What is YBY?
With 60,000 applicants from 221 countries (that’s more countries participating with us than the Olympics and the UN), Smaller Earth has built an inspiring competition to positively impact the world.
Through a series of tasks with themes of entrepreneurship and global citizenship, applicants will compete to win the grand prize, a year-long trip to 5 continents meeting community and world leaders. Your Big Year is a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which is endorsed by world leaders including President Obama and former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
On November 11, 2011 (11/11/11), Smaller Earth announced 3 tasks for judgment. From these 111, Smaller Earth narrowed this down to 16 dedicated and inspirational people to be flown to Liverpool for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in March 2012, where they will compete in “The Apprentice” style challenges. The ultimate winner of the grand prize will be announced on March 15 at the closing dinner for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral.
Last year’s finalists were spectacular individuals aged between 18 and 51, and from the diversity of applicants we shall see the same exciting mix this year. Our two winners (Carielle Doe from New York and Michael Teoh from Malaysia) have just rounded off their trip. Read about their life-changing year and the incredible and sometimes famous people they have met, and the rewarding projects they have worked on.
The competition is free and easy to enter. Register now.
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