Second place in the student entrepreneurship competition for a modern business plan

Students of Year 3 in the Combined Programme of Savremena Gimnazija, Isidora Jarić, Kai Vainomaa and Anđela Todorović, took the second place in the competition of secondary school students for their business plan design and presentation – Start-up and Student Entrepreneurship.

The online competition was held on Saturday, 24 April, and featured 12 student teams selected to present their business ideas to a jury of experts consisting of: 

  • Aleksandar Janjušević, Head of the Accounting and Auditing Department of the Ministry of Finance;
  • Vladimir Vasić, Secretary General of the Association of Serbian Banks;
  • Dr Irena Brajević, President of the Association of Serbian Secondary Schools;
  • Professor Periša Ivanović, Executive Board Advisor for Retail and SME at AIK bank;
  • Edo Duran, Senior Consultant for strategy and transactions at the Ernst & Young auditing firm;
  • Enes Hanić, fullstack software engineer at the GetSwift IT company;
  • Dr Dejan Erić, Dr Svetislav Paunović and Dr Branko Živanović, professors at the Belgrade Banking Academy.

I am proud of our students who demonstrated innovativeness, presentation skills, and enviable knowledge of business theory, successfully implementing it to design the necessary components of a business plan for this competition, said their Business teacher in the Cambridge Programme, Marija Milić, MEc.

Savremena student Kai Vainomaa shared her impressions about the competition

The competition was preceded by a seminar on business plan development. What are your impressions about the introductory seminar on entrepreneurship? 

Anđela Todorović and I attended the introductory seminar. We were pleasantly surprised by the dedication of lecturers, which greatly helped us in the realisation of the business idea. Professors explained segments in economics (banking and business) through presentations, and we learned a number of new things and concepts.   

What are your impressions about the organisation of the competition in innovative entrepreneurship?

The organisation of the competition was excellently prepared given that we had preparatory seminars. The deadline for submitting papers was quite generous, and thanks to the help of our Business teacher, Marija Milić, we managed to do everything we wanted on time. The competition was strong, because the contestants were mostly students of secondary schools of economics from all parts of Serbia. However, despite the odds, we manage

I am extremely pleased and proud to be the parent of a Savremena student. During my first encounter with the school management, when I asked about my child’s potential enrolment, I saw how much love, enthusiasm and professionalism you put in your work. I was impressed by your approach, ideas and methods. I couldn’t believe something like this existed in our country! It doesn’t take long to realise that this is a school you would recommend to everyone. Creativity, modern technology, top-quality education, and most of all, the humaneness that can be seen throughout the school, make it truly different and worthy of its name – Savremena Gimnazija. With such an approach, the success of this school and, consequently, our children’s success, is unavoidable. Congratulations! Jelena Đorđević, Andrija’s mum
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