Madrid Emprende and Yo Dona announce the 2014 Entrepreneurs Award

• It is the fourth edition of a contest aimed at discovering and promoting the business talent of women entrepreneurs
• The applicants will develop their business plan for two months at the Puente de Vallecas Nursery with the help of mentors from Bodabook, Womenalia and Esade with a view to presenting it at the Demo Day before a jury of experts
• The winner will receive sponsorship from a successful businesswoman and will have free enrollment in the program of her choice at the Villanueva University Center, as well as being able to set up her business at Madrid International Lab and obtain visibility for her project in the women's magazine and on the Internet. of professional women
• There will also be a special category that will reward the best project in the fashion and beauty sector with a specialized master's degree.  

A good opportunity opens up for women who are looking for a decisive boost in their career towards success. Madrid Emprende and Yo Dona summon the fourth edition of the Entrepreneurs Award, an initiative that rewards not only ideas, but also the work carried out to make them a reality.

To decide who is deserving of the award, the participants will have to pass a contest that will have as its first test a pitch elevator  in which they will only have a minute and a half to convince the jury of the benefits of the business idea. The 15 selected entrepreneurs will have at their disposal the spaces and advisory services of the Vivero de Empresas of Puente de Vallecas for two months to develop their business plan. In this phase, the participants will also receive advice from Mª José Navarro (Bodabook), Pilar Roch and Beatriz García-Quismondo (Womenalia), Mar Barbero (Esade) and Marta Torres (Villanueva University Center).

Those who have shown talent and commitment in the previous stage will defend their business project on Demo Day, when the jury made up of all the participating entities will decide the winner.

a strong backing

Madrid Emprende will grant the winner of the Entrepreneur Award one year of free stay in its Madrid International Lab incubator and the Villanueva University Center will exempt her from paying the registration fee for the training course she chooses. In addition, the future businesswoman will have the sponsorship of a top-level figure from the business world and will be interviewed in Yo Dona and Womenalia.

As a novelty this year, there will be a special prize for the best project related to fashion and beauty. In this case, the entrepreneur will be able to enroll at no cost in the Telva & Yo Dona Communication master's degree from the Unidad Editorial group.

pitch Elevator, on October 2 at 3:30 p.m. at Vivero de Empresas in Puente de Vallecas (c/ La Diligencia 9, Madrid)