Russian Entrepreneurship Day (Entrepreneur's Day) 

Entrepreneur's Day is celebrated in Russia on May 26th. Although this holiday is not familiar to many, it is worth paying special attention to it, because thanks to the work of these people, new ideas emerge and are implemented, and the country’s economy develops. Poems and warm words of congratulations sound for them.

A businessman is the same specialty as a doctor and a teacher. Representatives of this profession have their own professional holiday. Entrepreneur's Day is a very young holiday that appeared a little over 10 years ago.

Holiday traditions

On this day, entrepreneurs, their subordinates, friends, relatives and loved ones gather around the tables. The heroes of the occasion accept congratulations from colleagues and employees, toasts are made, ending with the clink of glasses. Wishes for health and success in difficult activities are pronounced.

Television and radio stations broadcast programs dedicated to finance and the private sector. The difficulties and success stories of their founders and leaders are described. Public organizations hold exhibitions. Conferences on industry issues and seminars on starting your own business are organized.

Russian Entrepreneurship Day 2022 is marked by speeches by top officials of the Russian Federation. In their speeches they mention the event and emphasize the importance of business for the state’s economy.

For some businessmen, this holiday does not have a solemn connotation. Some view the event as a manifestation of hypocrisy on the part of the Russian government. Critics of the date point out that it is extremely difficult to operate profitably. Private entities face enormous pressure from corruption and excessive regulation by regulatory authorities. The authorities are often accused of creating a monopoly position for individual firms in many sectors of the market and being close to them.

When is Entrepreneur's Day in 2022?

The holiday, like most professional events, has a fixed date and does not move to a different date every year. The event also does not depend on the day of the week, and is celebrated regularly on May 26, and the year 2022 will be no exception. At the end of spring, all businessmen and those directly related to private activities should be congratulated. Although entrepreneurs have their own day with state status, this does not make it an official day off.

In 2022, Entrepreneur's Day in Russia falls on Thursday, May 26.

Since this will be a weekday, nothing should change in the usual working rhythm of many Russian businessmen. But in your busy work schedule you need to find time to go to entertainment events. In the evening, entrepreneurs will most likely prefer to have a feast with family and friends.

The choice of a holiday date is not accidental and spontaneous, because it was on May 26 that the official entrepreneurial era began in our state. In the USSR in 1968, the Law “On Cooperation” was signed, which became the impetus for a new economic direction and development.

Interesting Facts

• The largest online store in the world is Amazon. It sells 163 products per second.
• According to statistical estimates, 90% of restaurants close in the first year after opening.
• In most stores, the pleasant smells are artificial and are created using air scents. Their main goal is to encourage customers to buy, which is especially effective for hungry people.
• serves approximately 46 million people daily. The main income of this company comes from the sale of drinks.
• In children's goods stores, the most expensive and interesting toys are placed as low as possible to the floor so that children notice them.
• Every day, 33 new products are created in the world, of which 13 are toys.

Small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of the Moscow economy

Today, hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses operate in the capital - this is about 13 percent of all small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia. Every third city resident is employed in this area—more than 3.5 million people, including individual entrepreneurs.

“After all, 800 thousand entrepreneurs in Moscow are strength!” - noted Sergei Sobyanin.

Creating infrastructure for business is one of the key areas of development of the capital. According to him, today the city boasts a surplus of both retail space and offices.

“Even 10 years ago, Moscow was five to six times smaller than European cities in terms of the number of multifunctional premises for retail, restaurant business, and area. Today we have more of these areas, we have made a breakthrough, you feel it yourself. The areas have become qualitatively different, there are much more offers on the market - this means a direct impact on both rent and price,” added Sergei Sobyanin.

At the end of last year, the contribution of small and medium-sized businesses to the capital’s budget revenues exceeded 24 percent and amounted to 560 billion rubles. In addition, in 2020, for the second year in a row, Moscow became a leader in the National Rating of the Investment Climate in the Subjects of the Russian Federation.

And this despite the restrictions introduced last spring, which, according to Sergei Sobyanin, primarily hit business. “Large machine-building enterprises, energy companies - they will survive these difficulties. But the loss of almost half of all tourists in a year, and mostly foreigners, has become a very serious problem. And the biggest blow fell on the service sector: trade, catering, hotels, tourism business,” he said.

In the World Bank's Doing Business ranking, Russia has moved from 120th place, which it occupied in 2012, to 28th. This figure is 70 percent dependent on Moscow.

Also, at the end of last year, the capital entered the top 25 global cities of the future , attractive to foreign investors. It ranked second among the world's largest cities in terms of foreign investment promotion strategies. This rating was compiled by the analytical division of the Financial Times - fDi Intelligence.

Moscow also entered the top 10 largest cities in the world in terms of such indicators as a favorable business climate, developed infrastructure, a comfortable level of costs for doing business and human capital.

Toasts

“Congratulations on Entrepreneur’s Day. I wish you productive, effective, profitable, promising, excellent, successful activities, as well as strong strength, undoubted luck, absolute confidence, impeccable ingenuity and invincible determination to achieve all important goals at work and in your personal life.”

“Entrepreneurship is one of the ways to realize your talent as an economist or businessman and earn a decent living. Congratulations to all entrepreneurs today on a wonderful holiday. Let their budget never be breached, the goods sold in the shortest possible time, and the number of customers increases every day.”

