TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 06/29/16 — TELUS (TSX: T)(NYSE: TU) today announced the five finalists in this year–s Small Business Challenge. Now in its sixth year, the Small Business Challenge, a partnership with The Globe and Mail, is the annual contest that showcases Canada–s brightest entrepreneurs and helps the winner overcome their biggest challenges with a $100,000 grand prize.
In addition to the grand prize, this year more than $50,000 in new prizing will be made available to winners in additional categories as well.
“The organizations participating in The Small Business Challenge continue to demonstrate that the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship is flourishing in Canada,” said Suzanne Trusdale, TELUS– vice-president of Small Business Solutions. “This year–s finalists exemplify the incredible opportunities small businesses can create for Canada; they are all in very early stages and have tremendous potential for growth. This could be one of our most exciting contests yet.”
This year–s finalists are:
It–s not just the grand prize winner who wins big this year – more than 60 businesses will receive cash, technology, marketing services and/or coverage in The Globe and Mail to help build brand awareness and attract new customers and investors.
In addition to the $100,000 grand prize winner:
The five finalists will present their business challenges and pitch their plans for leveraging the $100,000 to an expert panel of judges at TELUS House in Toronto this morning and the companies will be profiled by The Globe and Mail this summer.
The grand prize winner will be announced on September 21. Following this, the Most Promising Start-Ups will be announced on September 28, and 10 regional awards will be given out during Small Business Month in October.
For full contest details, please visit .
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T)(NYSE: TU) is Canada–s fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $12.6 billion of annual revenue and 12.4 million subscriber connections, including 8.4 million wireless subscribers, 1.4 million residential network access lines, 1.6 million high-speed Internet subscribers and 1.0 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video, and is Canada–s largest healthcare IT provider.
In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $440 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 6.8 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Created in 2005 by President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS– 11 Canadian community boards and 4 International boards have led the Company–s support of grassroots charities and have contributed more than $54 million in support of over 4,900 local charitable projects, enriching the lives of more than 2 million children and youth, annually. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.
For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.
Contacts:
Ryan Bazeley
TELUS Media Relations
604-230-3268
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