Universitywide Entrepreneurship Competition 2009/10
Competition Completed! Winners Announced! - August 09, 2010
doyouHAVEanIDEA? 2009/10 Entrepreneurship Competition has become one of world’s largest entrepreneurship competitions by receiving 3.256 applications from all over the world.
We would like to thank all the parties for contributing to this worldwide success of the competition: our main sponsor Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB), our business partners, our hard-working contestants who have created their own success stories and the distinguished panel of judges who have successfully managed the challenging selection processes from the beginning to the end.
On account of all contributors, with doyouHAVEanIDEA? we have raised great awareness of entrepreneurship in Turkey. With brand new partnerships and collaborations, we hope to create even bigger success stories for all young entrepreneurs in Turkey in the very near future.
Prepare yourself for new surprises and an even bigger doyouHAVEanIDEA? Entrepreneurship Competition in September 2010!
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Get ready to challenge yourself at the third annual entrepreneurship competition doyouHAVEanIDEA? 2009/10! - December 25, 2009
doyouHAVEanIDEA? received more than 1700 applications from 101 different universities since its first inception in 2007 and set up winners’ companies every year. doyouHAVEanIDEA? Entrepreneurship Competition is ready to challenge young entrepreneurs for the third time with prestigious sponsors and unprecedented awards and prizes.
The competition’s sponsors and business partners TOBB (Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges), LabX, Ozyegin University, WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) - University of Warwick, GYIAD (Young Professionals and Businessmen Association), Microsoft and UKTI welcome all young entrepreneurs with a promising business idea to enter our year-long competition to receive € 500.000 worth of awards and prizes.
The competition is open to all university students and academicians from Turkey and abroad. (Only university students may apply individually. Non-student applicants may enter the competition within a group and the group must include at least one member who is a university student.)
doyouHAVEanIDEA? Entrepreneurship Competition has enabled two young and successful entrepreneurs to set up their own companies. doyouHAVEanIDEA? 2007-2008 winner Begum Bugdayci launched Turkey’s first licensed private test animal production center in September 2008 with her business angels and quadrupled company value in less than a year. doyouHAVEanIDEA? 2008-2008 winner Ahmet Bahadir Ozdemir recently set up his company, City’s Media, with LabX Business Angels in November 2009 and already started operations.
doyouHAVEanIDEA? contributes to the enhancement of entrepreneurship culture among Turkish youth and creates success stories every year; partnering with world’s leading companies and institutions, and offering excessive opportunities for entrepreneurs, doyouHAVEanIDEA? aims to become a global entrepreneurship competition.
We look forward to all entrepreneurs with promising business ideas!
