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KUBS Startup Institute Selects Its 2nd Teams…"Startup Express Winter Season"
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KUBS Startup Institute Selects Its 2nd Startup Teams…"Startup Express Winter Season"
4 teams out of top 9 teams were awarded at the competition on December 9
4 teams out of top 9 teams were awarded at the competition on December 9
The 2nd startup teams of KUBS Startup Institute (Director: Professor Ho-Won Jung) are now finalized. On December 9 at 3:00 PM, “The 2016 Startup Express” was filled with enthusiasm of prospective entrepreneurs who wish to become Korea’s Mark Zuckerberg and to create the next Instagram.
The 2016 Startup Express, hosted by Iljin Center for Startup Incubation at KUBS Startup Institute, is a startup competition where students can propose their creative business items based on entrepreneurship and innovation. A total of 12 persons, including △Minseop Kim (Manager of Lotte Accelerator), △Yushin Kim (CEO of Korea PCP), △Hicheon Kim (Head of Iljin Center for Startup Incubation), △Jooyoung Noh (Executive Officer of Dongwha Group), △Joong Yang Park (Director of Iljin Global), △Young-woong Song (Head of the Korea Times), and △Jaesun Shin (CEO of IT Winner, attended the event as judges. “It was a difficult decision to select just 12 teams for presentation among such talented applicants,” said Professor Hicheon Kim who is Head of the Iljin Center. “Through the 2016 Startup Express Winter Season, I hope there will be more talented entrepreneurs leading our society and economy.”
A total of 43 teams, consisting of 156 undergraduates and graduates, from 16 universities in 3 countries have applied for the 2016 Startup Express Winter Season. The top 12 teams selected through a screening process presented their business items. The 2016 Startup Express Winter Season includes idea presentation and Q&A session. The judges chose four teams, which are Vlogr (Grand Prize), △B&B Brothers (Excellence Award), △Brave Peach (Encouragement Award), and △GridaZip (KUBS Research Association Award), based on the following criteria: △Creativity, △Marketability, △Business Feasibility, △Research and Analysis, etc.
Vlogr (Grand Prize)
B&B Brothers (Excellence Award)
Brave Peach (Encouragement Award)
Grineun (KUBS Research Association Award)
Brave Peach (Encouragement Award)
Grineun (KUBS Research Association Award)
The grand prize winning team, Vlogr, developed a video editing sharing platform, an app that helps people intuitively use video clips, as their business item. “Although videos are influential, people tend to have trouble delivering meanings in a video due to the difficulty of using editing tools,” Vlogr CEO TaeJun Lee (Business Administration, 11’) said. “As we are now living in the new media generation, I would like to contribute in producing various contents by developing intuitive and easy editing tools.”
Meanwhile, the four winning teams of the 2016 Startup Express will move into Iljin Center for Startup Incubation in January. After moving in, the teams will not only receive budget for operation expenses and systematic startup education, but also continuous advice and support from mentors, composed of alumni entrepreneurs, industry experts, and venture capitalists. The other five teams recognized as having potential for development – △TICON, △CANVAS, △PrismStone, △Clickmation, and △Yein Company – will also move into the Iljin Center and continue their startup business.
Meanwhile, the four winning teams of the 2016 Startup Express will move into Iljin Center for Startup Incubation in January. After moving in, the teams will not only receive budget for operation expenses and systematic startup education, but also continuous advice and support from mentors, composed of alumni entrepreneurs, industry experts, and venture capitalists. The other five teams recognized as having potential for development – △TICON, △CANVAS, △PrismStone, △Clickmation, and △Yein Company – will also move into the Iljin Center and continue their startup business.