Croeso i chi gyd i ddathlu
Syniadau Mawr Cymru yma yn Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd.
Welcome to Cardiff City Stadium, the wonderful venue we have today for Big Ideas Wales Celebrated.
I am living proof that you don’t really have to listen to these people who close doors
and say no.
You can actually listen to them and turn them into something positive.
The pitches that I have seen this morning have actually put me to shame.
I think back at how I did my first pitches and my first presentations when I started
my business and looking at the things that the guys are putting over today they are really
polished and really well presented.
To be honest being on the judging panel has been really, really tough.
At NatWest we have a very enterprising culture from classroom to boardroom which I think
is very important so that we instil those skills in young people today to help them
with their future.
It’s been very exciting, it’s a new experience and it’s very helpful so if there is anyone
out there trying to get into something like this, definitely do it because it’s such
a great experience.
The day has been awesome because there has been lots of speakers to learn from, lots
of networking and just lots of great opportunities to open your eyes really and to collaborate
with other young entrepreneurs.
After winning this award, we’re completely gob smacked.
We never thought we’d be even runners up in this competition, we just applied for the
opportunity of being nominated.
It’s just unbelievable.
I feel really good because it’s a really good thing to have something for what I have
done and it’s really good.
It’s been fantastic, I’ve had a great time and it has been brilliant to come here,
because I’ve never been here before so it’s a fantastic event.
I’ve really enjoyed it.
Honestly I’m astonished and I feel more motivated now to pursue even more.
This is like an extra push for me so it’s a great motivation for me now.
It’s great to see the creativity, the real zest for it, the innovation, the young people
just coming alive with their ideas, perhaps presenting in a big group for the first time,
full of confidence.
It’s great and it makes your heart sing doesn’t it.
We saw some amazing pitches today and passion from the young people that presented to us.
A real mix of people as well.
People who were nervous, people who were confident but the one thing that run through all of
them really was a belief and confidence in what they were doing, that it was the right
thing to do.
You can’t buy that, it’s irreplaceable.