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“We Cheer for the Powerful Leap of Entrepreneurs!” … Successful Completion of the 2023 Spring CHOO C
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“We Cheer for the Powerful Leap of Entrepreneurs!” … Successful Completion of the 2023 Spring CHOO CHOO DAY
The event ‘2023 Spring CHOO CHOO DAY’, hosted by the Korea University Business School (Dean= Sang Yong Kim) Startup Research Institute (Director= Jungbien Moon) and organized by the Korea University LINC3.0 Project Team, KU Campus Town Development Team among others, was held on May 12th at the International Remote Conference Room of the Korea University Centennial Memorial Samsung Hall.
‘CHOO CHOO DAY’ is a startup demo day where young entrepreneurs fostered by the startup institute program of the Korea University Business School present their visions and services to the market. ‘CHOO CHOO’ of CHOO CHOO DAY symbolizes the sound of a train powerfully departing, representing the enthusiastic leap of the participating startups and takes place every spring and fall. CHOO CHOO DAY which was held offline in Korea University, for the first time in three years due to Covid-19, there were six teams participating △TimeBomb, △BuddyPie △PickFlea △Geurrillas △CalBack △Geotz.
The event began with the opening remarks of Jaeho Jung, Director of the Iljin Startup Support Center and welcoming remarks of Sang Yong Kim, Dean of the Business School. Director Jaeho Jung stated, “I ask for your support encouragement for these six teams who have just embarked on their challenge.” Dean Sang Yong Kim said, “We applaud the passion and efforts of these startup teams who aim to change the future and contribute to a better life for humanity with new challenges and innovative ideas.” He added, “The Business School will more actively strive to open doors of opportunity for many young entrepreneurs.
Before the official presentations, there was an open mic session of Sungjin Kang, CEO of ‘Covering’, who participated in the 11th CHOO CHOO DAY. ‘Covering’ is a platform that provides a garbage collection mobile service. Sungjin Kang adviced “The success of entrepreneurship depends on how well you manage failure and difficulties”. He added, “It is important to structure your own routine for dealing with failures and recovering.” He also delivered a message of encouragement saying, “I hope that everyone can enjoy their own journey through entrepreneurship meaningfully.” As panels, Jaeho Jung, Director of the Iljin Startup Support Center, Jingyu Park, Director of the Seungmyeongho Entrepreneurship Education Center, Yoonkyung Choi, Partner from Mashup Angels and Yoonjung Kim, team leader of BluePoint attended. Each team presented for five minutes followed by a ten-minute Q&A session.
The first presentation was given by Myungeun Lee, CEO of
The second presentation was given by Gyuhyun Kim, the CEO of
The third presentation was delivered by Dongho Kim from R2C company, the CEO of the personalized date collection and generation platform
The fourth presentation was given by Jeongeop Yeom, the CEO of the nomadic life platform
The fifth presentation was delivered by Hyunjun Lee, the CEO of
The last presentation was given by Island Heecheol Jung, the CEO of
The event concluded with the closing remarks of Jeongbin Moon, Director of the Startup Research Institute. Director Moon delivered encouraging remarks saying, “I hope all the teams that presented today will grow into unicorn startups and become beloved companies by the public by growing alongside with senior companies.”