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Page THE HERALD Wednesday October 1990 Business Elliot Lake resident wins entrepreneur award TORONTO Robert A Jackson the year old owner of The Glass Place in Elliot Lake has won the Young Entrepreneur Award Jackson was selected from candidates who were nominated for the Ontario award which is open to entrepreneurs 29 years of age or less Candidates were judged on innovation operating success and community involve Twelve awards are presented annually by the Federal Business Development Bank one per province and The Glass Place was launched in 1987 when Robert Jackson and his brother Scott purchased a glass shop in Elliot Lake Shortly thereafter Jackson was proached by the minister of his church who asked if it was to manufacture a glass pulpit The attempt produced a five sided glass pulpit complete with a in front Based on the favourable of the local congregation Jackson felt there might be a market for his product An ad placed a chnstian magazine proved his hunch right The response to this trulv original product was enormous The Jacksons increased sales from to in their first year of business and the next year that figure rose to 000 Sales this year are down to about The has received inquiries from churches as far as Japan New Zealand and Africa Robert is the driving force behind the company He is responsible for estimating marketing personnel manage ment and product development He designs magazine lay outs and marketing brochures and has developed the company business plan Jackson attributes much of the success of The Glass Place to his familiarity with the glass business He advises other young people interested in starting a business to get involved with something they have a knowledge of There are plenty of good ideas but you rrny not be capable of going with them Once you have determined that you have a good idea and are confident you can see it through don t ever give up on it You II be flooded with people telling you why you can t do it Ignore the negatives and carry one he says His company recentlj expand their product line to include glass desk pen sets with cor porate logos customized cups ind plaques These products are sold to an arra of corporate customers such Denison AT and and Elliot Lake Secondarj School A collectors glass baseball card series is also in the development stages In the pursuit of establishing the business as a national custom glass fabricator Robert con linues to upgrade his skills He plans enroll in an intensive marketing program to ensure that his s new products Grand opening Gin Deforest manager of Cash and Carry Household Supplies store stands next to one of the well stocked shelves in the business which had its grand opening Saturday The store sells many items in bulk such as paper towels and garbage bags at wholesale prices Herald photo marketed effectively The Federal Business Develop ment Bank FBDB is a Crown corporation that promotes the creation and development of businesses in Canada It pays particular 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