Not one, but three teams won! In a crowdfunding campaign that received media support from Yummy United and the Skolkovo Foundation, the kids raised enough funds to make their projects a reality.

WINNERS ARE NAMED IN THE THINK BIG, START SMALL COMPETITION OF KIDS' IDEAS!

Sestroretsk, Russia

Please Do Not Feed!

Lytkarino, Russia

School Bike Park

Kudos to the winners and thanks to all entrants and finalists!

The teams will pitch their ideas at the Startup Village 2021 conference in Skolkovo on 25 May, and report on their project outputs at the Open Innovation 2021 forum in October.

These ideas will take flesh and they will change the world for the better. After all, all big things start out small!

Europea-Gorki Skating Park

Krasnodar, Russia

The Skolkovo Foundation and Yummy United, a company managed by kids, present the contest of children's startups Think Big, Start Small.

The project Think Big, Start Small gives children the  opportunity to  share their views on  solving adult problems, prove themselves and suggest ideas for  improving the  place they live in. The  best idea will receive funding and will be  implemented.

Following the  presentation, the  jury selected the finalists, and their ideas have already been posted on  a  crowdfunding platform with the  support of  Yummy United and the Skolkovo Foundation. The idea that attracts the largest amount of  funds will be  declared the winner of the  project and brought to  life.

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submitted projects short-listed

projects selected for final competition

THE JURY

Head of the Glazychev Chair of Territorial Development at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, member of the Board of the Skolkovo International Gymnasium

Elena Zelentsova

Ekaterina
Morozova

Director, Open University Skolkovo

Maria Dokshina

CEO Boomstarter

Oleg Beriev

Co-founder Yummy United

Director of Business Development and Industrial Partners, Information Technology Cluster, Skolkovo Foundation

Sergei Dutov

CEO ANO Skolkovo Forum

Ekaterina Inozemtseva

Founder, CORE online learning platform

Anton Sazhin

Academic Director, Skysmart English

Anastasia Ekushevskaya

Co-founder Stayers PR agency

Sergei Bograd

Head of Event Management, Skolkovo Foundation

Elena Pugacheva

Director, Department of Child and Youth Development, Young Professionals (WorldSkills Russia) Agency for the Development of Professional Communities and Skilled Workforce

Eugenia Kozhevnikova

Director of PR and Marketing, Sberbank Charitable Foundation Investment to the Future

Olga Tsukanova

Head of Programmes, Young Professionals Focus Area

Ekaterina Pustynskaya

Tatyana Stepanova

Director of Marketing, Perekryostok retail chain

Acceleration Director, Electric Power Focus Area, Energy-Efficient Technologies Cluster, Skolkovo Foundation

Anton Skibin

Executive Director Inc. Russia

Viktor Moshkin

MENTORS

Alexander Sementsov

Founder and CEO Junior Projects

Alexander Senkevich

CEO Respublika LLC

Kirill Zhanaidarov

Head of the Department of Transport, Skolkovo Foundation

Head of Russian Representative Office, TAU Industries

Sergei Tsvetkov

Head of the Department of Social and Education Policy, Skolkovo Foundation

Anastasia Zelenova

Director of Advertising, Dnevnik.ru

Ksenia Titova

CPO MAXIMUM Education company

Andrei Nikonov

Director of External Communications, MAXIMUM Education company

Lyudmila Kevdina

Head of Education Path, MAXIMUM Education company

Maksim Kosenko

Head of Operations, MAXIMUM Education company

Dmitry Moskalenko

Director of Academic Community Relations, Navigator Postupleniya portal

Alexander Khvostov

Yulia Yakovenko

Lead Manager for Resident Interoperation and Relations with Technology Companies at Technopark Skolkovo, Department of Sociocultural Development

Director of Development, IT-TSEKH

Tatyana Panina

Руководитель проекта Varwin Education

Александр Пикулев

Менеджер по развитию инфраструктуры Департамента социальной и образовательной политики Фонда «Сколково»

Николай Ржевский

Acceleration Director, Industry Focus Area, Energy-Efficient Technologies Cluster, Skolkovo Foundation

Alla Krysanova

Alexandra Danilova

Project Manager, The Mentor Academy

FINALISTS OF THE THINK BIG, START SMALL COMPETITION

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Otradnoe
Vladivostok
Votkinsk
Novokuznetsk
Odintsovo
Krasnodar
Krasnye Tkachi
Orenburg
Sestroretsk
Lytkarino

Podcast "New Construction Project. The Story Window"
JQ - Junior Questions chat bot
Sports for All (a sports ground for children with special health needs) Friendly Internet
Bookcase
Let's Build a Skating Park!
Live, Water Spring!
Sort Like a Pro!
Please Do Not Feed!
School Bike Park

City

Project

Kids see what adults don't notice, they ask the right questions and find interesting and unexpected answers.

Let's hear what they have to say.

The aim of the project is to solicit from kids and implement some ideas that would make life better in a particular locale, city, neighbourhood, community or village. It is tiny local changes that help to gradually change the entire world for the better.

THINK BIG,
START SMALL