I am my Ambition
Kunal Gupta, Founder of Impact Entrepreneurship Group & now CEO of Polar Mobile, talks about the benefits of starting your own company now.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009
One Week. Purely entrepreneurship. Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide movement that engages millions of young people on the idea of entrepreneurship while inspiring them to think big, achieve their mark, and ultimately turn their very own entrepreneurial ideas into reality!
Global Entrepreneurship Week through its local, national and global activities connects young people with networks from around the world with prominent business leaders, government officials and local entrepreneurs, and aids to explore the potential for each individual as innovators and self-starters.
The next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders will emerge and you will be at the forefront for making an impact in their lives just by getting involved. Impact is proud to be a national partner with Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada. Take part in our exhibition by sharing your personal stories, and meet the most ambitious and brightest youth from across Canada who all share a common goal – become entrepreneurs. Join in the global movement.
In the News
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Micro-lending at Metro State
Denver Daily
July 9th, 2009Micro-lending has become a new trend among higher-education institutions, according to Jackowski. The program allows educational facilities to provide financing for community and student start-ups.
Alex Shipillo, who runs the Impact Entrepreneurship Group, said micro-lending is a great way to encourage entrepreneurship.
“I think it’s really important because this is the first recession that we’re facing in our generation and the most successful companies are the ones that are the most entrepreneurial,” he said. “I think that’s why we’re seeing in the last year or so a huge rise of people who are starting their own ventures, and I think that teaching that as young as possible is important.”
The loans from the Center for Innovation and RMMFI will range from $250-$1,000 and be distributed once a quarter. The loans will be for six months and have 9-percent interest rate.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alex Shipillo Named Top 20 Under 20
Globe and Mail
June 3rd, 2009Through Impact, Alex also developed the Microcredit Competition (http://microcredit.impact.org), which provides teams of high-school students from across Canada with a $100 loan and one week to generate as much revenue as possible for a charity of their choice. In 2008, it raised $15,000 through 35 schools; next year, Alex is hoping 500 schools will participate.
“It’s very inspiring for students to know that they’re capable of taking an idea and turning it into reality,” says Alex, who has just finished his third year studying sciences at UBC and hopes to start his own business one day. “Youth engagement is about more than just learning at school,” he says. “It’s about supporting and inspiring them.”
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BC, Saskatchewan and Ontario teams Win Top Awards at the Impact Microcredit Competition
April 28th, 2009Vancouver, BC – Students from Walter Murray Collegiate Institute in Saskatoon are winners of the Studentawards.com National Champion award in the Impact Microcredit 2009 competition, a youth entrepreneurship competition organized by the Impact Entrepreneurship Group and sponsored by Studentawards Inc. The team made over $2400 in one week by selling advertising on ecologically friendly shopping bags that were then distributed to local businesses. Two other teams across Canada garnered top recognition in the competition. Killarney Secondary in Vancouver, British Columbia won the BC Innovation Council Award while Bowmanville High School in Bowmanville, Ontario won the Encounters with Canada Business and Entrepreneurship Award. All teams started with only $100 in seed funding.
