Today was an exciting
day on a EO Vancouver board seat event I have been working on for several
months. We held the the inaugural Vancouver Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
this evening at the SFU Beedie School of business.
The GSEA is held
yearly in over 50 countries and is considered the priemier student entrepreneur
competition on the planet. Thousands of students apply and each EO chapter
holds a regional competition whereby the winner will move onto a national
competition and then possibly onto a global finals competition.
GSEA has been an
almost global event for EO but it is now pushing for every country - hence
Canada being added this year and holding its first GSEA events nation wide this
month.
Our event was packed
with amazing talent and judges in an afternoon prelim where the top 6 students
presented before a judging panel of 8 EO members. The 6 students were then
short listed to the top 3 and asked to present again before a VIP judging panel
of some of Vancouver's most distinguished business leaders. The final 3 also
had the pressure of presenting on stage before 100 people during a lively
cocktail reception.
Every student did an
amazing job presenting and each had solid businesses and a history of entrepreneurship - but when the dust settled the VIP judges voted a
winner.
The GSEA Vancouver
winner for 2014 was Daniel Dubois and his business SHARESHACK. www.shareshack.com.
Next for Daniel and I
is a trip to the Canadian Nationals in February where we will compete to win
against all other cities. If Daniel wins Canada he will move onto Washington DC
in April for the Global GSEA.
Stay tuned.....
Cheers
Calvin
