This prize is awarded every second year by the state government of Baden-Wuerttemberg and L-Bank under the patronage of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann. It is recognition for entrepreneurs who realise their ideas with a great deal of commitment and honours innovation, creativity and above all the courage to entrepreneurship and self-employment. With all in all 604 candidates this year’s competition experienced a record participation. During a solemn prize giving ceremony at Neues Schloss in Stuttgart Dr. Axel Nawrath (left), CEO of L-Bank, handed over the certificate to Dirk Zedler.