The 9th Annual Small Business BC Successful You Awards are taking place in Vancouver on February 28th, 2012 at the Pan Pacific Hotel.

The Successful You Awards recognizes and celebrates the important contributions of BC's entrepreneurs to their local communities and the wider global economy. The awards contest is free to enter and open to all new and existing small businesses across B.C.

This year's Top 10 finalists were announced earlier in the year. Nominees were selected by residents of BC who benefit from these businesses, with votes collected online using various social media platforms.

For the February 28th ceremony, Small Business BC has just announced Trevor Linden as keynote speaker! He will share his ideas on leadership and team work in hockey and how those lessons have helped him build a successful career in business.

Emceeing the event will be long time news anchor and reporter for Global BC, Aaron McArthur.

Don't miss this great event that showcases the entrepreneurial talent of British Columbia. Early Bird tickets are on sale now for just $49!

Webnames.ca President and Vice-Chair on the Board of Small Business BC, Cybele Negris, is proud to have been chosen, once again as a judge for the awards.

Visit www.successfulyou.ca for more information.

Webnames.ca is excited to be sponsoring and participating in the Mom Inc. Movement trade show this weekend. The event takes place on Sunday, November 6th at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre in Burnaby. 

The Mom Inc. Movement is geared towards Moms!

• moms who are looking for additional business opportunities to complement their current employment or business.

• moms who are looking at available business opportunities that will allow them to stay home with their children

• moms looking for resources, products and services that will support them as current entrepreneurs, or in becoming entrepreneurs

• moms that are looking to host events and host home based parties as a way to access free products and additional income

• moms who are looking to expand their current businesses through building their network and finding the right mom to help them grow

This event is geared toward moms running their own businesses or considering starting a business.  Admittance is free and includes 24 workshops and speakers - including our President, Cybele Negris - covering everything from personal branding, social media marketing, networking, using WordPress, and accounting for small business.  Exhibitors include government agencies, Small Business BC and the Women's Enterprise Centre. We will have two members of our support team, Max & Vlad also on hand to talk about .TEL and how it can be used for business.
 

The first 250 pre-registered attendees will be entered to win a grand prize valued at over $2500 and receive a swag bag of goodies at the door! 

Learn more about the event and Pre-register here:  http://momincmovement.eventbrite.com

On Saturday, November 5th , Cybele Negris, Webnames' President, will be a speaker at the TEDxCapU.  Cybele's talk will address technology in an event themed: R U READY?, that is all about the impact of change on business.

"The speed of change in Technology, Expectations, Demographics is frustrating, challenging, exciting and resource-consuming! Change also presents OPPORTUNITY.  How are we small and medium sized business owners choosing to embrace change and seize opportunity? How are our actions directly impacting the future of our success?"

These are the questions and ideas that will be addressed by Cybele and a fascinating panel of speakers from diverse areas with two speakers addressing each topic: technology, expectations and demographics.

TED is a non-profit devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading". It started in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.

Created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading," the TEDx (x=independent) program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level.

The content and design of each TEDx event is unique and developed independently, but all TEDx events have several features in common.

•    TED's celebrated format: A suite of short, carefully prepared talks, demonstrations and performances (live, or just TEDTalks videos from TED.com) on a wide range of subjects to foster learning, inspiration and wonder -- and to provoke conversations that matter
•    TEDTalks videos: A minimum of two pre-recorded talks from the acclaimed TEDTalks video series (these talks are available free on TED.com)
•    Bias-free programming: Lack of any commercial, religious or political agenda

Only 100 tickets will be sold for this event.  Come join 384 of Vancouver's movers and shakers, entrepreneurs, business leaders and distinguished guests as they come together to share ideas, uncover possibilities and stretch brains.  The nine incredible speakers will be framed with TED Talks, live music, art and networking.  Thousands more will participate via live streaming, Twitter and website access. 

