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With the help of lectures training, mentoring and jury, will be awarded to the top three proposals that emerged during the weekend.

In Spain there are 3,000 bike companies that employ 14,000 people.

In 2013 more than 1 million units were sold, beating the car for the second year

The use of bicycles in cities is an alternative that helps them more livable, to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants and reduce pollution are facts that nobody doubts.

But there is no reason for them to be their unique advantages.

The Network of Cities for Bicycle (RCxB) and Enviroo have organized an initiative for use in regular journeys is also profitable.

To do this quest, both profitability and job creation linked to cycling, arises Bicity.org, a meeting between entrepreneurs, mentors and professionals who work to transform business ideas into viable businesses that favor the use of cycling in cities.

The initiative was presented this morning by the Mayor of Murcia and President of the Network of Cities for the Bicycle, Miguel Angel House, who was accompanied by the Councillor for Environment of the City of Murcia, Adela Martinez-Cache, and Director of Enviroo, Augustine Valentine-Gamazo.

In Spain, where every year 275,000 bikes are manufactured, there are 3,000 companies in the sector which employ 14,000 people.

In 2013 1.034.374 units sold, surpassing for the second year auto sales (722,703), reaching a turnover of over one billion euros.

In the past five years, sales have grown an average of 10%, according to data released by the Association of Manufacturers of Bikes Spain (AMBE).

Bicity.org will take place from February 27 to March 1 in Madrid, at the headquarters of AJE (Calle Matilde Díez 11) and registration can be performed in http://www.bicity.org They are summoned to the entrepreneurs engaged quote and motivated, meeting to present innovative business ideas around the bike.

Therefore, they can go both people with a plan to start a business related to the bike as professionals and freelancers looking for new models.

Ie who have projects or who seeks inspiration.

One of the main objectives of this Bicity.org is "to promote entrepreneurship culture in promoting sustainable mobility," said House, who has also highlighted the aim of this initiative to "help entrepreneurs to start their projects as just two days. "

It is, therefore, to help develop the abilities and skills of the new entrepreneurs, so they can start business in green, generating self-employment income.

Talks, workshops and teamwork

The Bicity.org weekend will begin on Friday at 16 am and will continue Saturday and Sunday morning and afternoon sessions.

For two minutes, participants will present their proposals, and among all the finalists will be voted attendees.

With them, teams will be formed to bring ideas forward.

In addition, mentors and speakers intervene share their experiences on sustainability in business models, innovation, etc.

The last day in the afternoon, a jury will select the three best ideas will receive prizes to launch their ideas, including an electric bicycle (company Yamimoto) presence in the Unibike Fair (Unibike) and a coaching course (provided by AMBE).

The training workshops and lectures will range from business models and biking, successful entrepreneurs and how to present a project to investors.

Among the associates with the event organizers are the Coordinator in Defense of the bike (ConBici), The Association of Manufacturers and Bikes Spain (ambe), the Business Platform Bike, Bluemove, Madrid Probici and the Higher Institute of the Environment .

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia