smartup challenge program
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Prezentarea programului SMARTUp ChallengeTRANSCRIPT
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How to solve the
and win a place in the top teams in your country
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Welcome!
This presentation presents the SMARTUp Challenge for 2014.Read it entirely before filling in the
final application form.
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More information
Remember to ask your questions:• directly, by email (country contacts on last slide)• during the briefing webinar on the 30th of October
Hungary, Slovakia - 15:00Bulgaria, Romania – 16:00
Registration data will be sent on the 29th of November to all students who have downloaded this presentation.
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The Challenge
Youth unemployment is reaching unprecedented levels throughout Europe.
Propose and run an innovative project or business pilot that can create 2-5 workplaces for young people by June 2015.
If there was no job in sight at the end of universityfor you or your colleagues,
how would you create your dream jobs?
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The challenge EXPLAINED
Propose and run an innovative project or business pilot that can create 2-5 workplaces for young people by June 2015.
• to enroll and be selected in the project you will submit a short, 300 word proposal
• be concrete and to the point• to convince the jury, tell us why the (business) idea will work, why the team is
strong and how you envision getting the necessary resources
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The challenge EXPLAINED
Propose and run an innovative project or business pilot that can create 2-5 workplaces for young people by June 2015.
• Take into consideration that during the SMARTUp Challenge (3rd stage in the program) teams will go out and get proof for their project. More information in slide 9 – 10.
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The challenge is EXPLAINED
Propose and run an innovative project or business pilot that can create 2-5 workplaces for young people by June 2015.
• your proposal can fall in any of these categories (your choice, all options are equally appreciated by the jury):o a startup – create workplaces by creating a new business or organization
o intrapreneurship – grow an existing business or organization by creating a new product or service or simply by finding innovative ways to get more customers
o project – any project that creates workplaces, at least for a limited time, for young people
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The challenge EXPLAINED
Propose and run an innovative project or business pilot that can create 2-5 workplaces for young people by June 2015.
• can the team create workplaces JUST for themselves? Of course!• (potentially) long-term workplaces are GOOD• workplaces for low-income young people are EVEN BETTER• workplaces that provide learning and growth to open up further opportunities
are THE BEST!
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Criteria
Your proposal will be judged (in all stages of the program) on:
• market need (for what you are offering to support job creation)• team• impact (the number and kind of workplaces created)• innovation• feasibility (is the business model functional? can they get the
resources? are all tools and technologies available or realistic?)• (written/spoken) communication
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IMPORTANT!
Keep in mind that qualified teams will get a further challenge: to get proof that the proposal can work, so:• remember that the market is the most important jury member (can you get
proof that the customers will want it?)• propose something that is relevant for your abilities• take into consideration what resources are required (could your team convince
the jury that you can get the required resources?)
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Contact
Junior Achievement BulgariaElica EfremovaEmail: [email protected]: 00359 2 989 43 61
Junior Achievement HungaryKovacs IldikoEmail: [email protected]: 0036 62 662 858
Junior Achievement SlovakiaKatarina PaleckovaEmail: [email protected]: 00421 2 48 20 90 40
Junior Achievement RomaniaLucian GramescuEmail: [email protected]: 0040 726 734 271