Third prize for the start-up project about the sustainability of agricultural system and long-term investments
The project AD "SolarSeed" - solar agricultural farm, by students of the Faculty of Economy of the University of Montenegro, Anđela Perazić and Abedin Orahovac, won the third prize at the Competition announced by the Career Center of the University, for the best start-up idea. The project is about solar agricultural farm based upon the model of the sustainable agricultural system and long-term investments.
Anđela and Abedin say that entrepreneurship, as business, represent a special topic that has always been in their interest, but they did not have previous experience with start-up projects. "We believe that we have the capacity, developed mindset and critical thinking that are necessary to even think about stating a certain business. We saw this opportunity as a great way to present and share our ideas, and to experience the magic of entrepreneurship world during the process of delivering business plans ".
They say that, attending the course National Economy, in second semester, they have noticed that Montenegro has a great potential for development of agriculture (fertile ground) and for usage of renewable energy resources (solar energy).
"That was the motivation to start thinking in that direction and to come up with this idea. We believe that this kind of systematic approach is the only way to resolve interlinked issues for a long-term sustainable agriculture, energy production and water protection ", they added.
Anđela and Abedin say that interest of their colleagues to work with start-ups are different and individual. "Colleagues that are interested, keep up to date with activities at the global market and web pages of large number of organizations so that they could present their ideas at the right time and at the right place. They are motivated with high level of innovation followed by technology development, understanding of society needs, and expectation that their ideas would be recognized by professionals. Besides those who are interested in start-ups and competitions, there are also those who are greatly out of this processes ", they said.
To all young people who see themselves as part of the start-up world, they say to be acive members of the society and in this way to find out what society needs. "Interest for this area is a signal of desire to develop the idea, but only the action is what makes us different. Do not set your focus on the results, because they come, but put your focus at the mindset and the system you manage ", they adviced.