Media Release

For Immediate Release

March 10, 2008

Look out Canada, this student means business

Brad LeBlanc is set to set to show Canada his talent as an entrepreneur.

This past weekend, the 19 year-old student from Moncton, New Brunswick won the 2008 Student Entrepreneur Championship that was hosted by national charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE). The regional competition attracted over 150 business students.

The big win means he will represent Atlantic Canada at ACE’s National Student Entrepreneur Competition that will be held in Toronto, ON from May 12 to 14.

The winner of this competition will receive $10,000.00.

"The competition this past weekend attracted a number of extremely talented young entrepreneurs,” said LeBlanc, who is a first year student in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University. “I was honored to be competing with such amazing young people. To win was truly extraordinary.”

"I look forward to representing Atlantic Canada at the national exposition in May.”

He indicates that he could not have accomplished the win this past weekend without the unending support of his friends, family, and mentors.

He is now gearing up to compete against the cream of the crop in Toronto.

"I will be competing against five student entrepreneurs in Toronto and I have no doubt this will be the biggest challenge yet,” he explains. “A good entrepreneur is able to turn challenges into opportunities and opportunities into victories. I will do my very best to do just that."

Brad LeBlanc is the owner of Engaging Entertainment, a company he has owned since 1999. That’s right he has owned his own business since the age of 10.

Students, faculty and staff on campus have nicknamed him the Donald Trump, with red hair of course.

Engaging Entertainment is an entertainment solution company with services available across Atlantic Canada. Major services include event management, live entertainment, DJ services, event production, strategic marketing and more. The company provides services to individuals, non-profit groups, government institutions, and corporations.

Operating Engaging Entertainment has provided him with the opportunity to increase his sales by over 400% in one year, hire four employees, as well as being selected as one of the “Top 20 Leaders of Tomorrow” by Atlantic Business Magazine.

Founded in the mid-1980s, ACE is a national charitable not-for-profit organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities.

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For More Information:

Paul Fitzgerald
Public Affairs Officer
Saint Mary's University, Public Affairs
(902) 420.5514
E-mail: paul.fitzgerald@smu.ca
www.smu.ca