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Launch 2012 5 mentors 2014 10 mentors 180 clients 37 jobs 2015 15 mentors 1,295 clients 750 jobs 2019 The Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre (HBEC) has come a long way since an initial investment by Henry and Esther Bernick in 2012. Since 2014, HBEC has supported more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, and its client companies have generated more than $19 million in revenue. HENRY BERNICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE • Henry and Esther Bernick create endowment for Georgian College to launch the Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre (HBEC) • John Pickard hired as first executive director, HBEC • Five mentors begin with the centre • Georgian Detailing becomes first recipient of the Henry Bernick SEED Fund • First startup weekend hosted • Peter Moore Changemaker Space launched • Inaugural Barrie Business Week, sponsored by HBEC • exC!te Week is launched with pitch competitions at three campuses • Shelby Taylor, founder of Chickapea Pasta becomes first ExC!te Pitch Competition winner • First Kauffman Workshop offered: Listening to Your Business • Ecosystem tours • Kauffman New Venture launched • First Startup Hackathon hosted • Entrepreneurial Mindset workshops hosted • eCo-op is launched • exC!te Pitch competitions • First HBEC Medal event hosted • The Henry Bernick Cane award given • HBEC wins 2 UBI Global awards • HBEC wins Mayor's Innovation Award • Xcelerate Summit sells out • Further Faster program launches • exC!te Pitch competitions • 7,500 youth engaged • Peter B. Moore Advanced Technology Centre opens • exC!te Pitch competitions • XcelerateHER launches • Patricia DiChiara of Luisella awarded Entrepreneur of the Year • Jamie Doran hired as Executive Director, Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship • GreenHACK hosted • Georgian College receives Ashoka designation • 12,000 youth supported • Warren Patterson of LinkGreen awarded Entrepreneur of the Year • Xcelerate Summit launched • Fund50 launched 10 mentors 380 clients 210 jobs 2016 13 mentors 920 clients 637 jobs 2018 11 mentors 620 clients 497 jobs 2017 13 GEORGIANVIEW 2019-20 WINTER ENTREPRENEURSHIP