£10,000 Award for Under 30 Entrepreneur of The Year
Shell's social investment programme LiveWIRE is taking applications for "Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010". The winner of the £10,000 award will be announced during the Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! event in London on 13th October where various speakers will be talking about entrepreneurship, including Sir Tom Farmer and Mark Prisk MP.
The panel includes entrepreneurs, experts and investors, with 5 women out of the 10 judges deciding who takes the prize home (or to the Bank):
- Emma Jones (Enterprise nation)
- Professor Sarah Carter (Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship)
- Josie Emberton (UnLtd)
- Melanie Lane (UK Retail at Shell)
- Hermione Way (Newspepper/Techfluff.TV).
If you are or know young entrepreneurs aged 16 to 30 that have been running a start-up for up to 18 months, do not forget to apply before the deadline on 6th September 2010.
You can also apply to Shell LiveWIRE's monthly "Grand Ideas Award" for a prize of £1,000 and extended visibility and support.




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