Tickets can be purchased HERE

Webnames.ca was a proud Communications Sponsor of the 2011 BCNET Conference.The event took place over two days, May 3rd and 4th in Vancouver, BC and was a great success. Webnames.ca Director John Demco was on the Board of Directors of BCNET from 1996-2001, and was in attendance last week and shared a breakdown of the 2011 Conference.
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Here are highlights from a sampling of the many sessions that took place during the Conference:

• The keynote addresses by Steve Dotto on the impact of technology across generations and by Dr. Geordie Rose of D-Wave Systems on existential threats and computing technology were informative, thought-provoking and well executed
  
• Attendees learned about a provincial shared datacentre set up on behalf of the Province of British Columbia for use by public sector and private clients that is now up and running with sites in Kamloops, BC and Calgary, Alberta
• The subject of national and regional advanced networks in Canada and the USA was addressed
  
• Email solutions, both in-house and in the cloud, was a topic of note
  
• Other topics of note included network architecture and design across B.C.'s campuses and shared green datacentre services for B.C.'s research intensive campuses
  

A particularly interesting session was the BCNET Digital Media Challenge, a student competition showing the interaction of digital media with advanced digital infrastructure. Live presentations were judged by a panel of digital media experts using these evaluation criteria: innovation, network utilization, creativity, and presentation and entertainment value. Entries included web-based secure monitoring, adaptive scalable video streaming over HTTP, collection and characterization of BCNET BGP traffic, and Puppetier--a remote control glove. The winning presentation was by Andrew Au of Simon Fraser University on "Veaver - An Interactive Multiview Video System", which can weave together videos captured by multiple cameras at the same scene but from different viewpoints.

You can view some the PowerPoint presentations online at the Conference Website. Live recording of the presentations should also be available soon. The conference was very well organized and continues to be one of the premier Canadian networking conferences. Webnames.ca is delighted to be involved and we look forward to participating in future conferences. 

As media partner for the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA), Webnames.ca would like to congratulate the finalists for the 2011 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs).

Founded in 1994 by the BCTIA the Technology Impact Awards celebrate the successes of the technology industry and the companies, people and innovation that continue to put British Columbia on the map and who serve as role models for others in our province.

The finalists this year represent a broad range of technologies including enterprise, mobile and social media software; power electronics, imaging and microprocessor hardware, including quantum processing; and unique lighting and hybrid Stirling/Thermoacoustic devices.  Their solutions can be found in a number of environments including healthcare, retail, financial services, research labs, telecommunications, green building and power utilities.

The Technology Impact Awards are broken into three groups: Technology Awards, Company Awards, and Personal Recognition Awards.

This year's finalists are:

Excellence in Product Innovation

Alpha Technologies Ltd. http://www.alpha.com  
D-Wave Systems Inc.  http://www.dwavesys.com  
QR Loyalty http://www.qrloyalty.com  
SunCentral Inc. http://www.suncentralinc.com

Best Application of Technology

McKesson Medical Imaging Group http://www.mckesson.com  
Subserveo Inc. http://www.subserveo.com

Most Promising Pre-Commercial Technology

Etalim Inc. http://www.etalim.com  
Secodix Corp. http://www.secodix.com

Most Promising Start-Up

Etalim Inc. http://www.etalim.com  
QR Loyalty http://www.qrloyalty.com  
Xomo Digital http://www.xomodigital.com

Emerging Company of the Year

Clevest Solutions Inc. http://www.clevest.com
QHR Technologies Inc. http://qhrtechnologies.com  
Vivonet Inc. http://www.vivonet.com

Company of the Year

Avigilon http://www.avigilon.com  
PMC-Sierra http://www.pmc-sierra.com  
Tantalus http://www.tantalus.com

Team of the Year

Avigilon http://www.avigilon.com  
SAP Canada http://www.sap.com/canada  
Vision Critical http://visioncritical.com
 

To purchase tickets go to http://www.thetias.com

The BCIC-New Ventures Competition is one of North America's largest technology business-idea competitions. Set up to give early-stage B.C. innovators and entrepreneurs access to technology leaders, business education and the annual $365,000 funding competition.

The registration for this year is now closed; however BCIC has a wonderful New Ventures Seminar Series taking place from April to June.

Complimentary Seminar Passes

Webnames.ca is a proud sponsor of this year's competition and we were lucky enough to receive tickets to give away to our customers. Normal cost for these seminars is $20 each or $100 for the entire series. (Students with a valid ID can attend for free). Scroll down for instructions on how to submit a request to attend for free.

