Summer Company Success Stories

My name is Hannah Moore and I am a fifteen-year-old modern Electric Violinist. I play a wide variety of upbeat music; from Pop, EDM, Dubstep to Rock, there is something for everyone! I play at weddings, galas & events, markets, festivals and more. My music is for people of all ages but still enjoyable for…

Hi I’m Megan!  I will be running a math tutoring business this summer called “Math with Megan”.  I am an honors French immersion student with exceptional math marks all in the 90’s.  I have experience as a peer tutor with recommendations from teachers. I understand the importance of having a solid math foundation.  Students with…

Being hardworking, ambitious and result focused drives my passion for this business to become a future career. I am attending the University of Ontario Institute of Technology to fulfill my Bachelor’s Degree in the Business Commerce program while majoring in Finance. Before attending UOIT I completed a Marketing Diploma at Durham College, with the sole…

Summer Company was the best thing to happen to my business! Working with Summer Company helped me advance my idea into a full blown working career. I turned my love of beekeeping into a business that sells local raw honey and also helps to educate the public about bees. This program taught me many skills…

Summer company was a huge stepping stone for my business this year. Starting out, I got great advice on many different things, and most importantly how to improve my business. Looking back to the start of the program I was charging $50 for a custom doll. At this point, I am now charging $400. I…

The growth of Aerial services over the last 4 years has been on a rise and could not be ignored as a service that will grow and revolutionize several different industries. I am Justin Le Blanc and I started an Aerial Services company called SkyHi. At SkyHi we aim to empower clients with drone technology.…

The summer company experience has been very beneficial in developing my entrepreneurial skills. Before I began the summer company program I was very nervous and afraid to start my own company. Many of my friends told me that starting a company is very risky and should be avoided. However, I took the courage to apply…

With help from BACD’s Summer Company program I was able to start my own swimming lessons business called “Garrett’s Swim Crew”. I had a very successful summer and was able to teach over 50 different swimmers. The first week of summer was fairly busy but I was not even close to having enough clients for…

I was really nervous to start my own business and didn’t have any money to risk in the first place. The summer company program provided me with the opportunity to try out the business I am passionate about and excel in it without risking money by taking a loan. I was able to run my…

My name is Nicolas and I was a participant in the Summer Company program of the BACD. I started my own lawn cutting business called Nico’s Lawn Cutting. The experience was great, I was assigned a mentor which was great because whenever I needed help with something or advice I could turn to him and…

Throughout this summer I taught swimming lessons to both children and adults inside my town and in addition to swimming lessons I also ran water aerobics classes for the adults. Summer Company provided me the means to fund the business so that I can offer this service to an area that otherwise would not have…

I wanted to start a summer company in order to build my resume and learn from the challenges that came from this venture. Through the summer there were many ups and downs and I quickly learned how much work is required to be successful. With a lot of other things on my plate it was…