Christine Lu, Ontario Office President and Paul Maxwell, 2009 Impact Arts Entrepreneur of the Year will be live on daytime, Rogers TV most popular lifestyle program, in Waterloo on  Monday January 25th at 11a.m. on cable 20.

Christine and Paul will be discussing the recent success of the “2009 Impact National Conference” and Impact’s new project “I Am My Ambition” with hosts Susan Cook-Scheerer and Jay Chagnon.

Be sure to tune in!

daytime –  it’s your daily dose of what’s happening in and around Waterloo Region.

For more information, please visit: www.rogerstv.com

2008 Waterloo HackU winner Addy Cameron-Huff (in red shirt) is also the winner of the 2009 Yahoo HackU finals in New York City. Photo: Rasmus Lerdorf

As many already know, Impact Connect and Yahoo! had ran the Hack U competition at the University of Waterloo in both 2008 and 2009.  For those who don’t know, HackU is a week-long coding festival challenging the  brightest of the University of Waterloo’s programming community.  The HackU competition is held across Canada and the U.S. and challenges students to develop a web application that solves a problem in 24 hours or less.

In the 2008 HackU competition run by Impact Connect, Waterloo graduate Addy Cameron-Huff won with his application that tracks speeches made by Canadian politicians, allowing constituents to follow the progress of their MPs.

One year later, Cameron-Huff moved on to the HackU finals held in New York City, competing against teams from universities such as Berkeley, Cornell, and the University of Washington. Approximately 40 teams had just two minutes to present their hack.

In New York, Cameron-Huff blew away his competition with his application that sent out instant alerts about insider trades for various stocks.

With these key victories, Impact Connect is proud to have helped Mr. Cameron-Huff on his path to success.

EDIT:  Thanks to Addy Cameron-Huff for posting the link to his presentation!  You can watch it here.

Are you or do you wish to become an entrepreneur? Do you have ideas, business plans and goals which you would like to share with the world? Would you like to network with international firms and fund managers?

 If you answered yes to following questions, TiEQuest is ready to offer you an opportunity to present your ventures to professionals who are willing to turn your dreams into a reality.

So what is TiEQuest and how do I get involved?

TiEQuest is an annual business venture competition held in Toronto to encourage entrepreneurship, engage emerging entrepreneurial talent and to foster the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Founded in 2005, the mission of TiEQuest is to connect entrepreneurs with angel investors, venture capitalists and fund managers.

TiEQuest attracts over 200 entrepreneurs every year. The contestants include existing and emerging entrepreneurs, patent holders and/or applicants, university students and alumni across North America. Contestants are expected to come from business schools, life sciences, engineering and technology departments of various universities in Ontario, Entrepreneur Assistance programs of the Ontario Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Board of Trade, Business Development Bank of Canada and Export Development Corporation.

TiEQuest offers over $150,000 in prizes to the winners. To encourage participation of youth, TiEQuest offers the New Entrepreneur Prize of $5,000 to the best student team. In addition the top teams also have an opportunity to win up to $1,000,000 investment from sponsors.

TiEQuest has over 25 success stories, where the contestants were able to take their business idea to successful enterprises, which have obtained financing, signed partnerships, acquired customers and generated revenues. The contestants see value in participating in the competition as it offers networking opportunities with leading entrepreneurs and investors, recognition with investment, legal and accounting firms, opportunity to practice the process of pitching their venture to investors and opportunity to turn an innovative idea into a real business.

If you are interested in participating, submit your business ideas (your idea must be original!) at www.tiequest.org. Please register by January 31^st, 2010.

TiEQuest is organized by TiE Toronto, a chapter of global, not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs and professionals dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship.

For more information, visit www.tiequest.org

Good luck to all of those who enter!

If you are a student at the University of Waterloo, or happen to be passing by in town tomorrow on January 14th, you need to make sure to come and check out the Impact booth! We will be there to share our story, answer any questions you may have, and tell you more about how to join and get involved!

DETAILS

Date: Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Time: 9am – 4pm

Where: Great Hall, Student Life Centre @ University of Waterloo

Why: To meet our execs & chance to win some cool Impact Swag!

Make sure to follow us on @ImpactOrg and our Facebook Fan Page tomorrow as we will be periodically giving out prizes. We can’t wait to see you all there!

Cheers,

2010 Impact team

There are only three days left to enter the 25@25 Video Contest by the Asia Pacific Foundation for a chance to win $5000!

The 25@25: Canada’s Future with Asia contest asks young Canadians (18-35) what they think belongs on their list of 25 issues connect Canada with Asia. Entries may be created and submitted by individuals or groups of up to four people.

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2009.

 To find out more about 25@25, click here.