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Local youth student entrepreneur champ
Since July 2003, Kevin Downe, a math and business double degree major, has owned and operated Mind Over Math (MOM), a mathspecific learning centre in Orangeville that focuses on helping students who are struggling with mathematics at elementary and high school levels. MOM offers homework help, personal tutoring, grade-specific preparation and exam reviews. After graduation he plans to go to teacher's college while working to expand his company and to continue using his teaching principles to help as many students as possible. Excited to be representing Ontario in the 2007 Student Entrepreneur Competition, Kevin says being recognized "with an award of this type really validates what you do, and how you spend your life. "Many students run their own companies, and to know that you do it as well as anyone else, and people believe in you, that is really special." The regional round of competition took place at the 2007 ACE Regional Exposition in Ottawa on March 16. Provincial champions each presented their business to a live panel of business professionals who decided the six Regional Champions, two from each region, who each received a $1,000 cash prize and moved on to the final round of competition taking place at the 2007 ACE National Exposition in Toronto May 7 to 9. Student teams and student entrepreneurs competed for prestigious awards by showcasing their community projects. The regional exposition brought together over 200 attendees, including top students, faculty, alumni, business professionals and supporters from across Ontario and Quebec. Three competitions took place during the annual event - one individualbased competition, and the Student Entrepreneur Competition, as well as two team-based competitions, Financial Education Challenge and Innovation Challenge. The other Ontario/Quebec regional champion was Daniel Warner, owner of UP Media Group Inc. and full time Seneca College postgraduate student. Regional champions of the Financial Education Challenge were teams from Wilfrid Laurier University and Queen's University. Regional winners of the Innovation Challenge were teams from Brock and Queen's universities. The National Champion will be named the "2007 Student Entrepreneur of the Year", receive a $10,000 cash prize and represent Canada at the international level of competition, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. ACE in 2007 marks 20 years of teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. "Each year the calibre of student entrepreneurs who apply for our competition exceeds our expectations", said ACE President Amy Harder. "We are truly inspired by the determination and dedication of these future business leaders." In celebration of ACE's 20th anniversary, an exclusive portal has been set up to provide timely information on events and activities taking place in 2007, as well as provide a forum to profile 20 stories of inspiration in the 20th year. You can view all 20 profiles from across Canada by visiting www.ace20.ca. Founded in the mid- 1980s, ACE is a national, 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 operates a team-based program, Students In Free Enterprise, and an individual-based program, Student Entrepreneur. Both are achieving ACE's vision to advance Canadian entrepreneurship through the direct involvement of University and college students, including those who are entrepreneurial-minded and those who are currently operating full-time businesses. Students who'd like to benefit from Mind Over Math can contact Kevin at 519-215-1730 or visit the website, mindovermath.ca |
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