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!

We were really happy to see our GURU Original  on yesterday’s Dragons’ Den episode on CBC. GURU appeared on the “Handi-Tray” serving tray, conceptualized by Jason Bellissimo of Toronto. Dragons’ Den is a TV show where aspiring entrepreneurs push their business concepts and products to a panel of Canadian business GURUs. We hope that GURU has helped Jason in his pitch! Take a look at the video the following link : http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/videos.html.  At 11:00 minutes, you can see GURU!