15 ambitious teams were selected on the 10 of December at Kaleidoskoop pre-selection to present their ideas at Kaleidoskoop Final and at Delta X Finals. One of the biggest students’ pitching competition Kaleidoskoop pre-selection took place for the 15th time and brought together 30 teams from different fields and locations such as Tartu, Pärnu, Narva.
We are honoured to introduce – winner of the STARTERtallinn Autumn 2020 is team PAPER REBORN! This team is planning to produce waterproof paper modular walls from paper-waste. Members of the team are Joanna Lättemägi and Tyana Verstraete, both from Estonian Academy of Arts. One of the two Inspirational Prizes at the STARTERtallinn Autumn 2020
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.
STARTER autumn brings together many young and entrepreneurial people in Tallinn, Pärnu, Narva and Tartu! Come to hackathon or just join STARTER with your team and idea! STARTERnarva idea hackathon 25.09 from 13.00 to19.00 UT Narva college STARTERpärnu idea hackathon 23.09 from 16.00-19.00 UT Pärnu college STARTERtartu idea hackathon 17.09 from 16.00 to 21.00 UT
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