Johanna-Liis Leier from STARTERhaapsalu team KottPott shares the best experiences rom STARTER program. KottPott offered unique planting pots handcrafted from geotextiles for people who value plant welfare, cozy atmosphere and sustainable design. Team mebbers were Maarja Jalasto, Anna Zavolner, Johanna-Liis Leier and Eliis Elmik. What new did you learn from Starter? Mainly I learned the
Come to the launch event and join STRATER program! The aim of launch event is to give participants some inspiration and background information of the STARTER program. Launch events are open to all students (university, vocational and high schools, gymnasiums) teams as well as people who’d like to join a team! Should you have your
Kaleidoskoop, the biggest student pitching competition in South Estonia, reached the finals: five student teams presented their business ideas at the Startup Day business festival, held from 25 to 27 August. Kaleidoskoop took place for the 16th time and the competition was intense. Five diverse student teams met in the finals. BerryBot is building a
Starter Tartu spring programme comes to an end with the spring semester. This semester was a challenge for both the Startup Lab and the students, because instead of physical meetings, all activities were organised online. Nevertheless, a large number of enterprising students completed the programme. Due to the corona pandemic, Startup Lab had to replace
Please meet – the winner of one of the Inspirational Prizes of STARTERtallinn Spring 2021 – team blabby! Miss Indu Yadav and Mister Ashutosh Mane are both students of Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences and in addition to handling blabby matters, they work in Estonian IT companies. blabby is developing a Snapchat for audio
Today we had the honor to hand over diplomas to the winner of the Grand Prix of STARTERtallinn Spring 2021. Please meet team NANOWIND: Ibrahim Dundar, Aydin Zengin, Erkin Sahin all students of TalTech. Nanowind fabricates nano-coating materials (liquid form) which can be sprayed on different surfaces, and reducing toxic gases in indoor and outdoor
The second Inspirational Prize winner at the STARTERtallinn Spring 2021 was a team Silento from Kohtla-Järve! CONGRATULATIONS! Silento develops a Diary that memorializes lost loved ones by collecting bright memories and kind words from family, friends and colleagues. Silento has a very active team and last weekend they got together to discuss the present situation
The pre-selection round of Kaleidoskoop also took place completely online this spring. Student teams selected based on three-minute video pitches will have the opportunity to present their ideas at the business festival Startup Day on 27 August. To participate in the pre-selection round, the teams had to record a three-minute video pitch where they presented
What benefits do STARTER alumnis see from the program themselves? We researched this in the fall semester of 2020 from STARTER graduates. Among the respondents there were representatives of 21 nationalities. Slightly more than half (60%) of the respondents had previous contact with business. One third had the example of parents of entrepreneurs. The most
This semester, the Mentor Feedback Carousel of the STARTER idea development programme was held online and lasted for a whole week. The Mentor Feedback Carousel is a stage in the programme ran by the sTARTUp Lab and gives student teams a great chance to get honest feedback and recommendations on their business idea. From 18