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12 stouffville suntribune h thursday june 23 2005 get hard work lesson by patrick mangion staff writer for nicole silverberg the pool wasnt a place to relax it was hard work but it paid off with a 500 second prize in the business plan challenge for her company pools with pizzazz it was so much harder than i thought it would be the grade 11 student said of the business that earned her an a in teacher gay eastmans class at langstaff secondary school earlier this year she came to realize a standard 40- hour work week wouldnt suffice if she were to actuallyistart her own business ifs a lot harder than it looks nicole said it was a lesson learned by senior high school business students from vaughan richmond hill and the north end of the region in the inaugural contest designed by several of york regions local business enterprise centres students were invited to submit a business plan outlining all facets of run ning a business the entries included everything from c hajtiueng f wjh n ers tiochaharbaghi 1000- langstaff ss- nicole silverberg 500 langstaff ss yanriasterlin 250 langstaff ss lucky saracenq 1000 st joan of arc catholic high school lyiaciej makowski 500 st joan ofarc ghs vanessa sturino250 st joan of arc chs david wilkings 1000 pickering college jengautiefand katy cdnigan 500 pickering college michael swift 250 king city secondary school pet grooming to internet web hosting solutions and exotic sports car training participants spent about a month working on cash flow market share and other key business principles they gathered at a richmond hill hotel last thursday to learn who has what it takes to make it in the often cruel and unforgiving realm of business local business leaders decided who would win with the three 1000 top prizes the competition brought out the best in the regions students exceeding the expectations of judges and event organ izers said michael disanoj coordinator of the richmond hill small business enterprise centre these are people who have been in the game for a long time and they were very impressed mr disano said several students enrolled in langstaffs international business class captured the judges imagination while many of the students in ms eastmans grade 12 class excelled in the creativity and marketing departments financials such as cash flow and fore- casting proved more daunting for some its a more authentic form of learn ing theres book knowledge but employers want experience ms eastman said langstaff students started work on the project in april and followed the cri teria set by organizers over three weeks the challenge was a perfect fit for grade 12 student tio chaharbaghi who is attending queens universitys com merce program this fall business roots in his family run deep and the 17yearold was running a web hosting business before entering the challenge i had past experience and used the business challenge to build on it the aspiring chief financial officer said now theres more mart niestertt pfe bonnie stern is back with more heartsmart recipes theyre nutritious and delicious available at your local heart and stroke foundation office heart and stroke foundation of ontario this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sun white pine by aj casson warehouse expansion sale most pieces half pkice 10 days only june 23july 2 open everyday except sunday sat wed 10am 5pm thurs fri 10am 7pm 60 bullock drive markham 9052941104 1 a message from the war amps safety is no accident so playsafe for more information call 18002503030 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sunsuntribune if i 29 laidlaw blvd at bullock 90520 1 0083