The winners of the regional All-Russian competition "Young Entrepreneur of Russia 2021" were announced in Kazan. The regional stage is held with the support of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Entrepreneurship Support Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan.
More than 150 entrepreneurs of Tatarstan aged from 16 to 35 years have applied for participation in the competition. The selection of participants took place in 10 nominations: "Internet entrepreneurship"; "Franchising"; "Agricultural entrepreneurship"; "Entrepreneurship in the social sphere"; "Production"; "Innovative entrepreneurship"; "Trade"; "Service sector"; "International entrepreneurship"; "Self-employed citizens".
The winner projects were presented in various sectors of the economy. Entrepreneurs from the service sector, manufacturing, Internet entrepreneurship and the self-employed showed high activity. Thus, the leader in the nomination "Production" was a company producing coffee racks and related furniture solutions. The winner in the field of social entrepreneurship was the swimming center for newborns.
In the "Service Sector" nomination, the winner was an ecosystem for business development and the production of investments for business. This ecosystem is created for entrepreneurs, where they can receive not only investments, but also high-quality packaging and sales development services.
The winners were awarded diplomas for the first, second and third places. A total of 22 people were awarded.
It is worth noting that the competition was attended by small and medium-sized businesses that received the status of a "social enterprise" in 2021. Two projects of representatives of social enterprises of Tatarstan were highly noted at the competition and awarded diplomas. The second place in the nomination "Service sector" was awarded to the studio of child development from Bavly, the second place in the nomination "Entrepreneurship in the social sphere" was awarded to the sanatorium-dispensary in Bugulma.
This year, due to the current epidemiological situation, this event was held in an online format. The best entrepreneurs of the republic will take part in the federal stage and represent Tatarstan at the Russian level. The final of the competition will be held in November 2021 in Moscow.
Competition "Young entrepreneur of Russia" in Tatarstan was held within the framework of the national project "Small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and support for individual entrepreneurial initiative". Since 2010, the competition has been held annually in order to promote entrepreneurship among young people and encourage successful young entrepreneurs.