Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine, together with their daughter Ms Alison Andrews, hosted the opening of the Second Belgrade Startup weekend under auspices of HRH Crown Prince Alexander’s Foundation for Culture and Education this evening at the White Palace.One of chief organizers of this event was HRH Hereditary Prince Peter, renowned professional in web design, who worked together with Ms Alison Andrews on organizing this event.
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II welcomed participants and guests and said: “It is a great pleasure to host the Second Startup weekend in Belgrade, especially in the White Palace, under the auspices of my Foundation for Culture and Education. I wish to express a very special thanks to our daughter Alison for all her advice and hard work. I am very grateful to Mr David Schoch for his superb advice and encouragement. I thank our sponsors the Royal Council for Entrepreneurship, including SPEA and SEE ICT who worked very hard and gave great support in order to make this event possible. I warmly thank Ernst & Young who has recognised the importance of this event for the second year in a row and is a gold sponsor. I would also like thank my Foundation for Culture and Education team for their very hard work. This event is the start of an important path that my Foundation has taken to foster entrepreneurship in Serbia. I want to remind you that entrepreneurship is the back bone of every successful economy. Through entrepreneurship, Serbia can gain ground on innovation, economic growth, productivity and most of all, create new jobs. Let’s all work together towards this goal.”
The Second Belgrade Startup weekend has gathered 75 participants that will work with 15 mentors over the span of 54 hours. This event is a perfect opportunity for meeting with potential partners, but also for already launched startups to improve themselves and to get some additional finances for their businesses.
The members of the Royal Council for Entrepreneurship, including SPEA and SEE ICT are supporting this event together with Crown Prince Alexander Foundation for culture and education. Ernst & Young has recognized the importance of this event for the second year in a row and is a gold sponsor.
For more details, please visit www.belgrade.startupweekend.org or send anemail to [email protected].
