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During this ‘gap year’, Fraser developed a highly innovative set of recipes for manufacturing jams entirely from fruit and fruit juice. He also decided to use fruits high in nutrients, ‘Super Fruits’, in his recipes and develop fun and modern branding for the range. Soon, Waitrose gave Fraser a contract to supply their 184 stores with his ‘SuperJam’. This launch was accompanied by prime time news coverage and Fraser has since secured contracts to supply other large retailers in the UK and Ireland, such as the UK’s largest grocer; Tesco.
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Kendal is the sole proprietor of TicketGold, founded in October, 2003. TicketGold is a ticket brokerage company providing premium and sold out event tickets to private and corporate clients throughout North America. TicketGold employs over twenty people and has had rapid growth year over year.

He was recently awarded the 2007 ACE CIBC Canadian Student Entrepreneur of the Year. He was named as one of Edmontonian’s Sizzling 20 under 30. His company, TicketGold, has been named #8 in the 2007 PROFIT magazine’s “Canada’s 50 Hottest Emerging Growth Companies.” He was also awarded the PROFIT Young Entrepreneur Award, and is the youngest CEO to ever be listed on the PROFIT Hot 50 list - at age 22. In his spare time, he enjoys snowboarding, wakeboarding, and travelling. Kendal is also very involved within the School of Business as the co-chair for RoundTable 08, the most prestigious undergraduate business student conference in Canada.

McTime has been a great success among the McDonald’s staff, of whom 30% visits McTime at least once a day and 80% at least once a week. The high usage has resulted in a valuable ‘business community portal’ which has been used for communication of all sorts. In October 2007 Calnet merged with UCMS Group. Becoming a part of UCMS is a big and important step in the global development of the company as it offers benefits in a number of areas. Erik is also a part of the UCMS global management team.

Erik is very interested in political and entrepreneurial issues and is a member of the Swedish Junior Achievement Young Enterprise (JA-YE) national association Board. He is also an experienced speaker as a result of numerous classes, seminars and lectures on various aspects of entrepreneurship and its challenges. Erik is the youngest CEO ever to have been invited to the CEO-CF (CEO Collaboration Forum).

Brown, who intends to continually strive for success, understands the importance of relationships, both personal and professional, because he believes relationships are what really matter and leave a lasting legacy.

When not working to build his business and his relationships, Brown enjoys travel, visiting places like Tanzania, Zanzibar, Greece, Turkey, London. He intends to continue this exploration of the world throughout his life. Brown also enjoys tennis, poker and cars. The latter interest should come as not surprise, as his business sells customized car accessories and upgrades, primarily for BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Volkswagen.

This St. Louis, Missouri, USA native, now a 22-year-old senior at St. Louis University, sees Hedgehog as just the first step. Starting his first business served as a milestone for Scheiter as well as a tremendous opportunity for growth, but it is really only the beginning of a lifestyle that he is trying to build. Ultimately, Scheiter intends to own a variety companies, like Hedgehog Leatherworks, that allow him to develop his personal interests and share them with others.

When not working on the business, Scheiter enjoys rock climbing, studying wilderness survival skills or reading, all leisure activities that help develop a strong mental foundation and prepare him for the challenges he faces in other areas of life.

What started as a corner lemonade stand turned into a network of franchised refreshment outlets throughout the neighborhood. By age 7, Scissons’ refreshment business was thriving, but he turned his sights to the higher margin opportunities of yard service. Similar to the successful model that he had built in the refreshment business, Scissons focused his efforts on running the business and generating sales while hiring friends to serve his customers. His business continued to thrive until 1997 when, at 13, he found himself facing a new challenge— business opportunities on the Internet.

By 14, Scissons had launched 10-20 Interactive, a full service internet studio. He successfully ran this company and managed complex E-commerce websites, corporate sites and even a NASDAQ listed customer until 17. His innovation continued as he was the first to launch residential real estate virtual reality tours into his home marketplace.

At 18, Scissons realized that his passion was building branded event properties and experiential marketing campaigns. In just four years, while attending the University of Saskatchewan full time, he built what would become his largest venture. His company, General Entertainment Corporation, developed and executed some of Saskatchewan’s most successful youth branded events and sponsorship programs. During his University career, Scissons contributed more than CAN$1 million to his provincial economy.

Faced with graduation at 22 in 2006, he decided to move on to new opportunities and sold his assets and properties. He then engaged in a North American tour, meeting with more than 25 executives at top marketing corporations seeking the ultimate apprenticeship. He found the ideal opportunity to fine tune his skills as an entrepreneur working alongside branding titan Rob Segal, President and Chief Creative Officer at Segal Communication Inc. in Toronto. Scissons is now refining his entrepreneurial abilities, strategizing and marketing for multi-million dollar international brands in Canada’s largest city.

After forming the company, he began conducting due diligence and found a few properties with astonishing returns. Adam acquired four properties his first summer at TCU and rented them all out to students. Since then, B&B Acquisitions has moved on to property management, buying and selling for short term gains, and commercial real estate investment and development.   B&B Acquisitions currently owns and manages an investment portfolio worth nearly $1,000,000 that contains real property, stocks, and options.  Adam is currently raising capital for his new company, Blake Venture Corp., which he hopes to ultimately turn into a real estate investment trust.

The company hires Mexican employees both to provide an authentic Latin atmosphere within the restaurant, and also to provide a source of employment for the Latin community. Aside from the employment opportunities that are created within the company itself, Tropi-Cool has been a positive influence in encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit among the Latin community. It has helped many others create additional cash flow by selling Tropi-Cool products via their existing businesses, their personally owned summer kiosks or pushcart rentals.

Whether it is a part-time, after-school nanny or a full-time, summer nanny, College Nannies strives to provide the best possible experience for children, nannies and parents. The nanny placement agency started business during the spring of 2001. He began interviewing and conducting background checks on the college students interested in working with children. Keeley also met the families in person, to better understand what each family was looking for in a nanny. By summertime, he had placed twelve nannies with families.

The company’s major goal is to build awareness, increase the number of individuals using assistive technologies, and thus provide a link to the benefits that computer hardware, software, and related technologies have to offer them. They currently sell hundreds of products and enabling devices. In addition to its sales, the company performs contract work for Microsoft Corp. and Goodwill Industries to help support their mission in the disability industry. In addition, EnableMart is dedicated to helping society. Fifteen percent of its profits are given back to non-profit organizations selected by EnableMart’s customers.

In 1998 Gaut decided to enroll in college to finish the degree that she started thirty-two years earlier. During that time she began designing a new product for scrapbook / memory books. Quick Quotes is a form of instant journaling that touches peoples’ emotions. Gaut is now marketing both products to businesses and catalogs. What is unique about Gaunt’s company is her criteria for hiring employees. She seeks help those who need an outlet from depression, recovering from addictions and those in need of acceptance. She feels that the growth, comfort and well being of her employees are a big part of how she measures success.

In the next few years, she will finish her education with an emphasis in Web and Graphic Design at Centralia College East in Washington. She also hopes to expand her business to create new products in the ever-changing market.