Business Excellence Awards Profile: Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Teri Hetherington, Events Coordinator, Greater KW Chamber of Commerce

Teri Hetherington, Events Coordinator, Greater KW Chamber of Commerce

Being nominated for a Chamber Business Excellence Award is a high honour for any business or professional in Waterloo Region. Every year the community comes together for the Business Excellence Awards Gala to highlight those in our business community who are doing tremendous work day in and day out and making our Region the greatest in the world.

One of the most anticipated awards that we are excited to hand out is the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. We have an extremely diverse business community and with two universities and a top community college we are lucky to have hundreds of young business owners starting enterprises that aren’t simply surviving, but thriving and helping define our future and a Region.

Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award sponsored by Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Centre

Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award sponsored by Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Centre

Here are the 2015 nominees for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year:

  • Julianne Costigan, J Costigan Corp
  • Cole Jones, Local Line
  • Josh Laur, ProfitPoint Communications
  • Carlos Zamorano Scott, Pure Organic Foods
  • Bill MacTavish, Imbibe Food ‘N Drink
  • Lina Shamoun, Artline Salon
  • Rich Ventura, Mortgage InGenuity Inc
  • Lesley Warren, Lesley Warren Design Group

One of these fabulous entrepreneurs will join the ranks of past winners like Mike McCauley of Buffer Box, Kurtis McBride or Miovision, and Mike Morrice of Sustainable Waterloo Region. Be sure to take a look at all of our award categories and nominees.

Tickets are already 85% sold out for Business Excellence Awards Gala! I would recommend securing your tickets right now because soon all 900+ seats will be long gone!