96 young entrepreneurs with high potential

96 entrepreneur candidates from 36 universities in 21 cities participated in this year’s Entrepreneurship Camp, one of the most important stages of Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) “Bu Gençlikte İŞ Var!” (These Young People Have the Potential), a program which has been organized since 2011 in order to give university students an innovative perspective and entrepreneurship competence.

In the TÜSİAD Entrepreneurship Camp, where nearly 60 speakers were present, entrepreneur candidates participated in the five-day intensive training program, which included all the information an entrepreneur needs - from verification and market entry strategies to feasibility and presentation techniques. Candidates had the opportunity to meet and establish a network with more than 100 stakeholders from the entrepreneurial ecosystem by listening to the groundbreaking startup experiences and

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learning from their founders. Participants took the opportunity to transform their innovative business ideas into scalable business models by consulting with dozens of mentors from the program stakeholders and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The “Bu Gençlikte İŞ Var!” entrepreneurship program was organized under the main sponsorship of BASF Turkey. It was hosted by ING Bank in cooperation with Bahçeşehir University. The sponsors of the program included Fiba Group, Mazars Denge, Eczacıbaşı Holding, Gürsan Teknik, Tüpraş and UBS AG.

All the teams participating in the camp will continue their studies with TÜSİAD as the graduates of TÜSİAD Entrepreneurship Club 2019 and serve as TÜSİAD’s entrepreneurial envoys in their universities. At the end of the fiveday camp, young people will be given guidance for two months in developing their business ideas and preparing their plans.