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The Ridge's Daniel Moll prepares to make his pitch by Ian Holroyd Oakville Beaver Staff 3 | Friday, April 24, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com An Oakville student has been selected as a finalist in a competition for budding high school entrepreneurs. Daniel Moll, who is in Grade 11 at Iroquois Ridge High School, is one of 20 young people who will take part in the Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch competition. The finalists -- accompanied by their chaperones -- are invited to a three-day conference in Toronto from Sunday (April 26)to Tuesday (April 28), where they will participate in a training session as well as compete in a Dragons' Den-style pitch competition. "I think I'm going to learn a lot from it because there are going to be 19 other innovative entrepreneurs from all across Ontario," said Moll, while on his lunch break at school. "And I'm sure a bunch of the other participants are going to have cool ideas and I can learn from them and make some good connections." To enter, students were required to create a two-minute video outlining their business idea. Moll's business is a company called Excalibur that collects e-waste from households. "The goal is to divert as much electronic waste from the landfills as possible and properly recycle it," he said. Online voting and an expert panel of judges selected the best videos to advance to the finals. Moll used graphics and animation in his video to show a need for his service while presenting the importance of recycling e-waste. Excalibur is different, Moll explained, because it will actually go to a client's home to pick up the discarded electronics. He said the focus of his business is lessening the impact of electronic waste on the environment, a subject about which he said he's passionate. "I want to help other people realize the importance of the environment and by recycling see Six on p.5 Daniel Moll inside today's Editorial Artscene Beaver www.insideHALTON.com Sore Feet, Sports Injury, Painful Ingrown Toenails? Plantar Warts? We can help! Exceptional footcare for all ages. · Routine footcare · Corns & calluses · Plantar warts · Heel/arch/foot pain · Diabetic footcare and education · Thick or ingrown nails · Nail surgery · Sports related foot problems & injuries · Custom made orthotics · Sigvaris® compression stockings · Evenings and saturday appointments available · New patients welcome! J. Richard Werkman chiropodist Holland Park Garden Alexanian Carpet & Flooring Oakville Marketplace Real Estate New Homes Alexx Coelho, Royal LePage 6 23 Sports Classified 29 32 Starsky Fine Foods *All flyers not necessarily delivered to all homes For home delivery & customer service call 905-631-6095, 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington New subscriptions call 905-631-6095 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com Diabetic Socks at Special Introductory Price NEW! located on the north/west corner of maple grove dr. and cornwall rd. 1495 Cornwall Rd., Suite 33, Oakville T: 905-845-4817 www.werkman.ca gear up . ExpEriEncE finE, EuropEan mEnswEar collEctions, ExpErt altErations and profEssional advicE, right in thE hEart of oakvillE's hEritagE corE. stroll in and sEE what's nEw for spring. SprINg aT BurrOWS 905.842.0232 burrowsclothiErs.com 200 lakEshorE road E, oakvillE giorgio armani . brunEllo cucinElli . hugo boss . bElstaff . Etro . boglioli Cruise Holidays of oakville 221 Lakeshore Road East · 905-337-2228 info@cruiseholidaysoakville.com www.cruiseholidaysoakville.com TICO# 4537114 ON REG# 970855995