Welcome to
Creative Young Entrepreneur
PROGRAM
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The Creative Young Entrepreneur program is an international pitch competition with a single main objective: To motivate and inspire young leaders.
The core of the CYE program is for young leaders to showcase their up-and-running businesses.
CYE challenges young entrepreneurs to critically and creatively think by requiring them to provide an in-depth business plan, their marketing position, and strategic goals on how their venture will begin to earn a profit and become sustainable, all the while providing the opportunity of having that plan reviewed by delegated experts.
OUR COMPETITIONS
2023
America
Santa Marta, Colombia
USD 100
2023
Asia and the Pacific
Jakarta, Indonesia
USD 100
2023
Africa and the Middle East
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
USD 100
2023
Europe
Bucharest, Romania
USD 100
2023
World Congress
Switzerland
USD 100
FORMER CYE PARTICIPANTS
USD 200
NEW PARTICIPANTS
ELIGIBILITY
- The competition is open to JCI members and non-members.
- Businesses must already be active. (Minimum 3 months).
- Contestants must provide a strong business plan, a presentation, and the ability to speak about their business goals in an articulate and numerate manner are essential.
- Applications are reserved for individuals aged 18-40 years.
HOW TO APPLY
- Purchase your registration
- Fill out an online application form in English sent to your email after your purchase.
- Upload a detailed business plan for the project, including market analysis, and strategic and financial information.
- Upload a one-minute pitch video in English on the project (filmed horizontally).
- Attach a good quality (300 dpi) head-and-shoulders photograph.
COMPETITION BREAKDOWN
Application Review
A jury will select the contestants to participate in the preliminary round. This selection will be based on the quality of the business plan, and pitch video submitted.
Training Session
Training will take place the week before the Area Conference of the applicant’s area. Each judge will conduct a series of 1-hour round tables with the participants.
AREA CONFERENCES
Preliminary Round
Selected participants will pitch their projects for 1 minute and 30 seconds, followed by the judges deliberating to select six finalists to move to the final. Please note that the number of finalists can be changed at the discretion of the jury members based on the quality of the submissions received.
Final Round
The six finalists will pitch their projects for three minutes, followed by Q&A by the judges (six minutes).
WORLD CONGRESS
Preliminary Round
Selected participants will pitch their projects for 1 minute and 30 seconds, followed by the judges deliberating to select four finalists to move to the final. Please note that the number of finalists can be changed at the discretion of the jury members based on the quality of the submissions received.
Final Round
The twelve finalists (four finalists of the preliminary rounds + eight Area Winners) will pitch their projects for three minutes, followed by Q&A by the judges (six minutes).
PRIZES
AREA CONFERENCES
1st Place:
- $5,000 USD
- Access to the 2023 World Congress CYE Program. (No fee is required to re-submit their project.)
2nd Place:
- Free Registration for the 2024 corresponding Area Conference
- Access to the 2023 World Congress CYE Program. (No fee is required to re-submit their project.)
WORLD CONGRESS
1st Place:
- $10,000 USD offered by 2023 JCI Treasurer Pheng "William" Kouch.
2nd place:
- Free registration for the 2024 World Congress.
DOCUMENTS
Download our toolkits and guides to know more about CYE, the competition, and how to run a CYE Competition.
CYE TOOLKIT
APPLICATION FORM TEMPLATE
NATIONAL CYE TOOLKITT
PAST WINNERS
