A competition aimed at young entrepreneurs in the Americas
@YABTs
Phases
Preparation
and selection
• Virtual Training
• Submission of the
deliverables
• Evaluations
• Announcement of
finalists
September- December 2014
Final
• Exchange of
knowledge
• International
Visibility
• Seed Capital
• Investment
Opportunities
April 6-8, 2015
Follow up
• Global Platforms
• Best practices
• “Giving-back”
From April 2015
Key Dates
Registration
September 05, 2014
December 15, 2014
Virtual training/ Boot-Camp
September 05 – Open Permanently
Deadline for submission of
deliverables
(business plan, prototype, promotional
material)
January 15, 2015
Evaluations by international
judges
1 February to 1 March2015
Finalists announcement
March 6, 2015
Requirements
- Be a citizen of a member
state of the OAS
- Be between 18 and 34 years
Deliverables: :
 Executive Summary of
Business Project (500
words)
 Business Plan:
Prototype, product
and service
description,
Innovation, market
feasibility,
organizational
structure, financial
viability
 Online presence
(website + social
networks)
 Promotional Video
 Logo or image
Social Innovation Category
Categories
Categories
Economic Innovation Category
Category of Environmental Innovation - EcoChallenge
Awards:
Finalists:
Full scholarship for one
member of the team (tickets
+ accommodation + transport +
training + meals)
Exposure to potential
investors
Winners :
$ 5,000 Award:
Social Innovation
Economic Innovation
Caribbean Innovation
Challenge
4 $ 5,000 Awards:
Eco-Challenge
Benefits
mized Advising
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investors
al Opportunities:
C, MIT Tr35, Ecoetc.
Benefits
Indra Nooyi
Presidente Global de PepsiCo