The Municipality of Varna and Sirma Group arrange a forum for young entrepreneurs

[ 04 Mar 2010 ]

On March 9th, 2010 (Tuesday) at 11:00 a.m. in the Chamber of Varna Municipality will take place a forum for young entrepreneurs from the Sea Capital. The event is organized by the Municipality of Varna and Sirma Group Holding in partnership with Empower United and Bulgarian Business Angels Net. The forum will present the Sigma Group program for young entrepreneurs support  - Sirma Young Spirit; the Empower Award contest; and the activities of Bulgarian Business Angels Net – the only country organization, which connects young businessmen with non-institutional equity investors. The Municipality will be represented at the meeting by Varna Deputy Mayor for Education Kosta Bazitov and the Director of Municipality Directorate for Youth Activities and Sports – Kalinka Popstefanova.

“Varna Municipality is paying special attention to all initiatives oriented to the most perspective part of our citizenship – young people. This initiative is an important aspect of our activity as an administration motivated to encourage the development of innovative business in service of citizens. In this context to our great satisfaction we can point out our successful cooperation with both Sirma Group Holding and the partners of this initiative. We hope that first of a kind event will provoke other established business representatives in the country to promote youth entrepreneurship and innovative thinking "- said on the occasion of the event Kosta Bazitov.

„Citizens of Varna are among the most innovative and enterprising Bulgarians and that is why Sirma Group opened an representing agency in the town back in 2007. With the present event we would like to address all the citizens of the Sea Capital who have business ideas sure in their success but who are lacking support to change their life in real. For those people we will present some completely realistic opportunities, beginning with Sirma Young Spirit program for financing perspective business ideas; going through Empower contest for young entrepreneurs and reaching for Bulgarian Business Angels Network, which overall activity is oriented to provide investors for starting business projects” – commented upon the forthcoming event the CEO of Sirma Group Holding Tzvetan Aleksiev.