“Congratulations to entrepreneurs on their professional holiday! May every day bring income, may all endeavors be profitable, may luck and success be constant companions in any business! We wish you to always be out of competition, at the top of your game, let only friendly and honest colleagues, reliable friends and faithful assistants be around you.”

Story

Entrepreneurship Day is a holiday that arose quite recently. Therefore, it is too early to talk about any history of its implementation. The right of citizens to engage in entrepreneurial activity was approved at the legislative level only in 1986, and this area began to actively develop after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Before this, running any business by a private individual was considered a crime and was punishable by the state. After the fall of the Iron Curtain, a lot changed in the country, many ideas and long-established stereotypes were destroyed. In 1991, a law was approved allowing businesses to be run individually or with hired labor. Entrepreneurship has become a respected and profitable business. In 2007, President V.V. Putin signed a decree that officially introduced a professional holiday dedicated to entrepreneurs.

Present

Business card holder. A leather-bound business card holder will serve as a business and stylish gift for an entrepreneur.

Safe. A mini safe will be a useful and practical gift that will allow you to keep important documents and other valuables safe.

Decor for the office. Decorative photo frames, photo archives, paintings, wall clocks, figurines or indoor flowers will become a memorable gift and decorate your office.

Stationery. Designer pens, an organizer for stationery, stickers, and notebooks will serve as a useful and practical gift for an entrepreneur.

Competitions

Rhyme Two teams take part in the competition. Each team is given the same list of words, from which the contestants must compose a poem of congratulations for the holiday. Both teams read out their congratulations. The winner is determined by applause.

Artists Two teams take part in the competition, each of which chooses a captain. The captain is given a list of words, a marker, whatman paper or a drawing board. The captain must take turns drawing words without using letters or numbers. The rest of the participants must guess the words based on the drawing. The winner is the team that manages to guess the most pictures in the allotted amount of time.

Auction Participants in the competition are given props: small souvenirs (keychains, figurines, refrigerator magnets, piggy banks, etc.). Contestants must advertise their goods and sell them for the highest possible price to guests of the holiday. The winner is the one who can get the largest amount at the auction.

Support for export-oriented companies

Last year, the volume of non-resource, non-energy exports of capital enterprises increased by 31 percent and amounted to $39.9 billion. This was influenced by several new decisions that significantly expanded targeted support for exports from Moscow.

We are talking about export cashback - a grant in the amount of 10 percent of the executed contract (but not more than 10 million rubles), subsidies for the adaptation of goods and services to foreign markets. Another solution is the opportunity to replenish working capital to pay for raw materials, materials and components that are used to produce products sold abroad.

Compared to 2021, the volume of funds allocated to exporters in 2020 increased seven times. 277 applications for export subsidies and grants worth 501 million rubles were approved. 249 unique exporting companies were supported.

In 2021, they began a pilot project to place brands of 20 Moscow manufacturers on the shelves of duty-free shops at the capital’s largest airport, Sheremetyevo. It is planned to do this at other airports, including foreign ones.

Moscow entrepreneurs presented their products and services in 13 countries as part of business missions (online). took part in such events .

Acceleration and educational programs help to enter the foreign market . For example, E-com Success is the first of its kind educational project on e-commerce for existing and potential exporters. 70 companies took part in the export accelerators of the Internet Initiatives Development Fund and the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo.

The Moscow Exporter School held more than 170 events. About 10 thousand people from almost 3.5 thousand companies took part in them.

The portfolio of support measures has been expanded with new personal services for Moscow entrepreneurs. These are consultations with specialized experts in the field of foreign economic activity (92 consultations at the request of Moscow export-oriented companies), individual analytical studies (100), individual selection of foreign buyers (179 studies at the request of Moscow export-oriented companies).

About the profession

Entrepreneurs play a vital role in creating and maintaining economic relationships within and outside the state. They produce, provide goods and provide services without which human life is impossible. The imperfections of the existing system of relationships are eliminated by the activities of the merchant. Profit is received as a reward.

The work of an entrepreneur is associated with financial risks and criminal liability in case of failure to fulfill obligations. In accordance with Russian legislation, every citizen can become the founder of a business. To do this, there is no need to have diplomas from any educational institutions, however, the knowledge acquired within their walls can provide considerable assistance in organizing the work of a private institution.

Online services and services for business

The online platform mbm.mos.ru (“Moscow Small Business”) offers over 20 online services for entrepreneurs. Last year they were used more than 40 thousand times. On the portal of the Moscow Innovation Cluster i.moscow you can find 18 digital services. Users can find premises for rent here, a site for testing a product, produce products as part of the contract manufacturing exchange at third-party facilities, and attract business partners and investors. Last year, these services were used more than two million times.

30 online services for investors and entrepreneurs are available on the Moscow investment portal investmoscow.ru Their number is constantly growing. Among them is “Moscow Investor,” which allows businesses to send questions and proposals for conducting investment activities in a single window. The answer comes to your personal account as soon as possible.

Every day 8.5 thousand unique users visit the portal. Over almost seven years of operation, more than 13 million people visited it. In addition, the portal received the national IT award “Digital Peaks” in the category “Best IT solution for economic development”, a special prize of the oldest competition of Internet projects on the Runet “Golden Site” in the category “Site for supporting business and investment”.