{"id":6228,"date":"2014-12-09T12:12:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2014-12-09T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T17:12:09","slug":"17th-edition-of-quebec-entrepreneurship-contest-launched-apply-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/news\/17th-edition-of-quebec-entrepreneurship-contest-launched-apply-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The 17th edition of the Qu\u00e9bec Entrepreneurship Contest is launched. Apply now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1435 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/BandeauCQE-Lanaudiere-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"CQE Lanaudi\u00e8re banner\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entreprenez.qc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register online by March 16, 2015<\/a> in the business creation or student entrepreneurship category.<br \/>\n<em><strong>700,000 $ in prizes, including 25,000 $ to be awarded in the Lanaudi\u00e8re region.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In Lanaudi\u00e8re, the success of the entrepreneurial adventure is the fruit of collaboration between the region's educational institutions and socio-economic organizations. The regional committee of the Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest is made up of members from the Centres locaux de d\u00e9veloppement (CLD), Soci\u00e9t\u00e9s d'aide au d\u00e9veloppement de la collectivit\u00e9 (SADC), Carrefours jeunesse-emploi (CJE), Coop\u00e9rative de d\u00e9veloppement r\u00e9gional de Lanaudi\u00e8re (CDRL), Commission scolaire des Affluents and Commission scolaire des Samares.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The shutter <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.concours-entrepreneur.org\/fr\/creation-entreprise\/reglementation\/admissibilite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starting a business<\/a><\/strong> is for people aged 18 and over who have a business project and are in the early stages of realizing it. Business projects must not have generated sales revenue before January 1.<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">er<\/span><\/sup> April 2014, and in the case of a business creation project, the start-up date must be no later than December 31, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The shutter <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.concours-entrepreneur.org\/fr\/entrepreneuriat-etudiant\/reglementation\/admissibilite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student entrepreneurship<\/a><\/strong> calls on young people from primary school to university who have carried out and completed school or extracurricular entrepreneurial projects during the year (June 2014 to June 2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The category\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entreprenez.qc.ca\/formtransfert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Company transfer <\/a><\/strong>is aimed at companies in the Lanaudi\u00e8re region that have undergone a continuous change of ownership between January 1, 2014 and March 16, 2015;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.concours-entrepreneur.org\/fr\/inscription\/re\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Participants between 1998 and 2009, find out more about R\u00c9USSITE INC.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>This prize is open to entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial teams who have submitted entries to the Qu\u00e9bec Entrepreneurship Contest in its first 11 editions (from the 1st to the 2nd).<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">re<\/span><\/sup> 1998-1999 edition to 11<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">e<\/span><\/sup> 2008-2009 edition). By re-entering the competition, these individuals present themselves as inspiring examples and role models for others to follow. The aim of this award is to provide recognition and an extra boost to help companies go further.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>17 regional prizes of 10,000 $ each<br \/>\nA national grand prize of 25,000 $<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Communiqu---CQEL2015-lancement-FINAL.pdf\">Press release announcing the launch of the 17th edition of the Qu\u00e9bec Entrepreneurship Contest <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\"Have the courage to change the world!\"<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Dominique Brown, Honorary President of the Qu\u00e9bec Entrepreneurship Contest<br \/>\n<\/strong>\"Have the courage to change the world\" is the invitation issued by Dominique Brown, Honorary Chairman of the 17<sup>e<\/sup> edition of the Qu\u00e9bec Entrepreneurship Contest presented by Desjardins.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm proud to be associated with the Qu\u00e9bec Entrepreneurship Contest, which encourages start-ups and entrepreneurial initiatives in schools. I'm convinced that the desire and pleasure of entrepreneurship are already being developed at school. At the age of 11, I told my parents that I was going to become an entrepreneur, and six years later I founded my first company. I invite everyone with a dream to make it a reality, to take action and enter the Contest!\" says Dominique Brown, an inspiring entrepreneur whose leadership, innovation and social involvement have earned him over 30 awards. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.concours-entrepreneur.org\/fr\/inscription\/ee\">View the invitation to young people <\/a>by Dominique Brown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&#038;v=cXVvZxbQTZE\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&#038;v=cXVvZxbQTZE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-12-COMMUNIQUE-presidence-dhonneur--CQE-VF.pdf\">Read the full press release: Honorary President of the 2015 Qu\u00e9bec Entrepreneurship Contest<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register online by March 16, 2015 in the business creation or student entrepreneurship category. 700,000 $ in prizes, including 25,000 $ to be awarded in the Lanaudi\u00e8re region. 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