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Emlyn Goulding

Online book reading startup, BookBuds won the business pitch competition

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Entrepreneur Name: Emlyn Goulding

Business Name: BookBuds, Elliot lake, Canada

Emlyn Goulding is passionate about books and loves reading. She decided to share this love with younger children by establishing BooksBuds. It is a peer-to-peer guided reading service and is hosted on zoom. Children from grade Kindergarten to 6 can avail of this facility.

Owner of BooksBuds Bill Goulding took part in a pitch-off which was a part of the Bridges to Better Business event, an annual learning and networking forum hosted by the Millworks - Centre for Entrepreneurship. They won the contest’s grand prize valued at $17,000. They made their way to the finals following a competitive process involving multiple submissions from across the Algoma District.

Source (Sootoday): https://www.sootoday.com/more-local/elliot-lake-teen-wins-funding-for-online-tutoring-business-2818445

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