In Moscow started the championship of business projects among schoolchildren

Registration for the seventh season of the Entrepreneurial Ideas Championship has opened in Moscow, during which high school students will develop their own projects, and then present them to the leading entrepreneurs of the city. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of the capital for social development Anastasia Rakova.

According to her, the championship gives young Muscovites the opportunity to go from an idea to the launch of a business project while still studying at school. “Participants will not only come up with a concept, but also conduct market analysis, build a financial model and protect it before experts,” she said. Thus, students of entrepreneurial classes and students who plan to enter them will be able to learn how real business works, gain new practical skills and consciously approach the choice of further educational and career trajectory.

The competition will be held in three stages, subject to mandatory registration on the official website of the tournament. First, the children are waiting for an entrepreneurial online marathon, each participant of which will be able to test their business skills with the help of tests and cases from experts. At the second stage, students will have to develop and present their own projects to the jury members, preparing video pitches with market analysis and a description of a unique trading offer, as well as a financial model with an interactive dashboard that reflects the dynamics of cash flows and key project indicators.

Independent experts will evaluate each project according to eight criteria, and the authors of the best ideas will go to the third and final stage and present their developments to experts – members of the business community, specialists in the field of economics and finance, including representatives of Gazprombank, Sbera, Plekhanov REU. Winners and prize-winners of the championship will receive diplomas and memorable gifts from the organizers and partners.

The Championship of Entrepreneurial Ideas, organized by the Institute for the Development of Profile Training of the Moscow City Pedagogical University (MSPU), has been held in Moscow since 2020. Every year about 4 thousand schoolchildren participate in it, more than 70% of whom are students of entrepreneurial classes. According to Deputy Mayor Rakova, in 2026, in total, more than 14 thousand high school students are trained in such classes, which is 2.7 thousand more than last year.