In 2007 the Business Commission started a major project for JCI Luxembourg
called CYEL (Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg Award). The ambition of
this award is to determine the most Creative Young Entrepreneur in established in Luxembourg.
Who Are We Looking For?
Every year we look for individuals between 18 and 40, who
work within or own a company established in Luxembourg and use their creativity
to boost
an existing business, solve a problem, modify a process, launch a new field
of activity or change business operations in order to create added value. These
creative young entrepreneurs used creativity in product development, service
development, and in their approach to the market. They might also have taken
an existing business and incorporated creativity to solve a problem, or change
a process, to create positive change in their business operations. There is
no limitation in the domain of activity, this contest adresses as well private
and public sector, public initiatives and nongovernmental organizations.
Main Goals
To honour creative young entrepreneurs
To create interest in entrepreneurship among innovative young
people
To promote and support business creativity and new enterprise
or segment development
To promote JCI as well as the project sponsors as leaders in
creating, supporting and honouring
the entrepreneurial spirit
To contribute to the advancement of the global community as
stated in the JCI mission
JCI Luxembourg is deeply honored to
announce that one of this year’s CYEL finalists, Mr. Stéphane
Ledermann from SmartAir, is among the three finalists of this
year’s International Creative Young Entrepreneur Award 2009!
In November 2009 during the JCI World Congress
in Hammamet, Tunisia the final judging round will take place.
JCI Luxembourg will be present in order to support,
keep their fingers crossed and express their pride of the
young entrepreneurs of Luxembourg.
This is an outstanding event in the
history of JCI Luxembourg and we would therefore also like
to once again congratulate the CYEL Team 2009 for their work,
commitment and great success. Let this motivate the team and
others to continue their work in 2010!
On behalf of JCI Luxembourg we would
like to express our deepest respect for and to congratulate
Mr. Ledermann on his great success.
We wish him all the best and good luck at the final round
in Tunisia!
Congratulations!
(by Lene Pedersen)
And the winner is ....
Let's discover a presentation the winner Sylvain Zimmer provided us with:
On June 29th, JCI Luxembourg (Jeune
Chambre Economique du Grand-Duché de
Luxembourg
asbl) organized the third award ceremony
of the "Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg” (www.cyel.lu).
During this ceremony, which was rich
in emotions, Sylvain Zimmer (Founder, CTO) of
jamendo s.a., won the trophy for the young entrepreneur of
the year 2009 in Luxembourg, as well as € 1,700.
Jamedo, from the contraction between "Jam" and "crescendo" is
an innovative platform for the legal downloading of free and
unlimited music.
The two other finalists were Stéphane
Ledermann, (founder, CEO) of Smart Air, first fractional ownership
solution of D-Jets in Europe, and Jérôme Bloch (CEO) of MyOfficialStory,
a concept that enables registered members to create On-line
profiles to promote their image in a controlled and secure
framework. They were also rewarded by receiving € 1,200 and
€ 600 respectively.
The prizes have been handed over in
presence of Mr. Tom Theves, adviser of the government at the
Ministry of Economy, Mr Xavier Buck (EuroDNS), CYEL winner
2008, Mrs. Sophie Krauss (Editus) and Mr. Keith O’Donnell
(Atoz).
Furthermore, the JCI has named the three
national finalists Sylvain
Zimmer, Stéphane Ledermann and Jérôme Bloch, as ambassadors
of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg at the
Creative Young Entrepreneur Award world finals to be held
next November in Hammamet.
The national selection has been made
by a jury of professionals, all partners of JCI, composed
of Mrs. Rachel Gaessler (Business Initiative), Frédérique
Gueth (1, 2, 3 GO), Mr. Diego De Biasio (Technoport), Michele
Gallo (Luxinnovation), Yves Kemp (KPMG), Mr. Mike Koedinger
(Mike Koedinger Editions), Keith O'Donnell (Atoz) and Enrico
Lunghi (Mudam).
This year's jury awarded a "Coup
de Coeur" prize to Mrs. Papadopoulou Anatoli for the creation of "Anatoli", a fashion
brand specialized in unique accessories for women.
In her speech, Mrs. Hedda Pahlson-Moller,
Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at John F. Welch College
of Business, Sacred Heart University, Managing Director of
Evalueserve Benelux and Founder and CEO of Omnisource International,
emphasized that the key ingredients to the entrepreneurial
adventure are inspiration, motivation, a dash of luck plus
a few people who really believe in you. According to Mrs.
Pahlson everyone needs an environment where there is some
room for creativity and failure, and it can be created just
about anywhere.
