Commerce students win Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition

Posted April 01, 1997


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
97-04-01-CO

Commerce students take national
award

Saskatoon SK, April 1, 1997 -- Five U of S commerce
students recently won an award from Scotiabank for the
best written business plan at the Queen's Entrepreneurs'
Competition at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Kim Pauls, Greg Taylor, Craig Marcynuk, Jeff Mochoruk, and
Sandra Kaminski were the first University of Saskatchewan
team to apply to the competition and they were the only
western Canadian team to be represented at the finals.

The business plan for Trimax Advertising Inc., a novel
advertising company developed by the students was one of
approximately 35 - 40 entries received from across Canada
and reviewed by a panel of preliminary judges. Nine of
those entries were selected for a final presentation
competition held March 13 and 14 in Kingston.

The advantage that 4th year students have is they've
learned a lot of the technical aspects of business through
their education. When you combine that with their
creativity and enthusiasm and it's a pretty powerful
package, said Monica Kreuger, Management 447
instructor. These students have some amazing ideas and
they should be supported in bringing ideas to fruition.

The panel of judges for the presentation competition
included representatives from Coopers & Lybrand, Deloitte
and Touche, Scotiabank, Royal Bank, and the Canadian
Business Magazine.

The competition gave us an opportunity to see the
different perspective presented by the critiques and
analysis of the business industry, said Kim Pauls. It was
also valuable to see a lot of other business plans from
other parts of the country.

Their idea and award will appear in the Canadian Business
Magazine later this year.

For more information, please contact:

Monica Kreuger or Kim Pauls
Sessional Lecturer 4th-year student
College of Commerce College of Commerce
(306) 241-0941 (306) 786-3776
(306) 786-7259