Archive for the Budding Entrepreneurs Category
Toronto Mompreneur Leigh Meadows and her Smart Hangers
The much anticipated CBC Dragons Den Greenvention Contest finally aired on June 7, 2010 with the announcement of the three finalists.
Leigh Meadows, a UK immigrant who came to Canada in 1995 wowed the CBC Dragons with her concept of a cost-effective advertising platform using recyclable cardboard hangers won second place.
The Smart Hanger is functionally superior [...]
Maple Ridge Mompreneur – finalist for Dragons Den Greenvention contest
Maple Ridge Mompreneur Gregg-Aylott was one of three finalists for the CBC Dragon’s Den Greenvention contest sponsored by Sun Chip.
On Monday night, June 7, 2010, CBC Dragon’s Den announced the three finalists for the Greenvention contest. Nursery Natural Baby Wipes of Maple Ridge ranked 3rd from amongst a total of over 500 candidates from all [...]
CYBF – Official Host for GEW 2010
From November 15th to the 21st, 2010, more than 100 countries will come together to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), a movement to inspire millions of people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. GEW Canada will connect hundreds of organizations to champion a culture of entrepreneurship and mentoring, through local, national and global initiatives. Students, [...]
Gemma Chater leads fight against Diabetes
Diabetes currently affects 246 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 380 million by 2025. More than 2.4 million Canadians have some form of diabetes. Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of global death by disease. Globally, every ten seconds a person dies from diabetes-related causes. According to the International Diabetes Federation, each year [...]
Maple Ridge Mompreneur’s Nursery Natural Baby Wipes
Nursery Natural Baby Wipes is the creation of a local mompreneur, Andrea Gregg of Maple Ridge, British Columbia. A mother of three, Andrea understands first hand the concerns of parents when it comes to using chemical laden solutions that can be harmful not only to the environment, but also for the baby.
After her third [...]
Belt It Out – An Activity Kit designed by Canadian Mompreneur
Belt It Out activity kit is a creation of Maple Ridge mompreneur Vicki Eklund. As a mother of two daughters, Vicki Eklund of Maple Ridge, BC, she found myself being asked to purchase a blue belt for this outfit, a green belt for that one, just endless requests. Inevitably, they could never find the right one or one that wasn’t red with purple polka dots. Thus, begin the creation of the “Belt It Out” activity kits.
Digital Memory Lane on Rescuing Fading Photographs
Photo on left shows Canadian entrepreneur, Robin Fry with his electronic light table for viewing slides.
It is easy in today’s digital age to forget it was not too long ago that we all shot film or slides and had to go to a professional to get our prints made. A local Millardville Entrepreneur Robin Fry [...]