Here is the schedule for the upcoming BCIC-New Ventures Seminal Series:

April 28 - Seminar 3: Market Research and Product Marketing
Speaker: Dave Thomas, Rocket Builders
Networking & Registration: 5:30pm, Seminar: 6:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)

May 5 - Seminar 4: The Business Case
Speaker: Mike Volker, SFU UILO & WUTIF
Networking & Registration: 5:30pm, Seminar: 6:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)

May 19 - Seminar 6: Media Training for Startups
Speaker: Elisha McCallum, Edelman
Networking & Registration: 5:30pm, Seminar: 6:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)

May 26 - Seminar 7: All about Funding: Friends & Family, Angels, VCs
Speakers: Tanner Philp, RBC Phillips, Hager & North
Networking & Registration: 5:30pm, Seminar: 6:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)

June 2 - Seminar 8: Perfecting your Pitch
Speakers: David Shore, Stirling Mercantile & Jonathan Bixby, Strangeloop Networks (tbc)
Networking & Registration: 5:30pm, Seminar: 6:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)

June 9 - Seminar 9: Start at the end: exit strategy
Speaker: Basil Peters, Fundamental Technologies II
Networking & Registration: 5:30pm, Seminar: 6:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)

Want to Attend? - Please email us at marketing@webnames.ca .
There are limited tickets so please email us at least 5 days in advance to secure your spot. Tickets unfortunately cannot be guaranteed.

If you are interested in purchasing tickets for any of the above seminars please CLICK HERE

To learn more about BCIC New Ventures Competition visit www.newventureswestbc.com 

May 3rd and 4th, Western Canada's largest tech conference for higher education is coming to Vancouver's SFU Harbour Centre. This year, over 400 faculty, IT staff and students will converge to discuss innovative and smart ways to use information technology to accelerate teaching, learning and research.

The BCNET Conference 2011 is held over two days, and will feature some of the most knowledgeable people in industry technology.


Some of the keynote speakers at this year's event are:

Dr. Geordie Rose, Quantum Computing Technology Expert
Dr.Rose will talk about Existential Threats and Computing Technology. He is known as a leading advocate for quantum computing and physics-based processor design, and has been invited to speak on these topics in venues ranging from the 2003 TED conference to SC08.






Steve Dotto, Canada's High-Tech Spokesman
Dotto will present Deep Impact - Technology's Relentless March to Change He is the former host and executive producer of Dotto Tech, the "how to" technology show teaching Canadians how to get more out of   their computers and digital devices.
 

                             
Ron Bonig, Research Director, Gartner
Bonig will speak on Riding the Wave of Education Technologies. He is a research director at Garnter, and was previously vice president and chief information officer at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.






Why should you attend this event? Here are the top five reasons:
 

• Make new connections with B.C.'s higher education community including faculty, IT professionals and students

• Learn about best practices

• Discover opportunities to share services and reduce technology duplication

• Engage in panel discussions about a range of information technology topics

• Network, eat great food and have fun!

Webnames is a proud sponsor of this year's event. If you would like to attend, or learn more please visit the website.

Are you attending? Don't forget to contribute to the twitter chatter by using the hashtag: #bcnet11 on all BCNET Conference tweets!

March 24th, 2011 marked the 4th year for YVR Twestival, where Webnames.ca was a proud sponsor.

What is Twestival? Here is a brief history from the Twestival official website:

Twestival® (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good by connecting communities offline on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a fun event. Twestival is the largest global grassroots social media fundraising initiative to date. Since 2009, volunteers have raised close to $1.2 million for 137 nonprofits. All local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects.
Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but work from a local level, it could have a spectacular impact. Over 200 international cities from Buenos Aires to Bangalore, Seattle to Seoul and Hong Kong to Honolulu have participated in Twestival.

This year's Twestival in Vancouver took place at the Vancouver Lookout on Friday March 24th, 2011. The purpose of the night was to raise funds in support of Beauty Night Society, a non-profit Canadian organization that builds self esteem and changes lives of women and youth living in poverty through three streams of programs: wellness, life skills development and makeovers.

