SAP announces a programme to support Student Entrepreneurs

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SAP announces a programme to support Student Entrepreneurs 
As per the latest announcement made by SAP AG(NYSE:SAP), the Company has launched a new global programme that aims to provide comprehensive support for students who want to start businesses that develop real-time solutions and Big Data applications. 
Participants in the entrepreneurship programme will receive support in developing new applications on the SAP HANA platform. The students will be able to use SAP software free of charge to develop applications and will be assisted by SAP experts. A comprehensive training programme will provide the necessary technical background on SAP HANA as well as SAP Mobile Platform. Students will also be trained in design thinking methodology to help them along the process from an idea through to the finished product. 
“For a market leader in software, a high priority is strong entrepreneurship to foster the development of the most dynamic, innovative, high-quality software in the world. We want to create a community in which millennials are empowered to dream big and point the way to a future in which mobile-enabled organizations leverage social data in real time and create exceptional experiences for their customers. The student entrepreneurship programme will nurture this,” said Bill McDermott, Co-CEO & Member of the Executive Board of SAP AG, and executive ambassador of the new programme.
SAP plans to roll out the programme first in Europe and later in Asia and the U.S., and aims to win 100 universities as partners by the end of 2014. The leading universities worldwide have already expressed interest in supporting 10,000 potential student entrepreneurs as multipliers and by developing relevant curricula. 
The new entrepreneurship programme is part of the SAP University Alliances programme, a global initiative with nearly 1,500 member institutions in more than 80 countries. SAP University Alliances is aimed at universities and vocational schools that want to actively integrate SAP software into their teaching. SAP promotes real-life, future-oriented training through the programme by making the latest SAP technology available to lecturers and students worldwide

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