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He believes it could be the next step That concept is what has made the busiv For a university student, lnglot has a lot lnglot had to present his forward for his business. ness successful so far. on his plate. The 24 year old is a business plan and also give a "It's nice [0 It's been a bit of a whirl- And while the office seemed like a huge ‘ business/Computer science major at Wilfrid presentation to a panel of ha ' wind for Inglot. who started step up when Tilted Pixel moved in a year Iaurier University. judges 1/8 your Tilted Pixel innocently ago, its already feeling cramped. But he also runs his own lk’aterlooâ€"based Though many schools in accomplishments enough. ”We want to hire another full time website building business. It’s a full~time job the country hold competi~ - d n “I had just moved out and I (designer), but we want to get a new office so I and he‘s in charge of three staff members. tions to get finalists to 7960371128 ' was in university. I realized I they would actually fit." Inglot said. So Inglot has had to eschew many of the Ottawa. only six are chosen. _Manjn81m needed some income so I He will head to Ottawa this week to find normal university rituals, including last lnglot said he feels hon- a” bang nomjmwdfm started building websites,” he out if he is the recipient of this year's Nicol week’s Irish festivities. oured to get the chance at the wig-Mm] said. award. “I'm juggling my company and trying to winning the award. 1;,”meneurjamuum Two years later he had Either way. the future looks bright for finish school. I've had to be pretty creative “It’s nice to have some of built up a reputation â€" and a lnglot. with my course schedule," he said. your accomplishments recognized," he said. staff â€" and moved operations out of his “We've had a tremendous amount of sup- And even though his path has diverged He faced stiff competition at Iaurier .but home into an ofiice. port here in Waterloo, from our families and from the norm. it’s paid off for the native of Inglot admitted he had a bit ofa leg up. The company has staked its reputation on from the university.” he said. Poland, who has lived in the Waterloo area Tilted Pixel has been in business since results-based websites. 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