The energy at The Vancouver Lookout was wonderful, as everyone was coming together for the great cause. There were many wonderful sponsors for the evening and Mayor Gregor Robertson even stopped in to make a speech and praised the organizers for such a great event.

Webnames was a proud sponsor of the night, supplying .tel cards for all the swag bags handed out at the end of the night to all attendees.




The event was a huge success, raising over $8,000 for Beauty Night! Globally the Twestivals raised over $300,000 for their respective charities! Great job to everyone involved.

Webnames.ca is once again proud to sponsor the annual BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Now in its 11th year, the BCIC-New Ventures Competition is one of North America's largest technology business idea competitions. The Competition attracts applicants from a wide range of industries including cleantech, digital media, Internet, information technology and life sciences.

Entrepreneurs learn how to develop their ideas into a profitable company plus have the opportunity to win more than $360,000 in prizes.

• $130,000 BCIC First Prize

• $70,000 BCIC Second Prize

• $40,000 BCIC Third Prize

• $40,000 BC Hydro Sustainability Prize

• $20,000 BC Bioenergy Network Prize

This year's competition includes three new prizes for Agritech and Social Ventures:

• $15,000 Vancity Social Venture Prize

• $30,000 Agritech Innovation First Prize

• $20,000 Agritech Innovation Second Prize

The competition is open to any BC person, resident or business with a technology-focused idea that has not yet secured significant financing from external investors (i.e. investors other than friends, family and company founders).

Register today and learn what it takes to make your company a success from the program's seminars, speakers and networking opportunities with industry experts.

Check out all the partners and sponsors who make this program possible.

Application deadline: Midnight April 18, 2011. Good luck!
Visit www.newventuresbc.com or follow on Twitter @nvbc for more info.

See past winners
 

As sponsor of the BCIC-New Ventures Regional Competition, everyone at Webnames.ca would like to congratulate the winners of the 2010 competition. Winners are selected by the competition's expert panel of judges, who base their decision on which company has the most potential for success.

$30,000 BCIC First prize: Reef Safe Fish (Victoria, BC)
Recent university graduates and siblings, Ashley and Robert Roulston at Reef Safe Fish have developed a closed loop waste-recycling technology that filters fish waste and then combines it with fertilizer to produce fish food onsite.

$20,000 BCIC Second prize: SideStix Ventures Inc. (Roberts Creek, BC)
As an athlete and amputee, Sarah Doherty and her team at SideStix have revolutionized the common walking crutch for the disabled, developing an ergonomic, shock-absorbing forearm crutch that significantly reduces joint compression and the secondary injuries that often arise from using crutches.

$10,000 BCIC Third prize: MemoryLeaf Media Inc. (Kamloops, BC)
MemoryLeaf's online memorial service, created by Jonathan Bowers whose family runs a local funeral home, lets users create a lasting legacy for their loved ones through photos, videos and stories. The service, arranged through local funeral service providers, also offers professionally developed resources to help answer questions about the grieving process.

Over 100 people attended the awards ceremony in Kelowna on February 24, 2011.

For photos of the event, check out the BCIC-New Ventures' new Facebook page.

For more info click HERE

Once again, I am honoured to participate as a judge for the Small Business BC Successful You Awards for 2011. As a board member of Small Business BC, I'm proud to represent an organization which focuses on providing entrepreneurs and small businesses with resources, services and vital information that help them through their start-up phase and ignites their development and growth.

The Successful You Awards celebrates those companies and entrepreneurs that have demonstrated their success in a variety of areas. Congratulations to the top 5 companies in each of the following categories: Best Concept, Best Green Business, Best Company and Best Employer. I look forward to watching the business pitches in the final round of judging.

Join Small Business BC March 29, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver to find out the winners of each category. The keynote speaker will be Vikram Vij, a BC based entrepreneur and restaurateur who had grown his South Granville restaurant Vij's into a highly recognized brand.

More information and tickets available at http://www.successfulyou.ca/awards-ceremony

And the Finalists Are ...

