A total of seven Robi employees have started their journey of becoming an entrepreneur with financial, management advisory as well as motivational support of the mobile network operator, reports BSS.

The journey has begun in the form of incubating the employees’ business ideas under the company’s innovative digital entrepreneurship development platform, “r-ventures”.

The incubation period will continue for the next 12-month during which Robi will be funding up to Taka 1 crore for each of the six shortlisted business ideas.

The seven Robi employees who will be taking part in the incubation stage of the r-ventures programme along with their business ideas were introduced at a ceremony in the capital yesterday, said a Robi press release.

Posts,Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar attended the event as the chief guest. Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) President Syed Almas Kabir and Microsoft Bangladesh’s Managing Director Sonia Bashir Kabir were present as the special guests.