The second edition of the business plan competition is about to start ERG Re-generation Challenge 2018, promoted by Erg in collaboration with dpixel: a contest with free participation (Call and Registration Form to join the business plan competition are published on the website www.barcamper.it), aimed at entrepreneurial initiatives with a highly innovative content, capable of boosting the local economy at the same time. An opportunity for startuppers and aspiring entrepreneurs to present their business development plan to the energy company, with particular attention to sustainable energy and the circular economy.
The first edition of Erg Re-Generation Challenge involved in the scouting phase Umbria, Lazio and Marche for a total of 66 projects presented. The first three classified continued their entrepreneurial development path through contacts and agreements with important companies in the energy sector. The second edition, on the other hand, will have a national scope, with a particular focus on the regions of Central and Southern Italy; will start in July and end in November 2018, articulated in three phases: selection of projects, training, awarding.
The selection phase will be handled by a team of dpixel experts who will promote the initiative through a real road-show on board the "Barcamper" mobile office in 10 cities: Sassari, Naples, Salerno, Potenza, Bari, Cosenza, Catania, Palermo, Campobasso and Terni. 40 will be selected business igives who will participate in two days of training on business modeling. In the second phase of the 40 projects, 20 will be selected, which will be admitted to a workshop of a week during which a pool of mentors and experts will give their support in the development of the projects themselves. In the third phase, the 10 most interesting business ideas will be evaluated by managers, financiers and institutional representatives of the territories involved, during a public event which will take place in Palermo in November.
The 3 best projects will be rewarded with a sum of money, the disbursement of which is subject to the realization of the projects themselves. Erg Re-Generation Challenge was born from the will of Erg di promote the development of innovative entrepreneurial realities in the energy sectors green and solutions applicable to the processes of energy production from renewable sources. The goal of dpixel, and in particular of its Barcamper programme, is to identify and support the birth and development of highly innovative companies, promoting the search for capital and the connection with the industrial fabric.
