As a past winner of the competition, Nancy Savard has agreed, out of gratitude and solidarity, to chair the 8th Concours Québécois en Entrepreneuriat de la Région de la Capitale Nationale ( the Quebec Entrepreneurship Competition for the National Capital Region).

“Cultural entrepreneurship is highly demanding,” Savard observed. “It demands faith in your business project, an ability to assemble a strong team, and an understanding of how to communicate that faith to partners with energy, conviction and tenacity so you can lay your company’s foundations. Winning a competition is always grounds for celebration. Recognition from experienced businessmen and women motivates new entrepreneurs. What’s more, indirect benefits from the prize allow further breakthroughs when a company is starting up. Our company, 10th Ave, received a grant from BCF allowing us to improve the legal standing of our projects. A trip offered by the Office Franco-Québécois Pour la Jeunesse facilitated market analysis we conducted in France. The advice and services offered by Ms Dominique Lavoie and the team at the former CLD in Ste-Foy were an enormous help when 10th Ave Productions was learning to stand on its own two feet.”

10th Ave Productions Inc. specializes in the television and film production of animated films and televised documentary material