Are you one of those people who like to share your family home movies with friends and relatives who live far away but never get around to it? Have you recently invested money in a new DVD player and looking for something to watch? Then there is a new business in Deep River that may help you. 

Jim MacDonald, a recent graduate of Mackenzie High School, recently started a business that transfers traditional VHS tapes on to DVD. Jim specializes in transferring home movies to DVD at a very reasonable cost. Part of Jim’s business appeal is that he does not get involved with transferring commercial products, so he is able to keep his costs down for his customers. Jim points out that the advantage of DVD is that families can make multiple copies and mail out to friends and relatives at a very low cost. Jim was able to start his company as part of the Summer Company Program administered by Enterprise Renfrew County. This countywide initiative provides up to $1500 to local students to state up a new company. 

Jim has spent many years video editing and working around film and video. In fact, Jim is enrolled at Queen’s University in the Film Studies Program, and he plans to relocate his business to Kingston to help offset his tuition costs. As Jim points out, “I have always enjoyed film editing and looking forward to building up a solid base of customers over the next few months. I will continue in Kingston…but on a much smaller scale. I am not making millions right now…but give me four years after I finish Queen’s!” Given Jim’s determination and creativity, he may just make his prediction come true!