Just 4 months ago, Lirom Shimonov, Mirelle Shimonov and Corey Paris opened Who Gives a Schnitz in downtown Guelph. These University of Guelph graduates saw an opportunity in Guelph’s late-night food market and made it their mission to introduce an innovative new restaurant offering the best Schnitzel sandwich in town. I had the pleasure of visiting with them at their downtown location and trying one of their mouth-watering schnitzel sandwiches. If I didn’t give a schnitz before, I definitely give a schnitz now!

Congratulations goes out to Eamonn McGuinty on being selected as the 2015 recipient of the Allison Kane Memorial Entrepreneurial Prize in the amount of $1,000.

Each year, Innovation Guelph nominates a select group of high potential companies for the Innovation Guelph Award, a category at the annual Guelph Awards of Excellence hosted by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce.

Two startups from The Hub Incubator Program, Redtree Robotics and Revel Cider Co, have been nominated for this year’s award!

A U of G student-led team of entrepreneurs placed in the top 10 among 58 post-secondary institutions across Canada in the 2015 Enactus Canada Student Entrepreneur National Competition. The team was also named the National Rookie Champion, an honour that goes to the start-up team whose project helps empower people in their community.

With the support of U of G’s Centre for Business and Student Enterprise (CBaSE), the team pitched their business ideas to a panel of more than 70 judges at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from May 11 to 13.