President Sargsyan awards winners of Luys Start Armenia Fund’s entrepreneurship grant

YEREVAN, MARCH 17, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan awarded the winners of Luys Start ArmeniaFund’s entrepreneurship grant.

Narek Aslikyan and Grigori Yenikolopov are the winners of this year. Narek Aslikyan’s project is about the creation of a practical training center for young IT specialists and programmers, while Grigori Yenikolopov together with other 4 colleagues plans to create a “Museum of science” in Lori which will foster the economic and touristic development of the province by creating new and innovative infrastructures.

Congratulating the winners, President Sargsyan expressed conviction that the jury was able to select the best ones. “The best victory is the victory achieved by minimal losses”, President Sargsyan said, adding that all the projects participating in the contest must serve the development of Armenia.

The Luys Start Armenia Fund is an entrepreneurship competition and the natural evolution of the Scholarship Program that brings home ingenuity and seeds entrepreneurship in the homeland.

Numerous Luys alumni have already founded successful Start-ups of their own, from boutique law firms to investment capital management services. At Luys, we are strong believers that a solid, viable network of start-up companies will perpetuate the long-term sustainability of the Armenian nation.