Welcome to the Promoting Enterprise community — your go-to place for everything related to the European SME Week (ESW), the SME Assembly (SMEA) and the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA)
The campaign, which is run in conjunction with European SME Week, celebrates entrepreneurs and their small businesses from all over Europe, helps us understand their motivations and struggles whilst also inspiring a new generation of European entrepreneurs and encouraging us to follow in their footsteps. The message from all entrepreneurs is that, despite its challenges (or maybe because of), entrepreneurship is a thrilling and rewarding career path.
Hear from successful entrepreneurs and SMEs in the EU and countries of the COSME programme, Europe’s programme for small and medium-sized enterprises, about what motivated them to set up their own businesses, what were the main challenges they encountered along the way, and how they overcame these challenges.
Download the Secrets of Success brochures from previous years:
Isabel Viegas is the Co-Founder of dNovo, a Portuguese non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting highly qualified unemployed professionals over the age of…
Andreas Vasiliou and Symeon Stylianou are the Co-Founders of Ablebook, a Cypriot digital platform dedicated to improving accessibility and…
What if going out for a coffee was not a simple everyday choice but a challenge filled with uncertainty? For millions of people with disabilities, accessibility gaps turn daily…
In a world obsessed with high-growth startups and billion-dollar "unicorns," what happens to the backbone of our economy: the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? A new episode of the…
Jasna Pejović is the founder of Flourish, a platform that develops emotional intelligence (EQ) through digital, interactive, and personalised tools. Her mission is to make EQ…
Christopher Hutchison is the Co-Founder and CTO of ProsFit, a company transforming prosthetic care through digital innovation. Based in Sofia, Bulgaria, ProsFit designs and delivers ISO-certified…
In the latest episode of the Promoting Enterprise podcast, we hear the energetic and inspiring story of Gillian White and Nina Shelton, co…
Alina Marnenko is the founder and CEO of the 03:00 Foundation and the Museum in the Dark “03:00”—Ukraine’s only museum…
Petra Kotuliaková is the founder and CEO of Aj Ty v IT ("You Too in IT")—a Slovak non-profit empowering women and girls to thrive in the digital world. Since 2012, her organisation has…
Andrea Mészáros is the founder of Ízlelő, a family-friendly restaurant where people with disabilities prepare and serve food in a welcoming and inclusive environment. Based in Hungary, Ízlelő…