Best Concept - TOP 5

1.      Raudz Regional Table (Kelowna)
2.      Ugi Fitness Inc. (Vancouver)
3.      Urban Foliage (Burnaby)
4.      Hapi Foods Group Inc. (Sechelt)
5.      Hear at Home Mobile Hearing Clinic Ltd. (North Vancouver)

Best Green Business - TOP 5

1.      Down to Earth Health Shop ( Fort Nelson)
2.      West Coast Helicopters (Port McNeil)
3.      Digitech Renewable Printer Cartridges (Vancouver)
4.      FrogBox Inc. (Vancouver)
5.      Walker Technologies (Courtenay)

Best Company - TOP 5

1.      Appnovation  Technologies Inc.(Vancouver)
2.      Trisko Talent Management Inc.(Vancouver)
3.      Innergy Corporate Yoga  Inc.(Vancouver, Lower Mainland, Kamloops)
4.      Quicktech Computer Consulting Inc. (Vancouver)
5.      Steeples Restaurant (Shawnigan Lake)

Best Employer - TOP 5

1.      CityMax.com (Vancouver)
2.      Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing Ltd. (Cobble Hill)
3.      Bellevue Natural Health Clinic (West Vancouver)
4.      Seeds Natural Food Market (Cumberland)
5.      Tasktop Technologies (Vancouver)

Do you own a .CA domain name? If so, you should know about some of the great initiatives coming out of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) lately.

On February 25, 2011, CIRA will be hosting a national event about the future of the Internet - and you're invited to attend, in person or virtually.

The Canadian Internet Forum (CIF) is an opportunity to discuss, debate and propose directions for the development, deployment and governance of the Internet in Canada.

The national event is the culmination of four months of consultations with Canadians focused on a range of topics related to digital literacy and the digital economy. So far, Canadians have discussed issues of online privacy, how social media is driving the future of the Internet, and access to and the cost of broadband in Canada, among others.

At the CIF you can provide your feedback and opinions about the results of these consultations. There will be opportunity to ask questions, debate and have your opinion heard about the direction the Internet should take in Canada.

There will also be a panel of Canadian experts on hand to discuss and debate the future of the Internet, including:

• Jacob Glick, Canada Policy Counsel, Google
• Dr. Gerri Sinclair, Executive Director, Masters of Digital Media Program at Vancouver's Centre for Digital Media
• Marc Blanchet, Network Engineer, Viagénie
• Jim Roche, President and CEO, CANARIE
  

Canadian technology personality Leonard Brody will give the keynote address.

Following the CIF, there will be a networking reception where attendees can meet other Canadians interested in the development of the Internet

Can't be there in person? Watch the CIF live via webcast in English and French.

Event Agenda:
View an outline of the day's events

Free Registration:
Space is limited so register as soon as possible.  

WebCast Information:
Click here for more information on the webcast and system requirements

Time and Date:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., February 25, 2011. (Lunch provided; reception to follow)

Location:
Brookstreet Hotel, Ottawa, ON

Other CIRA News
 
Don't forget to enter CIRA's .CA Impact Award contest which is on NOW! CIRA is recognizing ".CA websites that make a difference" across four fields: e-learning, small business, not-for-profit and web technology. Up for grabs is a $5000 prize in each category - as well as nationwide publicity for the winning websites. Deadline to enter is March 25, 2011. 

More info - Read the blog.

Thank you to all those who participated, volunteered and came out to Saturday's Canary Derby at Deer Lake Park. With the weather reports calling for rain all week, we didn't know how the event would shape up, but the skies parted and we ended up having gorgeous summer weather for what turned out to be an amazing day of soapbox car racing! 

I would also like to thank our exceptional pit crew Mathieu, Rami, Max, Adrien, Steve and especially to Hannah our fearless driver (bruised spine and all!). That fist up in the air as she crossed the finish line will be etched in my memory forever. Webnames.ca took 3rd place out of 14 teams at the Canary Derby this year, beating out the SFU Mechatronics team, the Telus (built also by Mechatronics) team and Rogers, who had their soapbox car designed and/or built (at least in part) by the local Vancouver Porche dealership. Porche, you may want to think about sponsoring us next year instead!

Our success at the 2010 Canary Derby would not have been possible without all of people supported our fundraising initiatives this year, helping to put our Webnames.ca team at the top of the fundraising category for a 3rd year in a row.  Beating out larger companies like Telus and Rogers, Webnames.ca passed its goal of $15,000 to raise an impressive $16,000 plus for the cause!

