Four hours long intensive online pitching training session with Gleb Maltsev turned out to be an eye-opening experience for many teams. Participants were committed and very eager to find out how to become even better pitchers. Roland Liinar, the leader of team Haip! commented, “I really liked it! Gleb was very energetic and it was
Students’ business idea competition Kaleidoskoop invites student teams to join the competition for the 15th time already. In the online competition, every student team has three minutes to present their idea to a panel of judges. Registration for the pre-selection is open until midnight on 7 December. To enter the pre-selection of the competition, the teams have to
In each semester, students start developing their ideas in the sTARTUp Lab to gain entrepreneurial experience. A key role in this process is played by mentors who, based on their experience, give feedback to teams, share valuable advice and help them make useful contacts. From 22 to 29 October, 17 teams had online meetings with 20 mentors
Expand your network Your mentor, as an outsider, has access to a whole new network of individuals you may not know. You can glean from their wisdom as well as your mentor’s. Networking with new people boosts your opportunities exponentially. As the saying goes, “It’s all about who you know.” Personal growth One of the
The University of Tartu’s sTARTUp Lab launched the new season of its business idea development programme STARTERtartu on 17 September with an Idea Hackathon at the Delta X Ideas Festival. The opening event brought together over 120 entrepreneurship-minded students from high schools and universities who presented their ideas and joined teams. The Idea Hackathon started with
Idea Hackathon is a group-work format event where people from different disciplines come together and within a short timeframe find solutions to problems presented by the participants. At the end of the day, the result is not lots of ready-made solutions, but teams who are willing to commit their time into the particular idea development.
For the 1st time sTARTUp Lab selected top 10 teams to compete at Kaleidoskoop Finals based on video pitches. Teams were given freedom in production and editing, the only requirement was 3minute length and content keywords. As a result, we received remarkable number of interesting and engaging videos. Since idea presentation in the form of
Green mindset was the common feature of the winning teams S-Kub and Sorter at the Finals of the 14th business ideas competition Kaleidoskoop. Both teams have a bigger goal of saving the planet and promoting environmentally friendly behavior. Tartu University team Sorter was not only the best STARTER programme team winning the possibility to pitch
The University of Tartu Startup Lab is inviting all student teams to participate in the pre-selection round of the students’ business ideas competition Kaleidoskoop on 14 May. To participate, the teams have to send a three-minute video pitch of their business idea. Ten best teams will be selected to the finals to compete for the
The current emergency situation has brought both major changes and inspiration to the University of Tartu sTARTUp Lab’s STARTERtartu business idea development programme. Teams formed in the University of Tartu Delta Centre in February continue to develop ideas virtually, also offering solutions to alleviate the corona crisis. The sTARTUp Lab’s business development programme STARTERtartu started