Getting to know the Startup School of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University!
The first class at the Startup School of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University took place on November 4. The participants were welcomed by the head of the Startup School, associate professor of the Department of Business and Management Tetyana Sergienko, and the head of the department of student research Snezhana Vychuzhanina.
During the meeting with the participants, Ms. Tetyana introduced the Startup School team and also explained in detail how the training would take place.
Every Wednesday in November and December, participants will join webinars dedicated to the creation and development of startups, entrepreneurship, marketing, and the art of presentation from Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic lecturers, including associate professors of the Department of Business and Management Rodion Sevastyanov, Olena Kraynik, Iryna Chernova, associate professors of the Department of Marketing and Digital Technologies Nina Pavlishyna and Olena Borysenko, as well as associate professor of the Department of Management and Administration, director of the Regional Innovation Hub Andriy Kuts.
After training, participants will work with mentors on their ideas to present them in the spring at the 5th Business Ideas Competition «STARTUP with Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic».
Students and graduates of higher and vocational pre-higher education institutions, as well as schoolchildren, joined the classes at the Startup School, for whom a special event is planned – School Startup Pitch, in which young innovators, with the support of experienced mentors, will present their own developments.
The first session was dedicated to startup entrepreneurship. Together with Rodion Sevastyanov, associate professor of the Department of Business and Management, the participants learned how entrepreneurial thinking works, what a startup is and how to create one, and also saw from examples that creative ideas can bring profit.
The participants asked questions about innovation in startups, the secrets of their success and the reasons for failures, about investments and financing, about Ukrainian startups in international markets, etc.
Mr. Rodion willingly shared his experience and expertise and talked about his own mentoring work in a student startup.
After the meeting, a questionnaire was launched to get to know the participants and create effective teams.
The next class at the Startup School of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University will be held on November 11. Announcement coming soon!
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