I made it to Halifax! I will be presenting in the World Trade and Convention Center tomorrow at 11am.
I have also just been presented the award for Student Entrepreneur Champion Prince Edward Island 2010 by ACE. I have posted a photo below for anyone interested. (Better photo to come later)
I will be posting updates as the competition progresses. Stay tuned!
Here is a link to the PDF version of the article featured in The Guardian on February 22, 2010
Designing a future (75)Future Web Design owner, Nicholas MacLeod was featured on CBC Radio One Prince Edward Island’s Island Morning. The interview took place with Karen Mair, the host of the morning program. The main focus of the interview was the recent accomplishment of Nicholas MacLeod being named 2010 Student Entrepreneur of the Year for Prince Edward Island.
To hear the radio interview please follow the link below and you will be prompted to download the MP3.
Our latest creation is a website for Janet Black Evans from Ontario. She wanted a website to showcase her Barbets to the world. Have a look around her site at www.treebeardbarbets.com or www.barbetdogs.com
I have included a copy of the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship media release below. For more information please visit their website at www.acecanada.ca.
UPEI student named 2010 Student Entrepreneur Prince Edward Island Champion
Charlottetown, PE (Wednesday, February 10, 2010) – Nicholas MacLeod, owner of Future Web Design and full time student at UPEI, has been named the 2010 Student Entrepreneur Prince Edward Island Champion by national charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and proud 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% 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”, explains Future Web Design owner Nicholas MacLeod. “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, who will each 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 12th, 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 proud to continue its work developing leaders, creating connections and impacting communities, explains President of ACE, Amy Harder. Our 2010 Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champions will no doubt contribute meaningfully to the Canadian economy for years to come.”
About ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, ACE is a national, charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. Through a collaborative partnership between higher education and industry, ACE delivers programming that provides university and college students access to real world experience that compliments in-class studies. By creating and delivering business ventures and outreach projects, students make a meaningful contribution to their communities today, while also discovering their potential to achieve an even greater impact as the leaders of tomorrow.
CIBC became a founding corporate sponsor of ACE in 1995 and has sponsored the Student Entrepreneur Competition since its inception in 1997.Contact:
Jaime Szegvary
Communications Consultant, ACE
416.619.8994
jaime@acecanada.ca
www.acecanada.ca
www.aceexpos.caNicholas MacLeod
Owner, Future Web Design
902.626.5828
sales@futurewebdesign.net
www.futurewebdesign.net
Future Web Design owner and founder, Nicholas MacLeod is proud to have been awarded the 2010 Student Entrepreneur of the Year Prince Edward Island by Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship Inc. (ACE).
About the Student Entrepreneur Competition:
The Student Entrepreneur program operated by ACE is the only national program to focus solely on full time Canadian post-secondary student entrepreneurs. It is a program that strives to enrich participant’s lives through recognition, networking and providing a unique learning experience.
Since inception in 1997 this program has celebrated the commitment, determination and achievements of student entrepreneurs through an awards based competition. This competition is open to full-time students at Canadian universities or colleges who are simultaneously operating their own businesses.
I have been invited to the ACE Regional Exposition, Atlantic Canada which is being held at the World Trade and
Convention Centre in Halifax, NS on February 25-26, 2010. I will be competing against the provincial student entrepreneurs from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.
I would like to personally thank the two references contacted by ACE, Alanna Jankov of Image Factory – Alanna’s Photography and Barry MacKinnon of Nice and Natural.
To learn more about Future Web Design visit our website at www.futurewebdesign.net
