Finally, there’s a radio morning show dedicated to the challenges and success facing Canadian entrepreneurs. “The Entrepreneur Hour” will both motivate and inspire you.

On Sunday January 31st at 10:15 a.m., Christine Lu, Impact’s Ontario Office President, will be featured on “The Entrepreneur Hour” with host Steve Stunt on CP24 Radio 1050. Christine will be discussing Impact’s goal to create the next generation of entrepreneurs realize their true potential. Impact connects people, knowledge and ideas and provides inspiration to leaders at every stage of their development. Due to the current economic environment, entrepreneurship in Canada needs to be encouraged at the youth level to foster innovation.

“The Entrepreneur Hour” is an informative weekly one hour radio show. Host Steve Stunt presents a wide range of topics relevant to the challenges of small business owners as well as interviews with outstanding Canadian entrepreneurs.

Throughout his diverse career, Steve has been a teacher and mentor to countless entrepreneurs, helping hundreds of small business owners get started. In addition to 20 years of teaching experience, Steve was a founding board member of Small Business Club Niagara, as well as a founder of the Niagara Entrepreneurship Awards. He has also been a judge in the Provincial Business plan competitions for the Ministry of Small business and sits on the loan committee for the Canadian Youth Business Foundation.

For more information on “The Entrepreneur Hour”, please visit: www.theehour.com

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

The League of Kickass Under 30 is a social network for young leaders and influencers that are the future of their industry. These young leaders and influencers are bright, ambitious, charismatic and dedicated to sharing the entrepreneurial spirit with young Canadians. Three of Canada’s next great entrepreneurs will gather for one night only to speak of their stories of success and challenges they each faced among their small businesses and non-organizations such as Impact! They will also inform us on what has inspired them and the importance of networking.

As 2009 is coming to a close, let’s celebrate with our peers, beers and some information on your career as “The League of Kickass Under 30″ presents “The Official LOKU30 Beer Up!” featuring Impact’s Director of Communications, Christine Lu, as one of the panelists.

When: December 10th
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
Where: Scotland Yard, 56 The Esplanade, Toronto
Tickets are only $10!

Speakers:

Julie Tyios
Marketing & Community Manager at Vestiigo, Director of Strategic Growth and Contributor at Community Marketing Blog, CEO at Red Juice Media

Christine Lu
Social Media Marketing Analyst at SpeechBobble Inc., Director of Communications at Impact Entrepreneurship Group

Cassandra Jowett
Editor, TalentEgg Publications at TalentEgg Inc.

For more information, please visit: http://leagueofkickassunder30beerup.eventbrite.com/

Follow all the buzz surrounding this event on Twitter! Official hashtag is: #beerup

What is it like to be able to share your thoughts and ideas with thousands of people via a video show? Fantastic, as in the opinion of the three of us Impact members who had the opportunity to join Mark Franklin, the host of Career Buzz on CIUT 89.5 FM last week on Friday, October 30th, 2009. During the one-hour show targeted at university students, graduates, and well as other people interested in seeking career opportunities, we were engaged in a fun and informative talk mainly about youth entrepreneurship and how our experience on the Impact Entrepreneurship Group has influenced where we are today in our academic life and our career paths.

The show featured Christine Lu, the director of Impact’s communications team, Aditya Shah, an Impact alumni who has successfully started his entrepreneurial venture, and Yue Liu, a past Impact Microcredit Competition participant and a current Impact member, as well as Herky Cutler, the youth career correspondence of CareerCycles based in Alberta. The conversation flowed from general career and academic choices and paths chosen by the Impact members to how Impact has had a positive impact on the not only the lives of Impacters, but also thousands of youth across Canada. The entrepreneurial spirit promoted by Impact is fully demonstrated by the three interviewees as they carry out different innovative ventures in their extracurricular activities and career adventures. As university students and graduates, we have truly received a lot from Impact, among which the most important would be the vision and confidence to look at the alternative path of entrepreneurship as supposed to finding a corporate job, and to have the ability to carry out your passion and to realize your dream. Relating to the current economic downturn, we reached the conclusion that now would be the best time for young people to take a serious look at all their career alternatives, including starting a business in an area of their expertise and passion. While starting a business might not be your interest, a passion for entrepreneurial pursuits and innovations would still be necessary for today’s youth to stand out of the crowd and to really utilize their resources in accomplishing something valuable both to them and to the society.

And that is where Impact comes into play – to promote entrepreneurial spirit and leadership among Canadian youth, by hosting events and competitions, providing services, and spreading the news such as by having an enjoyable chat on the radio show. Please join us in appreciating youth entrepreneurship on Career Buzz, and see how entrepreneurship plays an important role in your career path! Photos to come soon!