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A startup created by BTeam, formed by students of Tor Vergata University won the JA StartUp Program |
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The startup team, led by Federica Sabuzi, PhD student in Organic Chemistry, has developed a project to synthesize in an efficient, economic and sustainable way a very effective antibacterial called bromontimolo, rarely used in industry because of the unsustainable labor and extraction costs. The startup was considered the best among the ideas proposed by 350 students from 15 different universities distributed on the Italian territory, according to the Official Site JA Italy. The days of confrontation with the jury took place in Milan on the 23rd and 24th of June 2016 with the succession of different moments, including a small conference based on inspirational stories conducted by journalist Emil Abirascid with the participation of Luca Ravagnan, co- founder of WISE; Almir Ambeskovic, Country Manager TheFork.it, Adrian Joyce Losi, CEO of BE Aerospace. Tor Vergata's BTeam received the Brilliant Young Entrepreneurs prize of Hyundai Motor Company, a total of €15.000 and will represented Italy at the upcoming JA Europe Enterprise Challenge taking place in Bucharest, Romania from 6 to 8 July 2016. |
About Junior Achievement |
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"The entrepreneurial education, already pursued for over 10 years by JA among younger students, remains a crucial educational strategy, not only to curb the existing high unemployment among young people, but also to facilitate the development of a new class of professionals capable to effectively develop innovation, competitiveness, internationalization - says Eliana Baruffi, President of Junior Achievement Italy on the organization's official website. The idea came after the European Commission's report Entrecomp: The Entrepreneurship Competence Framework, which reaffirms the importance of entrepreneurship and how it can be trained and learned, through a methodology that helps young entrepreneurs to develop their project. It is an helpful experience for all the young entrepreneurs who were able to collect valuable feedback and engage with entrepreneurs and experienced investors who represents an important test to assess the possible value of a company. |
Junior Achievement is the largest non-profit organization dedicated to the world economic and entrepreneurial education and has organized this competition as a conclusion of the JA StartUp Program accompanying university students in the identification and development of business ideas.