{"id":2542,"date":"2016-08-30T10:17:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T06:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessgeorgia.ge\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2016-08-30T10:18:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T06:18:04","slug":"20-winners-of-start-up-georgia-are-already-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessgeorgia.ge\/ge\/20-winners-of-start-up-georgia-are-already-known\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Winners of Start-Up Georgia are already known!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"textBrown fnt11\">\n<p>Start-up Georgia, a Government-initiated competition to find the best new business ideas, has selected 20 winners who will each receive 100,000 GEL to bring their idea to life.<\/p>\n<p>Business experts from Silicon Valley in the United States (US) and local representatives revealed the 20 finalists as the best of the best who had entered the competition.<\/p>\n<p>All of the 20 finalists will receive 100,000 GEL to launch their innovative businesses in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>The competition attracted 726 applications of new business ideas. 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