More than 500 applications were received for the \u2018Smart City Entrepreneurs\u2019 competition, which was held within the scope of the World Cities Congress Istanbul\u201918 held between April 17-19 and was organized with the cooperation of ISBAK and BTM and encourages the development of ideas and projects aimed at increasing the quality of urban life within the framework of sustainability and livability principles in the smart city field.<\/p>\n
SMART TRANSPORTATION<\/strong><\/p>\n As a result of the evaluations made by the jury, the Bavulier Project, which was the idea of \u200b\u200bBTM entrepreneurs G\u00f6khan Kaptan and Onur T\u00fcrk, came in second in the Smart City Entrepreneurs Awards and received a cash prize of 10 thousand TL. On the other hand, in the Innovative Solutions Category of the competition, another BTM entrepreneur, \u0130lhan Kurtulu\u015f \u00c7\u0131klaiblik\u00e7i’s ‘New Generation Generator Project for Wind and Stream Turbines’ and in the Smart Transportation Category, Umut Karadirek’s ‘ULAKOPTER Urban Smart Distribution System Project’ came in first in their categories. Both project owners were presented with tablets and plaques.<\/p>\n EXPERT SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n In the competition, L\u00fctfi Mutlu’s ‘Smart Disabled Vehicle’ came in first and received a prize of 20 thousand TL, while G\u00f6ktu\u011f \u0130slamo\u011flu’s ‘CapturaIts Vehicle Synchronization Protocol’ came in third and received a prize of 5 thousand TL. The common feature of the participants in the competition was that they all prepared their presentations under the guidance of BTM professionals. Entrepreneurs also presented their projects to the jury members for final evaluation at BTM. Entrepreneurs participating in the competition also benefited from the booth opportunities in the start-up area at the congress.<\/p>\n HERE ARE THE FIRST 3<\/strong><\/p>\n SPECIAL REWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n CATEGORY AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n THEY ARE PREPARING TO FACE INVESTORS<\/strong><\/p>\n The Information Commercialization Center (BTM), founded by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) and supported by the Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA), continues to support its members with innovative business ideas in developing their projects with the units of the \u2018Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Office\u2019, \u2018Business Development and Innovation Office\u2019 and \u2018Brand and Patent Office\u2019.<\/p>\n ON MAY 9<\/strong><\/p>\n Within the scope of the \u2018Information Commercialization Workshop\u2019 and \u2018New Born Company Unit\u2019, which are Pre-Incubation Centers and Incubation Centers; the BTM team, which offers all kinds of opportunities that start-ups may need, helped BTM member teams prepare their project presentations before the \u2018BTM Sahne Investor-Entrepreneur Meeting\u2019 event to be held on Wednesday, May 9. The BTM team, who listened to the teams that wanted to take part in the BTM Sahne at the BTM Pre-Stage event; listened to presentations that included team introduction, project purpose, needs analysis and market analysis, target audience, competition analysis, income model, sustainability and financial approach headings and subheadings.<\/p>\n BTM teams reminded entrepreneurs which topics investors care about more and therefore the points that must be included in presentations, and also emphasized important details in terms of presentation techniques so that teams can be more effective during the presentation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Smart City Awards, given for the first time this year by Istanbul Informatics and Smart City Technologies Inc. (ISBAK), a subsidiary of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, have found their owners. The project, which is considered to become a tradition and whose main theme is \u2018Smart City Entrepreneurs\u2019, came second and first in the category, … <\/p>\n\n
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