Welcome to Innovative Marble Business Idea Competition (IMBIC), an exciting initiative within the Erasmus+ MarbleTECH project. IMBIC invites creative minds and ambitious entrepreneurs in the marble and connected sectors to showcase their groundbreaking ideas. Whether you’re a student, researcher, or a company, IMBIC provides a platform to transform your innovative concepts into reality.
About IMBIC
We are looking for projects that will benefit from this level of support, and are at the ‘idea’ stage of development, although this doesn’t necessarily disqualify businesses that have already formed. To this end, we would like to support the winning idea of the competition with some small prizes.
To further support the winning idea, we will provide a small financial endowment raised through a crowdfunding campaign promoted by MarbleTECH partners. The recipient must agree to use these funds exclusively to develop their business idea and continue collaborating with MarbleTECH partners to refine and implement it. In addition to the financial support, the winner will be offered an internship with one of the project partners.
The IMBIC is open to anyone, including students, researchers, and entrepreneurs, who are ready to take their ideas to the next level.
IMBIC Objective
IMBIC aims to promote innovation by encouraging the development of revolutionary products, services, and business models in the marble industry. The competition offers support to ideas at the conceptual stage, with the winning proposal receiving a financial boost through a dedicated crowdfunding campaign. Join us in shaping the future of the marble sector with your ingenuity and vision.
Ready to turn your marble business idea into a reality? Explore the possibilities with IMBIC!
How to participate?
Participants will share their ideas in the form below for creating innovative products, services, or business models in marble and connected sectors. Any idea is valid, and the length of the idea should not exceed 2,000 characters. (Deadline 31st of December)
Once the Step 1 is done, participants will then be asked via email to develop their idea further with a small business plan and PPT presentation. Participants will be invited to present their ideas online during the final MarbleTECH meeting in Istanbul (date TBD, approx. mid-January 2025) to the project partners and then a final voting will be opened, the winner will be announced and a crowdfunding campaign will be launched for the implementation of this best idea.
Participation Rules
- Eligibility/ Who Can Apply?
- The competition is open to any marble sector stakeholder, individually or collectively: students, researchers, companies, and more.
- Entries can be submitted individually or as a team.
- Participants must adhere to the deadlines outlined in the following point.
- Idea Submission
- All ideas must be submitted via the IMBIC dedicated section on this website, just enter your contact details and develop your idea in the text box.
- The idea submission deadline is 31st of December.
- The PowerPoint presentation (PPT) of the idea must be presented (online) to the project’s partners during the last project meeting in Istanbul (mid-January 2025, date TBD, participants will be notified via email of the exact date).
- Judging Criteria
- Ideas will be evaluated based on creativity, feasibility, and potential impact in the marble and connected sectors.
- The judging panel will consist of MarbleTECH project partners.
- The winner will be chosen in the last project meeting in Istanbul by all the project partners based on the presentation of the ideas.
Prize
The winner will receive funds collected during a crowdfunding campaign promoted by MarbleTECH partners. These funds must be used to further develop and implement the selected business idea. Additionally, the winner will be awarded an internship with one of the project partners, such as Desinope or CTM, offering a unique opportunity to gain practical experience and support for the idea’s development.