Each year the University of Kent selects a student, or team of students, to compete at the Virginia Tech University in the USA along with students from 14 other universities from around the world. These students all have one thing in common: a great business idea.

The University of Kent represents the UK to compete in this prestigious competition with other countries including Ecuador, France and Australia. Students pitch their business ideas with the chance to win $25,000 and the title of ‘Global Entrepreneurship Champion’.

We are proud to announce the 2017 entry will be Daniella Golden and Saga Rad, who won the University of Kent preliminary Big Ideas Competition with the business idea. The judges had the very difficult task of narrowing down the student applications and Daniella and Saga had fierce competition. Daniella and Saga’s winning entry, ToDo, is an online platform for collaborative environmental volunteering with a connected webshop.

Thank you to all of the students who entered the Big Ideas Competition this year- the caliber of entries was fantastic and every one of the participants should be proud of their achievements.