“Business springboard” is back: get 1 million hryvnias to develop your own business
“Business springboard 2.0” – a project of ROZETKA and Visa to support small businesses – is starting in Ukraine. Anyone can apply. The total prize fund is 3,750,000 hryvnias, and the main prize is 1,000,000 hryvnias for the development of one’s own business.
There is a separate category for veteran businesses – 1,500,000 hryvnias will be distributed among the winners. You can apply for participation by following the link.
To participate in the project, you need to tell about your business on social networks by October 6. In a week, the “Business Springboard” team will announce 30 participants who will be included in a special project on the “Ukrainian Pravda” website – for voting by the general public.
Ukrainians will choose 10 businesses that will become finalists of the project. On November 5, they will pass a crash test from top entrepreneurs and film for the Fedoriv Vlog.
The professional jury this year included: Vladyslav Chechotkin, co-founder and CEO of ROZETKA; Iryna Chechotkina, co-founder of ROZETKA; Svitlana Chirva, vice president and regional manager of Visa in Ukraine and Moldova; Andriy Fedoriv, founder and CEO of FEDORIV GROUP; Vsevolod Kozhemyako, founder of the company “Agrotrade”, commander of the volunteer unit “Charter”.
The winners will receive funds for the development of their business: 1st place – 1,000,000 UAH, 2nd place – 500,000 UAH, 3rd place (3 participants) – 250,000 UAH. In the veteran business category, two winners will be chosen: 1st place – 1,000,000 UAH, 2nd place – 500,000 UAH.
“Over 60% of veterans dream of owning their own business, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Ukrainian Veterans’ Fund. The “Business springboard 2.0″ project is an opportunity for our defenders, who are already realizing this desire, to develop their business, and for us – to thank them for everything they have done,” says Vladyslav Chechotkin, co-founder of ROZETKA.
“Visa believes that each of us can change the world. We support Ukrainian entrepreneurs and war veterans in realizing their dreams. The project provides participants not only with financial support, but also with access to educational resources, mentoring and a wide network of contacts so that they can develop their skills and acquire new knowledge,” says Svitlana Chirva, Vice President and Regional Manager of Visa in Ukraine and Moldova.
“We see how small businesses, especially in Ukraine, face big challenges, and we want to help overcome them, because to achieve the goal, we need not a big leap, but small steps,” adds Chirva.
Apply for participation in the project: https://rozetka.com.ua/ua/pages/business_springboard/
If you have any questions or suggestions, please write to info.businessspringboard@rozetka.com.ua
ROZETKA is the largest online retailer in Ukraine. Since 2005, it has been realizing the small dreams and grandiose plans of millions of people. On ROZETKA, you can find literally everything: the platform offers more than 20,000,000 products in almost 4,000 categories. ROZETKA is always nearby: the retailer’s network has 490 stores in 147 cities of Ukraine.
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