Thank you to our generous top donors/supporters: 

Amuse consulting
Borden Ladner Gervais
Canadian Internet Registration Authority
Edigx Conference
E-xact Transactions 
Miles Employment Group
McNeill Nakamoto
October 17 Media
Rami Films

And the Webnames.ca Fundraising team: 

Tamara Brooks
Brenda Cadman
Andre Darche
John Demco
David Hall
Julianna Horvat
Garrett Saundry
Lindsay Smith
Stephen Smith
Adrien Trumpy
Hannah Wise

All of the funds raised go to support the Canary Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the goal of identifying cancer early through a simple blood test and then isolating it with imaging. 

As well, I cannot forget those who stayed behind to lend a hand in breakdown and cleanup. I saw Julianna and Hannah stacking the tires that lined the racecourse and I worked hard with John, Mathieu and some others in putting away the tires and fencing. By the end of the event we were not only exhausted, but also covered in dirt, grime and soon to be nursing sore muscles. 

We were lucky enough to have Rami Films out filming again this year, so be on the lookout for photos and video coming to our Facebook and YouTube pages soon.  Thank you Rami for filming the event and I can't wait to see the great images you were able to capture! 

For those who are interested in the final results and how everyone placed in the various events on the day, here they are:

Canary Style/Obstacle Race: Team Xomo & Big Green placed first with their Top Gun inspired car. The fly boys performed a classic rendition of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling," giving Goose and Maverick a run for their money. Placing second was The Waterboys from Aquatic Informatics with their larger than life aquarium. Team Telus placed third with a great showing of fans and support. 

Canary Speed Category: The Waterboys defended their championship and placed first with a time of 36.26 seconds; Highway to HTML from Work at Play placed second with 38.14 seconds; and a very close third went to Webnames.ca with 38.20 seconds.

Top Fundraiser: That was us! Webnames.ca brought in $16,701 through team fundraising and corporate sponsorship. Telus raised $9,000 thanks to their team fundraising and corporate sponsorship. Aquatic Informatics raised $5,285, raising funds up to the last minute in the parking lot. Great effort all around!

I hope all of you had a wonderful time because we're going to do it again... only bigger and better next year!

 

CONNECT is a conference for early-stage tech entrepreneurs who want the answers to "what's next for my company". 

Join over 800 attendees learning from tech entrepreneurs and mentors who've been there and made it - and be inspired to create your strategy for startup success.

 WHERE: October 12, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West

WHY ATTEND: Uncover the answers to the burning question on every entrepreneur's mind... What's my next step?  Learn what you didn't know straight from the people who've accomplished it.

What you can't afford to miss:

• Keynote address: Lane Merrifield, Co-Founder and General Manager of Club Penguin
  

Made in BC: The inspiring inside story of how an Okanagan startup caught the eye of Disney and the world.

• Case Studies: There are two sides to every story: Hear what worked and what didn't from both the Entrepreneur and the Expert. Topics: Startup Business Strategies, Marketing Strategies, Get Fundable
  
• Lightning Lessons: How I Did It - 5 minutes from 5 startups on HOW they beat the odds. Topics: Partnerships, Funding, Growth Beyond BC
  
• Structured Networking: Sign up to speak directly with 30 of BC's tech leaders, together in one spot.
  
• Great lineup of speakers
  

Purchase your ticket before September 24th and you will be entered to win an iPhone 4 - Powered by PayPal Canada.

Visit www.connectnext.ca for complete program details.

 

Webnames.ca, sponsor of The New Ventures BC Competition, would like to congratulate the top 10 Finalists recently announced for the 2010 competition.

The Top 10 in alphabetical order by company name are as follows:

• Catalyst oneMAR
• EnergyCzar Solutions
• Green Sense Innovations Inc.
• Hiretheworld.com
• Jostle Corporation
• MedVoxel
• Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc.
• Solegear Bioplastics Inc.
• Tingle.com
• Weddingful

These companies will go through Round 4 Oral Presentations on September 9th and 10th followed by a media training workshop on September 15th.

Join NVBC September 23rd at the Awards Ceremony at SFU Segal Centre where $300,000 in prize packages will be awarded.  REGISTER HERE.