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"...Inventive Businesses Praised"

posted by audrey on 01/20/07

Excerpt from the Regina Leader Post; January 20, 2007

Progress2Capital is a competition put on by the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority (RREDA), which has entrepreneurs, inventors and people with ideas to enter the 2007 event.

The top 11 finalists are eligible for prizes and awards. The top two prizes are cash, while other prizes include legal and financial consulting and exposure to the market.

"We tried to make it as close to the real-world experience as we could," said Larry Hiles, CEO of RREDA.

Contestants run a gauntlet of tasks rated by a panel of experts.

The first round is a five-minute proposal to impress judges. Second is a series of tests to refine the business model. Third is a 30-minute presentation to convince judges your business strategy will work.

Hiles said the competition is more than just prize money. It helps refine ideas and provide networking.

The competition was conceived when Hiles realized people had good ideas but couldn't get them off the ground. "You can have a really good invention but you need a solid plan to make the company a success," said Hiles.

Trevor Owen, awarded CAPA Distinguished Canadian Professional Photographer Award

posted by audrey on 07/01/06

Excerpt from Canadian Camera Magazine; Summer, 2006

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“That CAPA Board is proud to announce the selection of five noteworthy Canadian professional photographers from across Canada. CAPA recognizes their accomplishments in photography and service to the photographic community, in particular to CAPA. These five photographers are the first chosen for this honour.”
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As the recipient for the Prairie Zone, Trevor was recognized as a fashion, glamour and commercial photographer who is actively involved in both the Professional Photographers of Canada and the Saskatchewan Professional Photographers Association. He has served as a print judge for the Regina Photo Club and at competitions hosted by the club. He offers workshops and presented at both the 2005 and 2006 National Camera Club Conventions.

Gumtpion Online Services Inc. Runner up in 2006 Progress2Capital Business Planning Competition

posted by audrey on 06/20/06

Excerpt from http://progress2capital.com/finalist.html; June, 2006

The results…
Over 120 interested entrepreneurs…
Over 60 business idea submissions…
11 finalists…
A “prize pool” value of over $100,000…
Hundreds of hours of commitment and mentorship from business leaders…

All working to make great business ideas become reality!

After months of effort - the 11 Finalists in the Progress2Capital Business Planning Competition submitted business plans, pitched their ideas in five minute limo rides and gave 30 minute presentations - in order to convince 6 judges that they have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

At a sold-out breakfast full of business leaders, held just before the kick-off to the Western Canada Farm Progress Show on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - the 14 prizes in the “prize pool” were awarded to 6 runners-up and 1 grand prize winner!

“The competition is really the start of the process for these entrepreneurs – these prizes reward the efforts of the most promising ideas and plans,” said Marty Klyne, MC of the Awards Breakfast. “But we want to ensure that all those who have submitted ideas and plans continue – we all have a stake in working to support maximum success,” says Klyne.

Runners-up included: Gumption Online Services Inc. - Pixelshapers

Trevor Owen, awarded CPA designation

posted by audrey on 05/31/06

Trevor Owen, awarded CPA designation

May 2006, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
37th National Professional Photographers Convention and Print Show

At a gala evening during the Professional Photographers of Canada National Convention, Trevor Owen was awarded his Craftsman of Photographic Arts designation. This national designation criteria involves a combination of achievements earned through his Print Competition entries and credits awarded for service to his industry.

37th National Professional Photographers Convention and Print Show a great success!

posted by audrey on 05/12/06

This year's national convention, "Tides of Change 2006", hosted by PPOC Atlantic, encompassed Print Show Judging, a trade show, social events for networking, a gala awards banquet and some pretty awesome speakers.

Trevor Owen, CPA and Audrey Price, MAS, represented PixelshapersTM at this year's event. As part of its continuing program of Honours and Awards, the Professional Photographers of Canada President, Brent Edwardson, MPA, presented Trevor with his Craftsman of Photographic Arts Award at the Gala.

Creativity, passion, excellence in photography and good business practices were all part of the incredibly valuable speaker's package at the convention. John Beesley of New Brunswick inspired us with his passion of fine art black and white portraits. Internationally renowned photographer and Past President of Professional Photographers of America, Helen Yancy, lead us to unleash our creativity.

Fuzzy and Shirley Duenkel brought both marketing advice and expertise in the area of Senior Portraits. Fuzzy has been the Senior Photographer's International "Photographer of the Year" 4 times and in 2003 was chosen Wisconsin's Photographer of the Year and received the PPA Imaging Excellence Award.

Katheryn Gordon shared her passion for music and photography in an evening concert incorporating her music and her images and Nova Scotia born Sherman Hines, publisher of over 70 photographic books featuring his photographic images, brought advice on what, how and when to shoot. Kevin Kubota, pioneer of the original "Digital Photography Bootcamp", shared the dynamics of Digital imaging.

Francis Litman taught us to profit from our passion for photography and Marcus Bell taught us to Shoot from the Heart to capture realtionships and not just images. Creating your own style was the theme of Judy Hosts' presentation. Judy speicalizes in photographing children.

Bambi Cantrell's 20 years of industry techniques that have kept her at the top of the wedding industry we shared with us in a high energy, fast paced program.

Kristian Bogner inspired us to strive for ultimate perfection in mind, soul and images. Martin Flewwelling showed us how to bridge the gap between the business of photography and the joy and love of image capture.

Mark Till wrapped up the convention with advice and inspiration on operating our photography business both with passion amd with profitably.

Congratualtions to everyone at PPOC Atlantic on a great job well done!

Trevor Owen, CPA, becomes PPOC Affiliate Juror

posted by audrey on 05/12/06

As part of the PPOC National Convention, Trevor Owen, CPA, attended and successfully completed the Accreditation and Judges Training and now qualifies as an Affiliate Juror within the organization. Congratulations Trevor. Your passion for the industry and desire to share your knowledge and experience with current and new photographers makes you a tremendous asset to your organization.

Pixelshapers loads up on speed

posted by admin on 11/11/04

PixelshapersTM application is delivered on a 100Mbps, 3 line, Tier 1 redundant feed. Users can rest assured that the data is streamed as fast as your internet connection will download.

Our network carries packets with an average Network Latency over a one month period of less than 100 milliseconds. Aggregated Network Latency is measured on an ongoing basis by monitoring round-trip times between the network backbone routers. Our Network has an average monthly Packet delivery rate of 99.5%.