YUZZ : Spanish competition for young talent with technology-based ideas

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The Banesto Foundation in collaboration with 40 local partners offers new opportunities to young people with ideas encouraging entrepreneurship. Together they launch theYUZZ contest in 20 cities throughout Spain with the aim to stimulate business projects ideas from young people between 18 and 30.

Selected candidates will benefit from the necessary support, the space and the appropriate material to help them develop their technology-based business idea. The prize consists in a training of 7 months after which the best projects selected will have the opportunity to travel to Silicon Valley. The Banesto Foundation will provide them with a certificate for their achievements. In addition, a prize amounting to 60.000 euros in total will be shared between the three best projects at national level.

1st Prize: 30.000 € - 2nd Prize: 20.000 € - 3rd Prize: 10.000 €

Selection of participants
The jury will select a maximum of 30 candidates who will be evaluated according to the following cirteria:

The candidate:

    Communication skills & presentation of the idea
    Excecution capability
    Path

The idea:

    High technological & innovative elements
    Creativity
    Growth potential
    Market opprtunity

Preselected candidates will go through a personal interview enabling the jury to select the 20 final candidates .

http://www.yuzz.es/