JCI Luxembourg thanked all the sponsors, without
whom the organization of such an event would not have been
possible as well as the Philharmonie for its collaboration.
JCI Luxembourg hopes to rely on their fidelity for the 2010
edition.
The contest CYEL is labeled as part of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.
In the media (selected articles)
"Sylvain Zimmer, young entrepreneur of the year!" Jamendo blog, 30.06.2009read more...
"Zimmer the winner" paperJam, July-August 2009 read more...
Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg 2009: Les trois finalistes sont connus !read more...
"Then there were three... " paperJam, June 2009 read more...
The finalists in interviews made during the CYEL Award Ceremony (paperjam.tv)
Interviews made during the CYEL Award Ceremony (paperjam.tv)
2008
Who won? Three young and creative young entrepreneurs
settled in Luxembourg. From left to right you have the winner
Mr. Xavier Buck (EuroDNS S.A.), the second placed Mr. Emmanuel
Vivier (VanksenGroup) and Mr. Sylvain Zimmer placed 3rd (jamendo
s.a.).
The CYEL 2008 Award Ceremony
The CYEL 2008 Award Ceremony hosted
by ArcelorMittal took place on the 4th of July 2008. This
was the place and the moment were the most Creative Young
Entrepreneur in Luxembourg was to be announced.
The interest in the evening was huge
and almost 300 participants attended the Award Ceremony, during
which they could learn further details about JCI, were captivated
by the young and motivating speech made by the guest of honor
Mr. Edmond Israel and had the opportunity to follow the key
note speech by Professor Sten Söderman discussing CSR from
a very interesting and strategic point of view.
Having created enough suspense until
then, the CYEL Award Ceremony continued with films introducing
the three finalists and their activities. With the support
of Michel Rodenbourg (President of the trade commission of
the Chamber of Commerce as well as president of the CLC),
Roger A. Assaker (CYEL 2007 Winner, e-Xstream) and Sophie
Krauss (Editus) the CYEL 2008 finalists were awarded their
respective prize.
The first prize of this award has been
presented to Xavier Buck co-founder and director of the company
EuroDNS S.A. which is one of the biggest European domain name
registrar. The winner received a trophy and 1.700 Eur. Mr.
Buck addressed the audience and noted that he hopes that his
participation in the CYEL contest will encourage other young
people in Luxembourg to dare and become entrepreneurs.
Placed second, Mr. Emmanuel Vivier,
director of VanksenGroup won 1.200 Eur, and Sylvain Zimmer,
co-founder and director of jamendo S.A., won 600 Eur. The
prizes have been offered by the Government of the Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg.
In the media (selected articles)
"Xavier Buck se place à la 4ème position au niveau mondial", Communiqué le 16.12.2008 par Creative Young Entrepreneur Award Luxembourg read more...
"Creative Young Entrepreneur Luxembourg 2008: And the winner is…" - Merkur, September
2008 read more...
"Esprit, es-tu là?" - paperJam, September 2008 read more...
"Le notaire du web" - Luxemburger Wort, 22.08.2008 read more...
"Le lauréat a été révélé!" - Écho Écho (CFCI), 07/2008 read more...
"La musique libre en ligne, un business qui marche" - L'Essentiel, 11.07.2008 read more...
"Un résultat net" - Le Jeudi, 10.07.2008 read more...
"Procura-se empresário mais creativo do Luxemburgo" - Contacto (Groupe Saint-Paul) March, 12th 2008 read more...
2007
The three finalists of the CYEL competition were presented as follows:
The three finalists: Roger A. Assaker, Yves de Pril and Pascal Dine
After a tense competition, three finalists were determined as the most creative
young entrepreneurs in Luxembourg. These were Pascal Dine (CPI), Yves de Pril
(Conostix) and Roger A. Assaker (e-Xstream). It is only during the Award Ceremony
held on the 25th of June 2007 at the ArcelorMittal headquarter that the name
of the winner Roger A. Assaker was given. During an interesting evening, the
250 participants not only had the opportunity to meet the three finalists
and hear more about their achievements, experience an
improvistion done by the Théatre Info, follow an interestingg key note speech
held by Mr. Rolf Tarrach the rector of the luxemburgisch university and hear
more about the new master "entrepreneurship and innovation"
and network with all the participants of the evening.
Thanks to and with the support of our partners and sponsors this first edition of CYEL was a success. But the CYEL
2008 edition was even better!
Further information regarding the competition can be found on the CYEL website: http://www.cyel.lu.
The CYEL team supported by JCI Luxembourg members and the president
For any furher information concerning the project, please contact the CYEL
team : cyel @ jcLuxembourg.com
