A startup tour held at Baku Engineering University within project "From Idea to Business"

A startup tour was held today at Baku Engineering University within project "From Idea to Business".
 
Over 100 participants from the university attended the event.
 
At the beginning of the event, an information session was held for the participants and detailed information was provided on the startup tours implemented within the framework of the project "From Idea to Business".
 
In the interactive part, mentors conducted a training for the participants, which covered issues such as the formation of startup teams, proper preparation of project presentation, ways of selling the project to investors and market research.
 
Following the interactive part, 9 teams comprised of participants were formed and the teams were trained for the competition by professional mentors.
 
During the competition, the teams presented their ideas to the jury. Following the presentation of team leaders, question and answer and discussion of the project took place.
 
Then, selected projects competed for key places. At the end of the second part, the jury of experts determined the winners of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. Thus, projects Gonex (Baku Engineering University),   Febellex SFS , and  Finportal  took the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, respectively.
 
 
At the end of the event, the winners were awarded and won the right to participate in the National Final to be held in Baku.
 
It should be noted that the tours held within the framework of the project "From Idea to Business" are realized in order to support the expansion of the startup movement and the realization of citizens’ innovative ideas.
 
Company Azercell is the key partner of the project, which is implemented jointly by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, the Regional Development Public Union of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Azerbaijan Youth Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme and Microsoft Corporation.

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