We claimed to be one of the leading pioneers of organized student entrepreneurship. The whole world is catching on to that concept and the mainstream media have begun to celebrate achievements in this area. Read on:
It may not have had the glitz and glamour of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, but BusinessWeek.com’s first annual Best Young European Entrepreneurs competition elicited a similar nail-biting desire to win among its participants—and a bit of patriotism from the public.
Now, at last, it is time to reveal the winners. The contest began last summer, when we asked readers of the Europe and Small Biz channels on BusinessWeek.com to suggest young business-owners to be included in a survey. The only criteria were that the candidates had to be European, 25-years-old or younger, and running the show.
When the nominations closed on Oct. 1, we had a collection of fascinating and diverse entrepreneurs. Their ages go from 21 to 25, though one of them started his first company when he was 13 and another joined the family business at 15. Their innovative startups run the gamut from Web sites and consumer products companies to an events management firm and an importer of drip irrigation systems.
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