YBI Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The YBI Entrepreneur of Year 2010 will
celebrate the achievements of successful young entrepreneurs around
the world and inspire action to support youth enterprise.
This competition, now in its fourth year, is about
promoting successful young entrepreneurs and demonstrating the
impact small businesses can have on local communities, mainly
through creating jobs and encouraging innovation.
Previous winners have included an Argentinean radio station
owner (Juan Ramón Nuñez - pictured, left), a plastic recycler in
India and a waste disposal expert in Kenya.
The YBI Entrepreneur of the Year competition has now been
launched and entries will be accepted until 17 May
2010.
Each member of the YBI Network will be able to enter
entrepreneurs into four main categories, the winners of which will
go into a final to determine the overall Entrepreneur of the Year
2010.
Four finalists will be interviewed by an expert judging panel before the winner is
revealed at an awards dinner in Mexico City on 23 September
2010.
The Entrepreneur of the Year will receive:
A day of one-to-one
mentoring from a renowned business personality
US$5,000 cash
prize
An invitation to the annual YBI dinner,
which last year was hosted by The Prince of
Wales
Last year’s judging panel included Deborah
Meaden, entrepreneur and star of successful UK BBC show, Dragon’s
Den and Rachel Bridge, enterprise editor at UK newspaper The Sunday
Times.
Juan Ramón Nuñez, last year’s Entrepreneur of the Year, became a
national media sensation, profiled and covered by almost every
media outlet in his native Argentina after winning the award.
What will the 2010 winner achieve?