Game of Tones at Bödön Handicrafts Market by Endre Nahóczky, Hungary

In Szeged, Hungary, there is a handicrafts ¹market called Bödön (https://bodonpiac.wordpress.com/), which was launched in September 2013. This market provides a great place for farmers, artisans and craftsmen to sell their products. The list of products is continuously growing giving a wide range of choices to the customers. There are foods like home-made cheese, meat products, marmalades, cottage cheese and drinks like homemade syrups or beverages². We can find cookies and cakes, too, which are made of healthy ingredients. In the course of the years, a lot of handmade products appeared too, beside the food and beverages. In this range, we can find bracelets, necklaces and rings made of leather, crystal, rag or plasticine. Apart from design jewellery, customers can choose from beautiful hand-made pottery, kitchen tools, bags, phone cases, clothes and toys, as well.

The market is organized between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. every second Sunday of the month in the “streets” of a shopping mall. As the only requirement from the sellers is to fit the profile of the market and pay a daily fee of 20 euros for their stand, it is a great opportunity for beginner and more experienced small entrepreneurs, too. Apart from this, the initiative is also beneficial ³for the customers who can buy high-quality home-made food along with unique handicrafts.

In September 2016, the Hungarian school company, Game of Tones decided to try their luck in this market and sell their colourable products there, too. In the first market (in September 2016)

they managed to make a nice profit and were happy to have found a regular market with regular customers. “Later in the fall, we did not have enough time, money or products to go to Bödön, so we took a little break. Then, we made new products, like calendars or the world map poster, so we decided to try again. In 2017, we went there 3 times, but the profit was less than before, unfortunately. However, we’ll keep trying till the end of the school year!” says Adriána Aczkov, mentor teacher of the school company.

¹ handicraft - work that needs both skills with the hands and artistic skills

² beverage - any type if drink except water

³ beneficial - having helpful or useful effects

Great design at the bank of the river Tisza – Tisza Sneakers by Bori Orosz, Hungary

                            Having become entrepreneurs ourselves, we are more and more interested in trying to find out the secret behind a successful company. We live in a town by the bank of the Tisza and this river plays a significant role in our lives. It is no surprise then that we wanted to learn more about the shoes of the brand Tisza that a large number of youngsters wear here in Hungary.

  We did not know, for example, that even our grandparents wore them when they were young, as Tisza is a heritage brand, established¹ in 1942 in Martfű, where the railway, public and water traffic meet, next to the Tisza river. During the 1950s and 1960s the factory produced shoes for the domestic market, but it expanded² in 1971 with a new corporate logo and started to design and manufacture sport shoes, which very soon had a cult followed by young Hungarians. The 'T' branded shoe was born at the start of the 1970s when many new sport shoe models were developed, some of these styles still remain to this day and have been updated with a contemporary touch.

One of the first shoes, which the Tisza factory produced, was a vulcanized rubber soled gym shoe, manufactured in many colors and fabrics and was suitable for many different sporting activities (like P.E. class for our parents). The innovative design combined with good craftsmanship brought international success for the brand. With 40 years of experience in manufacture and design of handmade shoes, a new era started in 2003. The Clash company bought the rights of the Tisza trademark and after dep.

So who knows? If you tailed research they started to produce a range of distinctive sneaker collections for women, men and also expanded the brand by adding fashion accessories and clothing lines. Today, the Tisza brand with its iconic 'T' logo is synonymous with culture, contemporary³ urbanism and good craftsmanshistart a business today, maybe your grandchildren will use your products, too.

http://www.tiszacipo.hu 

¹ establish - set up

² expand - become greater

³ contemporary - of the time or period being referred to

Dresses just for you - Emmaroz by Réka Szűcs, Hungary

                  Having become entrepreneurs ourselves, we keep our eyes open to spot successful entrepreneurs working right around us.

Previously an HR manager, Enikő Lilla Szénási became a businesswoman in July 2014, when she fulfilled her dream by opening “Emmaroz” an individual dressmaking saloon and designer shop in Szeged, Hungary. She named the shop after her daughter Emma Róza hoping that she would once take over.

