28.4.2014
In order to reward the innovative projects for small and medium enterprises, Hrvatski Telekom joined a big contest “Business Wall of Fame” that has been implemented in Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The Contest is intended for independent programmers and startup founders who would want to promote their application and ensure the application is available to a wider audience. The contest is suitable for innovative business applications from all industries that simplify the business operations of small and medium companies.
The public will decide on the best applications in each of the participating countries, after which, a jury of experts will select the national winners in the categories: the best international application and the best startup.
The winner from Croatia will have a chance to become a Cloud Partner of Hrvatski Telekom and win a HRK 230,000 marketing campaign, and the winning international application will ensure its creators a Cloud partnership with Deutsche Telekom in all six countries. In cooperation with hub:raum Krakow incubator, up to EUR 80,000 will be invested in the winner of the startup category. All independent application programmers, either and individual or a little startup, are eligible for participation.
Besides the contestants, the voters can also win certain awards. The voters, employees in small and medium enterprises who will need to register as supporters of a specific application, have the opportunity to win a valuable awards: Cloud Exchange Mail, six months of trial use for the first 100 voters who leave the data on their company and who are the authorized representatives of the company.
Moreover, all votes have the possibility to win Sony Z2 Xperia Tablet computer, Sony Xperia Z2 smartphone and Sony Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone. The winners will be randomly selected from the pool of registered voters.
The categories and rewards of the Business Wall of Fame contest are as follows:
Best Application in Croatia
Reward: a HRK 230,000 marketing campaign and an ICT Marketplace position
Best International Application
Reward: Telekom International Cloud Partner status – a possibility of placement in all six countries and 1.3 million small and medium business users as well an excursion to T-Lab Berlin with innovation exhibitions and possible cooperation
Best Startup
Reward: investment proposal of up to EUR 80,000 by hub:raum as well as an invitation to the “Long Night of Startups” organized by T-Labs in Berlin and a fair booth for presentation.
This contest has its own ambassadors who said the following:
Sven Marušić, director of InfoCumulus:
Besides a good product, startups need publicity as well. I support the efforts of HT to help all young companies that set out into the wilds of entrepreneurship, and especially to those that are aiming high and far with their products. At this time of economic depression, this is the only way to promote hope for better perspectives.
Tomislav Car, director of Infinum
I joined this project because I find it valuable to support new ideas and companies that can develop business apps. The cooperation between startup companies or teams and large companies such as Hrvatski Telekom can result in realization of ideas applicable in small and medium companies. Giving this kind of opportunity to beginners in the business is an imitative that can efficiently turn good ideas into defined projects and ensure valuable knowledge, experience and contacts to all involved parties, which they will definitely use in further development of their projects.
Ivan Brezak Brkan, founder and chief editor of Netokracija portal
Cloud contest will be exceptionally useful to those who want to point out their solutions to future partners and potential clients.
Contest Schedule:
Application period: 28 April 2014 – 28 May 2014
Voting period: 5 May 2014 – 30 June 2014