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This year, the emerging artists’ 2^nd stage is sponsored by GURU Energy Drink!

Again this year, GURU Energy Drink is proud to participate at Montreal’s Piknic Electronik. For this edition, the company has chosen to encourage emerging artists by putting its name on the second stage of the renowned festival. A Piknic Electronik sponsor since its inception, GURU Energy Drink is pushing its commitment even further and stating its desire to provide visibility to the next generation of electronic musicians!

The eponymous stage

The GURU stage will host primarily Canadian emerging artists such as Recife, Footprintz, LOL Boys, Romeo Kardec, Simon Called Peter, Farmelik and Math Rosen. The diverse programming on this second stage perfectly complements the main stage program, which features many enormously talented international artists. “I am impressed to see all these talented people and I believe we must encourage them to realize their dreams. GURU Energy Drink would have never been created if we had not believed, so it’s our turn to help these artists become true Gurus in their endeavours,” says Raymond Jolicoeur, co-founder of GURU Energy Drink. Several artists who have performed on the second stage at Piknic Electronik are now universally recognized.

The Business Creation prize for the Montreal region in the Québec Entrepreneurship Contest (QEC) for was awarded at the Botanical Gardens yesterday. Raymond Jolicoeur, co-founder of GURU Energy Drinks and honorary chairman of the event, was delighted to present the $2,500 GURU Entrepreneur Grand Prize to Marie-Eve Ducharme and Olivier Daigle, founders of Nüvü Cameras.  Already revolutionizing the scientific community in astronomy, this young company started in April 2010 and is preparing to break into the field of biomedicine in pharmaceutical and cancer research. GURU is proud to contribute to the success of Nüvü Cameras, a promising enterprise that is sure to advance Quebec technology!

Nüvü Cameras: the GURU of the scientific world

Nüvü Cameras, a young Montreal-based company, works in the design of scientific cameras renowned as the most sensitive in the world. This is a unique product that easily integrates with current systems to explore territories that have never been observed before. The results have attracted space agencies from around the world. In addition, in August 2010, Nüvü Cameras introduced its camera to the biomedical industry. Raymond Jolicoeur believes that the founders of this company are “gurus” in their community and deserve this award. “A GURU is a person who has a constant desire to learn, to excel and to make a difference through innovative ideas. We believe that young entrepreneurs can and should seize this opportunity to also become leaders in their field,” said Raymond Jolicoeur, co-founder of GURU Energy Drinks.

A contest filled with exciting projects

Since its inception, the QEC has seen thousands of new businesses founded across the province. Many graduates and young entrepreneurs have successfully met the challenge and overcome the many obstacles of starting a business, and are now successful. Raymond Jolicoeur is also one of those who benefited from the entrepreneurial startup service of the SAJE, the coordinator of the QEC. Because he now heads a thriving business, Raymond wants to share his experience and knowledge with the participants of the 13th edition of the QEC. This year, 17 regional winners were named and, next June, one winner will earn the national  prize. The GURU Energy Drinks team wishes all the best to the participants and is proud to help build the Quebec of tomorrow!