More than 430 Tatarstan citizens became participants of the project "My business. First enterprise"

An online training project of the Ministry of Economic Development, Business Environment and VK for aspiring entrepreneurs "My business. First enterprise ." Within 10 weeks, the participants will have to go from a business idea to its step-by-step implementation and first sales under the guidance of experienced mentors. The project is being implemented on the basis of the development program "Another Matter" of the presidential platform "Russia is a country of opportunities".

More than 11 thousand people from 85 regions of Russia decided to try themselves in entrepreneurship. The largest number of participants are from Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Moscow Region, the Republic of Tatarstan, Krasnodar Krai, Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Rostov, Irkutsk regions, the Republic of Bashkortostan. More than 430 young Tatarstan citizens became participants of the project "My business. First enterprise ."

"First enterprise. My Business" is a targeted program that will help young entrepreneurs overcome 2 barriers at once that they may encounter when starting a business — lack of knowledge and lack of start-up capital. Participants who have completed their training will be able to apply for a grant for young entrepreneurs under 25 years of age in the amount of up to 500 thousand rubles. This synergy allows one to get a business project ready in all aspects at the end of the program," commented Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Tatyana Ilyushnikova.

The project participants will learn the tools for starting a business and will be able to start their own business under the supervision of experienced mentors. For each completed task, they will receive points in the "Another Matter" application from the presidential platform "Russia is a country of opportunities". They can be exchanged for bonuses: subscriptions to online services, travel around the country, souvenirs. In addition, all participants who have reached the accelerator stage will receive a coupon to launch the first advertising campaign on the VK Advertising platform, as well as free admission to the closed club for entrepreneurs "Business Environment Premium".

The training is divided into three stages. The first stage, the "Pre-accelerator", will last until June 9. Participants will be able to develop the idea of their future business in the networking mode, study the basic tools of an entrepreneur, form a model of their business and prepare a video presentation of the project to move to the next stage.

The second stage, "Accelerator", will be held from June 13 to July 22. Here, aspiring entrepreneurs will learn the secrets of business promotion in social networks, receive bonuses to launch an advertising campaign and begin testing their business in real time.

Participation in the program is free for everyone. Those who want to join the project can apply on the website.

It should be recalled that support for youth entrepreneurship in the Republic of Tatarstan is being implemented within the framework of the national project "Small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and support for individual entrepreneurial initiative", which was initiated by the President of Russia.