The 40 projects selected for their originality, creativity and innovation, 20 for each of the categories, have made a brief presentation before the jury, lasting 2 minutes, revealing the key aspects of the idea or business project.
The City of Madrid has had the collaboration of Womenalia, the Villanueva University Center , SEE ME , Magazine Entrepreneurs, and the Hotel Business Association of Madrid (AEHM) who have been part of the jury:
· Concepción Díaz de Villegas, general director of Commerce and Entrepreneurship of the Madrid City Council
· Esther Caurín, from the General Subdirectorate of Entrepreneurs and SMEs of the Madrid City Council
· Valle López, from Womenalia
· Javier Inaraja, from Emprendedores magazine
· Michael's Sea and Pablo Batlle, from the Madrid Hotel Business Association
· Isabel Carrascosa, from the Spanish Association of Businesswomen
Once the presentation to the jury was concluded, they selected the 10 most original, creative and innovative candidates (5 for each category) that move on to the next phase. The finalists and the projects that will therefore compete for the 2018 Entrepreneurs Award are:
· In the IDEA category:
either Patricia Abril Jiménez. HOOP Project
either Laura Baquero Barrios. Project: WORK
either Ana María Blanco Canalejo. Project: ROOM 717
either Bárbara Núñez Fernández. Project: LENALAB
either Sara Ramos Colmenarejo. Project: FRAME
· In the COMPANY category
either MIGRALINGUA VOZE SERVICIOS LINGÜÍSTICOS SL
either DSIGÑ CLOUD
either OKKRE SPAIN SL
either PURCHASING THIS IS LIKE IT SL
either MADRID WORK
The 10 selected candidates will have a maximum period of three months to prepare, develop and improve the Business Plan. To do this, they will have at their disposal the help and supervision of the technical services, as well as the spaces of co-working of the network of business incubators of the Madrid City Council.
The 10 finalist contestants will be called for their participation in the third phase, Demo Day, performed before the jury and open to the public. In it, the candidates will make a final presentation with the final presentation of their project. Presentation time will be 5 minutes.
Congratulations to the finalists and many thanks to all the participants for their brilliant presentations and their high level in defending their ideas and business projects.
Consult all the information on the Entrepreneur Awards here.
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