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Are you a secondary student or under 25 years of age? Enter the 2024 Young Business Minds Awards below!
Secondary Young Business Minds Award
Awarding our NextGen for innovation in Sustainability, Business Enterprise, Design & Technology, Social Enterprise & Creative Industries.
The Young Business Minds Awards (YBMA) was inaugurated in 2017. Aiming to create a program to connect and energise the next generation of creators, innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders (NextGen) in our region, it was driven by business leaders who saw the importance of building greater relationships and connections between industry, business, educators, parents and young people.
Originally supported by the Department of Employment and Workforce Relations through their Hunter Futurepreneurs Program from 2017 to 2023, and now presented by Career Links, YBMA aims to provide unique, practical learning and personal development experiences by creating an innovative CoLab environment where NextGen leaders take control and are supported, encouraged, and mentored to deliver the program outcomes and results with downloadable resources available on the YBMA website.
Step 1:
Take a look at this year’s categories and select one that you would like to enter.
Step 2:
Take some time to research a problem to solve and more about your category. You can take a look at some resources to get you started below.
Step Three:
Ready? Build out your pitch slide deck and record your 2 minute video. Check out the templates below to get you started.
Fill out the form below to enter your pitch into the awards.
Once your pitch has been uploaded you will receive a confirmation email telling you that we’ve received your submission.
You’ll then be notified of the Gala details.
Fill out the form below and upload your pitch to enter. Terms and Conditions apply. If you have any questions about entering please email us at ybma@careerlinks.nsw.edu.au
If you are having technical difficulties submitting your form please send it direct to ybma@careerlinks.nsw.edu.au with ENTRY: [name of category] [primary or under 25s] [name] in the subject line.
Note: Maximum file size is 25MB.
To participate in the Young Business Mind awards you’ll need to adhere to a few things that we outline in the Terms and Conditions page of our website.
As with any fair competition, if you don’t comply with these terms, we have the right to disqualify you or declare your entry ineligible.
Please make sure you read and understand the information on this page before submitting your entry.
Do you have an exceptional business idea? Have you designed an innovative product or service? Are you passionate about creating? Do you think you could be the next entrepreneur in the Hunter Region?
If so, we want you hear from you!
Entrepreneurship Awards
| CATEGORIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sustainability | ||
| Business Enterprise | ||
| Design and Technology | ||
| Creative Industries | ||
| Social Enterprise |
To be eligible to enter the YBMA Entrepreneur Categories, you must:
To be eligible to enter the YMBA Innovation Challenge the entry must:
All video entries are judged by a panel of subject matter experts, selected at the sole discretion of the YBMA Management Committee from subject matter experts or practitioners in the category areas.
Judges are required to sign a confidentiality agreement and disclose any conflict of interest.
Judging Criteria
Entries need to address these key criteria:
The YBMA is about encouraging students and schools in the Hunter to think like entrepreneurs, to express their creativity and develop the self-confidence to present their ideas. YBMA is a Career Links event.
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