In September 2017 University of Tartu IdeaLab will start a project for developing practical entrepreneurship education in Ukrainian universities. The aim of the project is to promote the entrepreneurial attitude and develop entrepreneurship skills of Ukrainian students, based on the Estonian best practices of STARTER. Hands-on business development program is designed to strengthen Ukrainian students’
This season’s winner is Ethico Foods, an enterprise that produces vegan burger patties, mince and sausage products that are high in protein and have the taste and texture of meat. With their products it’s possible to get all the pleasure and nutrition of eating meat without harming animals and the environment. They are also non-GMO,
On 19th of May the eight Kaleidoskoop was held: the biggest students’ business and project ideas competition in South-Estonia. Two main prizes were given to our STARTER program graduate WillDigital who provides service for managing of digital legacy in a secure way, and a student company Klapp who produce smart earphone holders with a NFC
Imagine that you meet a really important investor in elevator of skyscraper and you have only 2 minutes for introducing yourself and your idea. That 2 minutes can be almost the most important minutes in your career. And you can screw everything up because you can’t spell a word. For that reason, STRATER programme invited
24. aprillil toimus start-up programmi STARTERtech üritus Investor Feedback Session. Koolituse raames tutvustati programmis osalejatele erinevaid rahastusviise ning kapitali kaasamise nippe nii stardi- ja riskikapitali, ühisrahastuse, äriinglite kaasamise näol, aga ka seda, kuidas investoritele läheneda, mis on seejuures oluline, mis ebaoluline ja mis õieti on liftikõne. Üritus algas Veikko Maripuu ülevaatega kapitali kaasamisest ettevõttesse. Kapitali
8 teams who got first knowledges, experiences or inspiration from STARTER programme, reached to Ajujaht (Brainhunt) season’s top 30. In the first episode the 100 teams pitched their idea to the jury. Then 30 best ideas were selected, and now 7 best teams will move on and keep competing for the 60 000 EUR prize
STARTER pre-incubation programme is on the half way to the end and the teams had an opportunity to get valuable feedback and tips from mentors, who work as experts or entrepreneurs in everyday life. On 6th of April at Erinevate Tubade Klubi in Tallinn STARTERcreative and TTÜ Mektory STARTERtech pre-incubation program held the third biggest
On 6th of April our STARTER program teams gathered at IdeaLab to learn the basics of product and service design, design thinking and customer validation. Workshop was held by internationally experienced legal consultant, entrepreneur, start-up mentor and investor Yrjö Ojasaar. Yrjo started the workshop sharing his own story about becoming an entrepreneur, explaining the principles of
Cousy sofas, possibility to move toes and tasty ice-cream – sounds good? Even more – inspiring presenters talking about their passion. That was STARTERtech Advanced launch event! Passion is one of the most important key success factor and that is why it was the main topic of STARTERtech Advanced launch event in Mektory. The question
On Thursday, 16th of February around 200 students, entrepreneurs and start-up mentors gathered at Dorpat Convention Centre to generate and share ideas at the inspirational event “Idea Storm. 100 ideas that could change the world”. The discussions were held on 21 different topics, every discussion was led by an entrepreneur from particular field. Later on,