Secondaire Algonquin
 
The Winners in the Business Plan potion of the challenge were as follows:
 
1st Place: Lianne Tammi from École Secondaire Algonquin $800
2nd Place: Nikolas De Bernardi from École Secondaire Algonquin $500
3rd Place: Amanda Nadon-Langlois from École Secondaire Algonquin $300
4th Place: Megan Bonefant from École Secondarie Algonquin.
 
The Business Centre would like to congratulate all the students that participated this year in the FedNor Business Plan Challenge.

"It's exciting to see the enthusiasm displayed by our regions future business operators and entrepreneurs." – Scott Clark

“The Business Centre takes pride in its role helping youth develop the entrepreneurial spirit. Through programs like the FedNor Business Plan Challenge and Summer Company the Nipissing and Parry Sound District’s are building the business owners and operators of tomorrow. We all want to congratulate the participants in this years event and we look forward to working with the schools and this year” Tony Cerasia

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