Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE)

The Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition (QRNEC) provides a platform to increase the interest of Jordanian university students in designing a path to achieve their dreams.

The competition strives to advocate entrepreneurial skills as students coalesce their university knowledge with their resources along with their competitive drive to create a business plan that is both practical and innovative.

The vision of QRNEC is to evolve and expand into a comprehensive entrepreneurship enabler, involved in fostering creativity, incubating viable concepts, and facilitating the success of entrepreneurial ventures to a level that affects the cultural orientation of the Jordanian community.

The finalists of the third year of the Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition (QRNEC) will be awarded the following prizes:

“Entrepreneurs from Academia” Category:

* First: JD 15000, plus in-kind rewards.
* Second: JD 10000, plus in-kind rewards.
* Third: In-kind rewards.

“Mature Entrepreneurs” Category:

* First: JD 15000, plus in-kind rewards.
* Second: JD 10000, plus in-kind rewards.
* Third: In-kind rewards.

For this year, QRNEC has two additional special awards:

1. Google Award For the Best Online Business Plan
Google is offering an award to encourage and support budding entrepreneurs with innovative ideas for online businesses in Jordan and beyond. The Google Award will recognize the boldest, most innovative and most scalable online business plan.
The winner of the Google Award will receive a prize of US $ 10,000. Throughout the competition, Google will offer technical and business lectures and will provide finalists with advice and insights to help participants polish their innovative ideas.

2. KADDB Award for the Best Business Plan in Defense and Security
King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau, a pioneer in scientific research and development in defense and security sectors in Jordan and the region, will be offering a special cash award of $10.000 for the best business plan for a defense and security project.

In addition, all finalists will receive invaluable in-kind rewards offered by the Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition.

* Free subscription/memberships in local and international organizations and publications.
* Free training courses.
* Legal and accounting services (company registration, the registration of patents, trademarks).
* Incubation services.
* Linking between entrepreneurs and investors around the world.

The winners will be determined and announced in big award-giving ceremony. Stay tuned for more updates!

Calling for Arab Innovative Entrepreneurs! : MENA 100 Business Plan Competition

Sent by Najeeb Jarrar on 27 June 2009, 01:29PM

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• Calling for Arab Innovative Entrepreneurs! : MENA 100 Business Plan Competition

• Awad Al taweel wrote (5 days ago):

  I hope that my contribution will add something new to the membership of the (QRCE)

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• Dr Sultan Tarawneh wrote (1 month ago):

  I have just joined the Centre. I beleave that it is a good and important step toward encouraging our youngest engineers and others to develop and adopt new ideas for good future of all in Jordan and outside. So, many thanks for the people support this idea.

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• Dr Eyad Fadda wrote (1 month ago):

  I suppose that it is a good opportunity for our youngest engineers and others educated fellows to approve new ideas for excellent future of all in Jordan and outside Jordan.

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• Katharine Price wrote (1 month ago):

  Calling all entrepreneurs! Do you want to develop your business skills at one of the leading universities in the world? find out more about the opportunities at the Cambridge Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning - http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/index.html

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• Dr Sultan Tarawneh wrote (1 month ago):

  I have just joined the Centre. I beleave that it is the a good and important step toward encouraging our youngest engineers and others to develop and adopt new ideas for good future of all in Jordan and outside.

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