ph hh i a er Or 2 BB 6 aha Fe tata fate kG at oe bad al Male see eect ever aevianege ve Pe ee or ih a a i et ae ee ed £ a ae Pe So 0 Setar es or ce od De et Sete at Bt Se er ae Oe Oe oe oer Sat Ser er Oe Oe Cay Ser 6 A ATA TR” Pas ee ae tae Oe verteanewesy — eae “rene Le ae he de - ous the region. Each award will -be valued at a minimum of _ process,” Nathan Cullen Region’s young biz hopefuls rewarded By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN SKEENA-BULKLEY MP Nathan Culleniscontributing. $5,000 of his own money along with money from area credit unions toward.a new - award recognizing young entrepreneurs in the region. The Youth Entrepreneur Awards are designed to rec- ognize outstanding young - - business: people -across the - northwest. The ‘awards will dole out $15,000 annually to. 10 - winners’ representing vari- communities across $1, 000 each. 'The Northern Savings Credit Union is one of the - program’s regional partners. It is contributing -$3,000 ‘which will be divvied up between winners from Ter- race, the Queen Charlotte Islands, Prince Rupert and Port Edward. ~ | Four credit unions across the northwest are contribut- ing $9,000, the Community _ Futures Development Cor- - poration of Nadina is kick- ing in $1,000 and Cullen himself is giving $5,000 of his own, non-tax-deductable money to get the program ,. |. started. - The seed money goes to- ward getting the project off the ground, but the plan is to try to get long-term corporate sponsors behind the awards in hopes that it will become a self-sustaining program in subsequent years. Spearheaded by Cullen, a | former young entrepreneur who owned his own busi- ness, the program is a way of recognizing young business- ' people in addition to creat-— ing a way: for the winners, and other applicants, to get sound advice on ‘business planning. from the credit unions and the community futures group. “There’s a high percent- age of small businesses that — fail in terms of the start up says Mike Tarr, CEO of the Northern Sav- ings Credit Union.. Having access to advice on creating a business plan, developing a marketing strategy and general infor- mation on how to manage business finances will go a long way to helping young people succeed, says Mike . Tarr, the CEO of Northern Savings Credit Union. Along with public recog- nition for their hard work, | Cullen says the program is really a way to help young . businesspeople succeed by encouraging networking and ~ good business planning. the NDP’s AS youth critic, Cullen feels strongly about youth initiatives and wanted to find a way to en- courage young people to take risks and invest in the regional economy. “I want to put these folks up in front of the, community and celebrate them,” Cullen says. “| think one 2 of the things we need to do in the north- west is not see other busi- nesses as a threat but en- courage them.” Entrepreneurs aged 29 and under are eligible to apply for the awards for an existing or an evolving busi- ness in the northwest. A regional steering and adju- — .dication committee will be struck by June 30. Winners. will be an- nounced between September 2005 and June 2006. First Nations dining experience on menu | _ part of contest sponsored by the By DUSTIN QUEZADA *“ THREE CALEDONIA students are finding that starting your own business js a lot harder than they thought. Jacqui Bright, Jenna Sam and Shayna Wesley have spent extra time during lunch - hours, after school and on Fridays since No- _ vember. , With a lot of help from entrepre- neurship instructor Vicki Mat- theis, the young women de- veloped a plan for the Smoke: House Res- taurant, a seafood restaurant serving all - traditional First Nations food. Their hard work ‘cul- minates tonight. Wesley and Bright are in Edmonton with Mattheis to present the business plan as Business| Development Bank of | Canada. The bank sent a letter to the school inviting aboriginal students to enter the business plan writing contest. At first, said Mattheis, the students’ plan ~ was to open a giftshop, but the idea was nixed because it was too broad. So they turned to the restaurant business, one with a notoriously high failure rate. * Wesley, the most talkative of the three. © “It’s original,” said Wesley, i in defence of the small odds of success for restauranteurs. “There’s not really any in Terrace.” The trio of 17-year-olds had to complete seven modules — material they learned in| class — along the way. They included an entrepreneurial assess- .” ment, business, management and operations overviews, a marketing plan, a financial plan and an executive summary. Contest organizers gave prizes as incen- tives as they progressed and when the plan was finished, the school got a new com-. puter for their efforts. The Smoke House menu, with a stylish logo featuring the three stu- dents’ tribal crests — raven, beaver and killer. whale ~ has moder- ately-priced appetizers and | entrees ranging from $13 to” $19. The Caledonia entrants will be one of 50 or so in. the competition that started on Monday with PowerPoint presentations and a concert with Susan Aglugark. Tuesday had a series of workshops and today is a trade show with an | award wrap-up at night. The shy teens’ said. they, were excited, scared and nervous for the trip. “We feel fortunate and it’s free,” said’. GUTERMANN THREAD 100m Polyester *Members. BUY 1 GET 2 FREE. FASHION & HOME DECOR _ All Spring & Summer Stock *Members 50%-70%0F i : . ha 635-531 5 , The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - B3 NOTIONS. All Pkg. Stock Valued To $12.98 ea. 30%2rF. . *MEMBERS. 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