Five days of intense struggle for leadership, almost 260 thousand votes and a dozen winners - Chelny-biz.ru completed the formation of the rating of young entrepreneurs in Naberezhnye Chelny in 2018. The second annual project did not yield to the first in terms of the composition of participants and the intensity of events. The rearrangements in the top ten of the rating took place just a few minutes before the end of the online voting. The technical group of the site had to repeatedly intervene in the process: to react to attempts at mass throwing of votes, the editors received several messages about the sale of votes to participants, which was confirmed during the check. About who surprised the city with their projects, how a dozen winners were formed, what decision the editors made about very “enterprising entrepreneurs”, as well as the first reaction of the winners and the public in the Chelny-biz.ru review.
“I LIKED THAT ALL BUSINESS AREAS ARE REPRESENTED, EVEN THE QUAIL FARM IS”
“It is a great achievement to get into the TOP-50. For me, this is already a result, ”- this is how entrepreneurs who participated in the TOP-10 of 2018 characterize the Chelny-biz.ru rating. The faces of the project are representatives of industry, trade, catering, education, medicine, finance, media, entertainment and other areas under the age of 35
Let us remind you that this year the shortlist of 50 persons was formed in two stages: in the first stage the candidates were nominated by the readers, in the second - by the editorial staff. As a result, the list was almost completely updated, from last year's participants only those who launched new projects during the year got into the new rating. Moreover, some of them managed to get into the TOP-10 on the second attempt.
The first three, after five days of online voting, lined up as follows: Timur Gizatulin, owner of a private ambulance clinic, is in the lead, followed by Farhad Khaidarov, owner of the Chillout restaurant, the third are Yaroslav and Denis Balta, jointly developing the Balta Metals family project.
Brothers Denis and Yaroslav Balta, who have been participating in the rating for the second year in a row, admit that they planned to conquer the top of the rating. This year they entered the TOP-10 with the new project Balta Metals and were on the third line.
– We were waiting for the first place, but we were not upset from the third either. We will participate next time, - says Yaroslav Balta. - Immediately, as soon as the rating started, friends, relatives, employees of the company began to write. The phone was simply bursting with messages. Even people who offered to buy votes wrote. We laughed a little on this topic. Someone wanted to profit from this rating. We hope that no one was able to do this, then the rating would have turned out to be incorrect.
The fact that the participants received messages with offers to sell votes were immediately reported to the editorial board by several people. At the same time, the price tags ranged from 2.5 to 5 rubles per vote. With a large "order" they promised a discount - 1.5 rubles per vote. In addition to the increase in votes, "businessmen" offered the ability to control the speed and timing of the "service".
The technical service of Chelny-biz.ru recorded active attempts to cheat votes in the last two days. It got to the point that one or another participant had up to a thousand votes in an hour. Let us explain that this automated, robotic injection was initially blocked using special filters. Some participants or their "well-wishers" have used the so-called "hand-in-flow" when voting is done through real people in different parts of the world. Compilers of many large ratings and online polls face this problem.
In this situation, the editorial staff decided not to remove votes from anyone, because they did not affect the placement in the top ten. In the TOP-10 there are real winners of the rating. Among them there are two people in whose piggy bank there are suspiciously arose voices, but even without them people still remain in the top ten.
Seats outside the TOP-10 are not allocated, so voices no longer play a role. Each project participant is already an absolute winner. All young people won, first of all, themselves, their doubts, life circumstances, the system when launching business projects, which today are of undoubted value for Naberezhnye Chelny.
“OF COURSE YOU SHOULD SHOW SUCCESSFUL YOUTH. MORE THAN, IT IS NECESSARY TO SHOW THE PROSPECTS OF ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT”
Public interest in the Chelny-biz.ru rating is expressed not only in the activity of voters. The editorial office, like last year, received a lot of feedback from the business community and government officials. Many Chelny-biz.ru readers were surprised at how many people, authors and owners of interesting business projects in Naberezhnye Chelny have not yet been revealed.
– Of course, you need to show successful youth. Moreover, it is necessary to show the prospects for its further development. People should see their perspective, - said Leonid Steinberg, president of the Non-profit partnership "Logistics and road transport of Tatarstan", a member of the Council of Elders of the city. - It is simply necessary that young people receive attention and support. If a person is active in life, honest, understands what he is doing, has a serious business basis, he must be promoted. And if he would only say and not be responsible for his words ... This category also exists.
Leonid Steinberg notes that it is more difficult for the generation of modern youth to start a business than even in the 90s. It is especially difficult in the field of transport and transportation.
– For us in the 90s, there was only one problem - bandits on the roads. And now there are more problems, more extortions, the lawlessness of officials! - says the president of the logistics association. - It is very difficult to start a business in our area now. Firstly, the pricing policy for cars, and secondly, there are practically no subsidies. Although there are young people who have money from somewhere, they find opportunities and start. I think that the more smart people around us, the easier it will be for business. But, unfortunately, this is not the case.
– I saw the rating, recognized some of the names. I didn't really notice the production projects, which upset me. Because, after all, the economy is developing not only on sales and services, - says Pavel Evdokimov, General Director of Engineering+.
– Of course, there were unusual projects in the rating. A quail farm can be noted. The scope of their business, perhaps, is not the same: this is not KAMAZ or KBK. Pleased with the dance center "PROTANTSY" - something good, bright for children. I am glad that this achievement of civilization has come down to us. If the business of the participants is connected with personal recognition, then the rating was probably useful for them. If a company operates on the principle that money loves silence, attention may even be harmful. At the same time, surely, after reading about the projects from the rating, someone will think: “Oops, we have such an interesting thing in the city, but I didn’t know! Let me see or order from him!” Of course, this is a plus for an entrepreneur.
Maxim Steblov, General Director of KIP Master agrees that the effect of increased attention for an entrepreneur can be twofold.
– If this is a business associated with any know-how, then it can be lost. If someone finds out the details of what the young entrepreneur is trying to build his business on. This is not very good at the first stage, when, for example, the development has not yet been patented. In all other respects, such attraction of public attention to a particular businessman always plays into the hands, - says Steblov. - Any business in the final goal has to receive money: a service or a product must be sold. A rating is essentially an advertisement. Such advertising is especially necessary for a beginner business, so that, for example, a potential investor is found.
The head of the industrial park even proposes to create in Naberezhnye Chelny a kind of exhibition of completed youth projects and business ideas.
– Maybe create some kind of permanent exhibition in the city, where you can come, look at other people's projects, offer your ideas or learn something new. Or find a project to invest money, - says Maxim Steblov.
Time will tell what will be the effect of the project for the participants and winners of the project. As Chelny-biz.ru already wrote, many participants in the 2017 rating managed to expand projects and launch new ones in a year.
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