Start-Up Competition
We are happy to announce that on Wednesday the 21st of May 2025 a Social Enterprises Start-up competition took place in our school, where Grade 11 Business Management students presented their start-up ideas on which they were working during the whole academic year.
The students presented their ideas in the ISA theatre to a panel of experts consisting of three experienced executives:
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Mrs Rineta Mitsi (MSc Public relations), the Group Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director at Goody’s – Everest Group.
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Mrs Ruzanna Safaryan, whose main focus is consulting sustainable businesses and helping launch impact startups.
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Mr Nick Philippopoulos (BSc Marketing, MSc International Management), the founder of Synklisi, a firm helping deep-tech startups move from the lab to their first revenue—while also developing and offering AI-based solutions to market.
The students that won the 1st place are, Antigoni Visviki, Elena Michelaki, Lenio Bitsopoulou, Maida Palantzian, with “Plateful”, scoring 65.5/75.
The 2nd place award was won by Eleni Kouris, Elona Simitzis, with “boxED”, scoring 63/75.
Finally, the 3rd place award was won by two teams, Andrey Marmalidi, Konstantinos Adamopoulos, Nicolas B.N. Abueid, Vasil Atanaschikov with “Creamer Deluxe” and Davud Mehdi, Eren Düzdaş, Evgenios Misailidis, with “Rinova”, scoring 61/75.
Special awards for Research, Impact and Creativity were granted to:
Research |
Emilios Ajrab, Nabil Abu Ata, Nicholas Konstantakis, Konstantinos Tselios |
Poseidon |
Impact |
Emilios Ajrab, Nabil Abu Ata, Nicholas Konstantakis, Konstantinos Tselios |
Poseidon |
Innovation |
Nicholas Amani, Panos Theocharopoulos |
Ecographics |
Eleni Kouris, Elona Simitzis |
boxED |
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Davud Mehdi, Eren Düzdaş, Evgenios Misailidis |
Rinova |