                To produce individual and high-quality clothes is a particularly big challenge nowadays, when fast-fashion stores launch new collections every two weeks or so in order to make customers to keep shopping. “Emmaroz” would like to show that a great wardrobe does not necessarily contain heaps of clothes, but if they are good quality and designed just for you, you will just love it.

                  ‘Think about it,’ says the owner. ‘If you keep on purchasing¹ dozens of clothes crazily, you will end up wearing only like two of them regularly. You will always find there is something wrong with them and just throw them at the bottom of your closet.’²

The shop is open for ladies interested in fashion and style. Along with a cup of coffee or a macaron, they can learn about the trends of the next season. There regular events, too, including style guidance, film screenings, meetings with designers, talks and wardrobe parties. The owner of “Emmaroz” strongly believes that one does not need to be a special size or have an upcoming special occasion to go to an individual dressmas become a production partner for young designers. Its dressmaking workshop has already collaboaker.

What is more, the company hrated with almost all the successful designers of Hungary. At the same time, customers can also buy some pieces in the designer shop – for the first time in Szeged.

Another interesting thing about “Emmaroz” is the place itself. Its interior design is a combination of a 19^th-century dressmaking saloon and a contemporary design shop. In the fitting room³, there is a mirror with the sign “Gyönyörű vagy!”, which means ‘You are beautiful!’.

                 This unique shop in Szeged is a great example to show how entrepreneurial dreams can come true.

¹purchase - buy

²closet - small room for storing things

³fitting room - place in a shop where you can try on clothes

Never lose your sense of wonder! – Game of Tones at the JA Europe Company of the Year Competition

Having received the title Mini-company of the Year 2016 in Hungary, Game of Tones got the opportunity to represent our country at the JA Europe Competition in Lucerne, Switzerland between July 25 and 27, 2016.

The flagship programme of the organization Junior Achievement is the Company Programme, which offers high school students the opportunity to learn how to move a business idea from concept to reality. To their annual competition, the best mini-companies of the participating 36 countries are invited to introduce themselves and compete for the award JA Europe Company of the Year.

Web Grocery Basket

Local Entrepreneurship: Web Grocery Basket (www.zoldsegkosar.hu)
Web Grocery Basket by Zoltán Rácz, Hungary

This Szeged-based company sells vegetables and fruit. Every Wednesday, the company buys healthy and fresh vegetables and fruit from the same local farmers, who are committed to organic and ecological farming. Then, on Thursday, they sort them into boxes or baskets, which they deliver to five surrounding towns and the capital. The customers can pick up their baskets (which they have ordered online) at one of the delivery points, which can be a school, a yoga club or a private house. The Waldorf School in Szeged was one of the first delivery points, when the company was started three years ago.

The Punks of Economic Life in Hungary by Andrej Petri.

There are two types of Hungarian entrepreneurs: the diligent innovators and the tricksters. What comes to your mind if you think about entrepreneurs? Are they constantly looking for loopholes in the system? Are they running their business just because they need money? Or can an entrepreneur be innovative, creative and brave, as well?

The founders of Bridge Budapest, a cooperation of quickly developing and internationally successful companies that started out from Hungary (including Prezi, Ustream, LogMeIn, NNG, etc.), are interested in these questions along with Transparency International and CEU Business School. Because they believe that, a country's competitiveness depends on the existence of smart enterprises.

Christmas Wishes

Dear readers! The coordinators from Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and Poland with their students would like to wish you all the best for the coming Christmas! We wish you the new 2016 to be filled with your dreams coming true, friends and health! 

All the best,

Project Coordinators

1st teachers' meeting in Setubal, Portugal.

Teachers during the meeting

From 18th to 21st September the very first meeting of the project "On the road to entrepreneurship" took place. The participants that took part in this event were form the partner countries: Poland, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Cyprus and Belgium. During the meeting the teachers managed to discuss important for the project aspects, such as: the dates of the meetings, the monitoring and the dissemination of the project, the importance of set goals, products and many more. The meeting started with enthusiasm and lots of joy towards the coming two years!