Grand Barachois (February 25, 2009) – Alexis Belliveau, owner of The Lawn Enforcers and full time student at The Université de Moncton, has been named the 2009 New Brunswick Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champion by national charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship “ACE” and proud program supporter, CIBC.

Since 2007, Alexis, an Administration student, has owned and operated The Lawn Enforcers, a growing law care business that offers mowing (with bag), trimming, blowing and fertilizer.  

Operating Lawn Enforcers has provided Alexis with the opportunity to:

·         Double his profits from his first to second year of operation

·         Service 60 lots- a 15% increase in the second season

·         Learn the importance of business ethics, efficiency and setting realistic goals.

“Entrepreneurship has always triggered my curiosity, which is why I gave myself this challenge at a young age,” says Alexis. “Since then my determination and hard work has enabled The Lawn Enforcers to grow remarkably. I am eager to accelerate this expansion in different directions, especially after obtaining my business degree”.

The regional round of competition will take place at the 2009 ACE Regional Exposition in Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 6^th 2009. Provincial Champions will each present their business to a live panel of business professionals who will decide the two Regional Champions, who will each receive a $1,000 cash prize and move on to the final round of competition taking place at the 2009 ACE National Exposition in Toronto on May 6th, 2009. The National Champion will be named and will receive a $10,000 cash prize and represent Canada at the international level of competition, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, if he or she qualifies.

“Given the changing economy student entrepreneurs are being forced to take on new challenges to ensure their businesses thrive” says Amy Harder, President of ACE. “ACE provides an experience that strengthens and supports student development to create a more sustainable and enterprising Canada.”

For more information about the Student Entrepreneur Competition taking place regionally and nationally in 2009 please visit www.aceexpos.ca.

About ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, ACE is a national charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities through enterprise. Working in partnership with business and higher education, ACE operates a team-based program, Students In Free Enterprise “SIFE” and an individual-based program, Student Entrepreneur. Through these two programs, ACE guides students along the path to becoming the champions that will define the enterprising mission of Canada. For more information about ACE, visit www.acecanada.ca.

Operated by ACE and proudly presented by CIBC, the Student Entrepreneur Program is the only National program to focus solely on full time Canadian post secondary student entrepreneurs. It is a program that strives to enrich participant’s lives through feedback, recognition and networking opportunities.

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For more information, please contact:

Andrea Louden
Coordinator, Communications and Events
ACE (Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship)
416.304.1566 ext 233
1.800.766.8169 ext 233
andrea@acecanada.ca
www.acecanada.ca
www.aceexpos.ca

Alexis Belliveau
Owner- The Lawn Enforcers
506-878-7880
eab3147@umoncton.ca