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Eligeo is proud to announce that we have began the trial of Eligeo CRM. This a product that we’ve been working on for the last half of the year and we’re really excited to release a beta to a select group of 100 users.
For the next month we will be trialing out the basic features of Eligeo CRM including contact management, events, tasks and notes. We have some exciting announcements coming including a revamped web site and some other curious things many were not aware of.
Earlier today we posted a new video showing a general tour of Eligeo CRM.
Here is a great video featuring two of Eligeo’s management team members and of course our very own client Projecteze Inc. Projecteze joined Eligeo as a client earlier in the year and we’re proud to say that we utilize their system religiously to help us stay on top of our tasks, projects and activities.
Thursday was a really exciting day as Eligeo’s Derek Major participated in a Global Entrepreneurship Week event at DeVry Institute of Technology in the Calgary campus. Derek spoke about his experiences as an entrepreneur and also provided some advice and tips to the students and faculty on things that they should look out for when starting their own business.
“The one thing I emphasized to the class was the piece about networking. The one thing I ran into when I started out was that I thought you could hang an Open Sign on the door and everybody would come rushing in. I quickly learned from some good colleagues of mine that it took more than that which is what led me to build a fairly extensive network of contacts in not only my industry but in the small business community in Calgary and all over the world.” said Derek Major.
Also present at the event was Dexterity Consulting’s Gena Rotstein and High Country Vac’s Travis Johnson. The group was also treated to an exciting presentation provided by DeVry’s SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) and presentations by Rebecca Walsh on both the entrepreneurial spirit and Canadian Youth Business Foundation.
What makes Eligeo a different information technology is that we are always looking towards the future for our existing and future customers. We’re proud to announce that on December 11th, 2009 we will be opening the doors to a brand new, FREE, contact management solution called Eligeo CM.
Eligeo CM is a powerful contact manager solution that is web-based and can be accessed from anywhere in the world. We have some really exciting plans including a new CRM (Customer Relationship Management) blog launching and of course the highly anticipated beta for the Eligeo CM service.
Stay tuned to both EligeoCM.com and Eligeo.ca for more information in the coming weeks as we prepare to launch our very first in-house built product to Canada.
We have an exciting weekend at Spruce Meadows where we attended the RBC Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows. Thanks to everyone at RBC for inviting us out to this exciting event. While we were there we also had the opportunity to visit with a couple of Canadian Olympians Nathaniel Miller of Canada’s Olympic Water Polo Team and Brady Leman of Canada’s Ski Cross Team. Our Founder and CEO, Derek Major, is shown in a photo holding the Olympic torch with both of these amazing atheletes.
Recession? What, recession? Well, we’re hiring again. This time we are looking for an Administrative Assistant to help our team stay organized and to also help out with a variety of other tasks. If you’re interested in this position please check out our Careers section.
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is just around the corner on November 16th, 2009. This is an exciting time for entrepreneurs across Canada and the world with tons of activities happening throughout. Canadian Youth Business Foundation is the Official Host for GEW Canada this year and Eligeo is a proud supporter and member of this fantastic organization.
We’re also deeply honoured that our own Derek Major has been invited to both the 2009 YES Youth Entrepreneurship Summit and the CYBF Chairman’s Awards dinner as well in Toronto on November 16th, 2009.
“This is a pretty exciting event for us and again allows us to really help out and promote not only our organization but the benefits of the Canadian Youth Business Foundation.” said Founder and CEO, Derek Major.
We had an exciting evening on Thursday at Heritage Park for the Business After Hours event put on by the Calgary Chamber. We were given the opportunity to meet a lot of new businesses and lots of friends we’ve seen over the last year.
Congratulations to Helene Wood of Advance Insurance Education Services!
Helene won our draw for an IBM Sweater courtesy of our friends at IBM, specifically Elissa who is our main contact at IBM.
We’re making the rounds during small business week and we were recently featured in the Calgary Herald. Our founder and CEO Derek Major spoke to Suzanne Beaubien of the Calgary Herald and this is what he had to say:
They do so by working with their clients, identifying areas where they could grow, and then developing systems that can make that happen.
“We learn their business and find ways to help them,” says Derek Major, founder and CEO of the two-year-old IT company. “We’re really a part of their management team — like a CIO (chief information officer) in a box.”
