On Wednesday May 17th NHTV Leisure student Max de Beijer won the 4th edition of the NHTV Startup Festival, in the category ‘best startup’, with his company Talent Meets Talent (www.tothemaxentertainment.com).
The NHTV Startup Festival offers entrepreneurial students a competitive platform to present their startup business or business idea to a jury of professionals and an audience of students, alumni and entrepreneurs. During the award show videos of the 8 nominees were presented to the audience. After each video nominees pitched their startup and answered questions from both the jury and the audience live on stage. The best NHTV Startup, the best NHTV Business Idea and Public’s Favorite were chosen and received an award. We closed this spectacular evening with a party!
The professional jury, last year’s winner Julie Roggeveen from Story Travel, Stefan Schuyleman from Getbright and Edward van der Pol, director of Starterslift, praised Max de Beijer with his startup. Talent Meets Talent is the development stage for hip hop talent. They develop talent from the attic to large stages and festivals. The ideal mix between education and entertainment offers hip hop talent a development that has never happened before.
Bokang Lemaoana, student logistics of NHTV Academy SLM, won the award for ‘best idea’ with his concept “Chronicle Ink”. Chronicle Ink is a publishing company that will publish biographies and autobiographies of the many great African men and women.
“Van Boer Tot Bord”, the startup idea of Joyce Zengerink (Student International Tourism Management & Consultancy), was selected as the public’s favorite. Van Boer tot Bord, the provider of interactive cycling routes through North Drenthe, where cycling becomes an experience! With a recipe as a route, ride along different farms, where you collect your own ingredients, try your local beer and start your own preparations to prepare a delicious dinner!
Congratulations to the winners and to all nominees! You did a fantastic job, good luck with your startup! Curious about the winners? Watch a video from Talent Meets Talent (To The Max Entertainment), Chronicle Ink and Van Boer Tot Bord.
Bas Groot
Tijs van Es
Gerben Beijneveld