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Prospective Startup Entrepreneurs with Creative Ideas…2018 Startup Express Summer Season
2018.06.21 Views 2420 경영대학
Korea University Business School’s Startup Institute (Director=Professor Hicheon Kim) welcomed their fifth teams at Iljin Center for Startup Incubation. On June 15 at 2 pm, the Startup Institute held ‘2018 Startup Express Summer Season’ at Startup Station, KUBS Main Building where prospective startup entrepreneurs presented their creative and brilliant ideas. This startup competition event was hosted by KUBS Startup Institute and sponsored by Korea University F-MBA Partners, Korea University Business Research Society and Korea University LINC+ Cooperation.
The judging criteria were each business model’s △creativity △marketability △feasibility △depth of market research and analysis. The shortlisted applicants were four startup teams, the awardees were △‘Homo erectus’ (Grand Award) △‘Enjoying Lions’ (Excellence Award) △ ‘youMake’ (F-MBA Partners Award) △‘Skylab Games’ (Business Research Society Award).
The award benefit for the four startup team awardees is the admission to Iljin Center for Startup Incubation, KUBS Startup Institute starting from July 2018. The admitted teams are also eligible for financial support and educational program by Startup Institute. They are eligible for mentoring program with current startup entrepreneurs, industry experts, and venture capitalists, from which the teams can get practical assistance. In addition, the admitted teams are eligible for professional assistance from Kim & Chang Law Firm and PwC Korea.
The 2018 Startup Express Summer Season event is sponsored by Korea University F-MBA Partners, Korea University Business Research Society and Korea University LINC+ Cooperation. F-MBA Partners comprised of KUBS Finance MBA alumni donated two million won. Korea University Business Research Society, who are KUBS Executive MBA alumni made the contribution of one million won. Korea University Business Research Society, in particular, has made the contribution for the fifth times.