Istruzione e Formazione
Hult Prize Receives 25K Applications and Names Eight Entrepreneurs to Forbes 30 Under 30 List
Annual themed challenges are set by President Bill Clinton , who in 2016 has asked millenials to come up with innovative enterprises which double the income of ten million residents of crowded urban spaces.
"The Hult Prize is a wonderful example of the creative cooperation needed to build a world with shared opportunity, shared responsibility, and shared prosperity, and each year I look forward to seeing the many outstanding ideas the competition produces," said Clinton, who hosts the final round of the Hult Prize at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, where the winning enterprise receives one million dollars in seed capital.
The journey for the Hult Prize continues March 11-12 at five regional semi-final rounds held simultaneously in Boston , San Francisco , London , Dubai and Shanghai . 1200 shortlisted entrepreneurs will travel from around the globe to pitch their game-changing ideas. One winning enterprise per region will go onto the summer incubation program, where they will join Hult Prize Founder and CEO, Ahmad Ashkar for a 7-week bootcamp focused on rapid prototyping, pressure testing and commercialization. "Since launching in 2009, we have pioneered a new culture of enterprise which is challenging the status quo in both the conventional startup and philanthropy space – and millenials are responding by the thousands. I commend all of our applicants and congratulate our winners who are serving as role-models for our future cohorts and the wider sector," said Ashkar.
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