The four winners of this year's napkin competition were celebrated at the award ceremony arranged by Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy on Wednesday afternoon. The winners are students from Lund University, Copenhagen Business School and the IT University in Copenhagen. One thing they have in common; they have exciting and creative business ideas.
The four winners were found among the 20 nominees and they all won a ticket to Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks. The price was presented to the winners by Claus V. Hemmingsen, Denmark-Hong Kong Trade Association. The winning ideas were a new service for mobile telephone subscription, sponsored businesscards for students, interactive billboards, and a new reality game.
”The students have been very creative and innovative. The ideas all have great business potential” says Christian Vintergaard, Managing Director for Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy. ”The visit to Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks will hopefully help our winners to develop their ideas further, so that we in the future can use their products and services.”
The business idea competition has also this year been a great success. The Academy recieved 216 ideas on napkins – some on physical napkins, some electronic through www.oeacademy.org – and all of them were very exciting.
”I am proud and happy for being nominated. It was a creative and fun competition and a challenge to have to explain your idea in only a few lines”, says Olof Svensson, one of the 20 nominees.
The winners Jacob Lönroth, Louice Rosdahl, Katrine Naustdal and Michael Friis will be going to Hong Kong in February together with a representative from the student incubator VentureLab from Lund University. They were the ones who inspired the most students to participate in the competition. As last year, the young entrepreneurs will be introduced to the entrepreneurial and innovative environment in Hong Kong. They will also get the opportunity to build a network and establish contacts that can be useful in the future.
 Back row:Project Manager Pål Fernvall, Katrine Naustdahl, Managing Director Christian Vintergaard, Louice Rosdahl, Richard Laurits
(stand in for Jacob Lönroth), Project Manager Kåre Moberg, and Claus V. Hemmingsen Chairman of Denmark-Hong Kong Trade Association.
Front row: last year's winner Hakeem Adebola Laval and Michael Friis.
Jacob Lönroth won with an idea about a mobile phone service.
A very thought through idea with definite potential. Everyone will be able to use this service.
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Katrine Naustdal won with the idea of business cards for students sponsored by univeristies and businesses. An idea which in the most evident way brings university and business together and makes the students ready to meet the challenges of business life.
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Michael Friis won with the idea of interactive ads. A genuine idea well suited for streets and plazas, with the idea of public spaces as room for interaction.
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Louice Rosdahl won with the idea of a reality game similar to Monopoly.
Aa very creatvie idea about how today's cosmopolitan people can interact wherever they go.
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