The second edition of the “Creaimpresa Lab CNA Forlì-Cesena Award: entrepreneurs of tomorrow”. Of these, over half have already resulted in the actual start of a business or profession.
The competition, thanks to a jury of CNA entrepreneurs who have already chosen the winners, will reward the best twelve ideas, with prizes ranging from 2,500 to 750 euros in services. The criteria adopted were the feasibility of the business idea, the propensity for environmental and social sustainability, the creative or technical innovation and the benefits for the community of the Forlì-Cesena area brought by the future enterprise.
“It’s not just about supporting the entrepreneurial system of our territory – underlines Lorenzo Zanotti, president of CNA Forlì-Cesena – but to guide aspiring entrepreneurs towards a conscious choice, starting from some factors that influence the market and will be increasingly relevant. We are also witnessing an evolution of ideas which, often, alongside the exercise of a traditional profession, combine innovative and sustainability-sensitive elements.”
“If these two elements – continues Zanotti – are rather consolidated, the contribution that individual companies want to bring to the local community is also emerging strongly. This applies both to consolidated companies, but also to newly established ones which, if helped, are able to focus on the importance of the social value of being a business.”
The 80 entrepreneurial ideas that emerged cover the entire provincial territory, from Santa Sofia to Cesenatico; The 48% were proposed by aspiring female entrepreneurs and cover a wide range of professions, from crafts, to traditional and online commerce, to IT services and specialist professions.
“For us it is a great pleasure to make our skills available to support future entrepreneurs, we do it every day through our 20 offices in the provincial territory – concludes Zanotti –. On the occasion of the celebrations for our 70th anniversary we will also have the opportunity to reserve a space for the winners of the competition who will present themselves publicly”.
