New awards campaign for student enterprise

Enterprise Ireland has launched a major drive to spur entrepreneurial students to develop innovative business proposals as part of the new 'Think Outside the Box Awards' competition. This is a great opportunity for ambitious and enterprising students to build a real-world business venture and at the same time be in with a chance to win a prize from the overall €30,000 prize fund, which includes a €10,000 first prize.

The 'Think Outside the Box' competition, which is co-sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland, Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys and now Mammoth Advertising, is open to all full time third level students in the island of Ireland.  Students are encouraged to team up with their colleagues and friends from other faculties to think outside the box, innovate and collaborate on coming up with business proposals that will help them explore their ideas and own appetite for going into business for themselves. The priority is to get students thinking now about starting their own business as a viable career option once they graduate.

The campaign launching the competition features a host of approaches to reach the students and make sure they get every encouragement and support to develop viable business plans. This includes a website, facebook page, You Tube and pod casts reaching out to students in the world that they know best.

Students will be able to come together and pool their ideas and energies. The facebook page will feature a team up icon, so they can link with other students from their college interested in entering the competition. They can use Facebook and Twitter to talk to other students who have participated in previous student enterprise programmes and get their advice.   It's all about sharing ideas and experiences so that they can get the best from their combined talents.

For more information visit the website on: www.thinkoutsidetheboxawards.com.