Ideas Forum at Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics

On 28th May, 2014 there was a unique Start-up event at Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics – Ideas Forum «FIRST CAPITAL».

The main purpose of the forum was to provide for budding entrepreneurs and Start up-teams an opportunity to present ideas and projects to the experts, to get feedback and information support, to find investors, to meet the authors of other projects, to  listen to presentations of  representatives of the business about successful Start up projects in Ukraine, innovations and entrepreneurship.

The Forum was organized by Enactus KhNUE student team, Start up center «FIRST CAPITAL», project TEMPUS SUCSID and Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics.

 

Forum’s partners were the Department of Family, Youth and Sport of the Kharkiv city council, Kharkov club of entrepreneurs, Kharkov club of young entrepreneurs “Tramplin”, Association of Private Employers, Association of IT-Directors, Union of Entrepreneurs of the Kharkiv region, entrepreneur’s community  “Business Youth“, business incubator Growth Up, Bull or Queen (Voomy), Digital-agency Fresh IT.

 

During the presentation, the next experts shared their experience of entrepreneurship and start-ups management:

Konstantin Loboychenko – “Prospects of collaboration between business and city authorities”

Project “More.info”

Eugene Shpik, CEO Pics.io – “The path of startups from idea to investments”

Project “+2. The Rain Childre”

Pavel Obod – “Life marketing for startups”

Sergei Stepanjuk “What to do in order to do?”

Project “CSR Group”

Ivan Fedorenko – “Common mistakes budding entrepreneur”

Project Confe.me

Dmitry Biryukov – “Strong teams and their habitats”

Business Incubator Growth Up

Tatiana Ryabchenko – “Digital-marketing strategy”

 

In addition, in the exhibition area business representatives, business incubators and business experts can personally interact with project developers and authors of interesting ideas.

 

The Forum presented IT startups:

+2 Rain Children

Navigation system inside the building

1dollar1winner.com – the most open in the World Lottery

Confe.Me

Moreinfo.in.ua

Steps to success

Food box

Notacash.com

UnitySet

Perinatalis

 

 as well as a number of social and environmental projects:

Online travel service «Get a Guide»

SAVKIN YAR

Social business project IT-center “Wheel”

“Electric car – in every home!”

CSR Group

Children of War

The greatest interest of visitors was caused by the project Moreinfo.in.ua, which deservedly won the viewers’ vote.

 

More information about the start-up center «First Capital» and presented at the Forum projects:  http://fcapital.biz

 

Konstantin Loboychenko (Department of Family, Youth and Sport of the Kharkiv city council) presents his experience

Konstantin Loboychenko (Department of Family, Youth and Sport of the Kharkiv city council) presents his experience

Creative presentation of the project Moreinfo.in.ua

Creative presentation of the project Moreinfo.in.ua

Exhibition stand of KhNUE students’ project “+2 Rain Children”

Exhibition stand of KhNUE students’ project “+2 Rain Children”

KhNUE students present the project “Steps to success”

KhNUE students present the project “Steps to success”

Awarding ceremony. Certificates of participation in the forum gets the team of the project “Perinatalis”

Awarding ceremony. Certificates of participation in the forum gets the team of the project “Perinatalis”