Startup School at KPI
Training environment for people who want create their own business!
We teach
innovative entrepreneurship
We help
to develop ideas and business projects
We find
investors / business angels for your startup
We advise you
on creation of prototypes and business products
We conduct
pitch sessions for presentation of projects to investors
Our aim
launching and support of a large number of successful startups, and for this we:
Invite for training
authors of innovative technological ideas wanting to be members of a startup (cofounders), scientists, inventors, students, graduate students
Draw
in
highly qualified coaches, mentors, experts with practical experience
Collaborate
with investment and venture capital funds, private investors, business angels,
both Ukrainian and foreign
Participate
in the Festival of Innovative Projects SikorskyChallenge, where three
components of a successful startup - inventors, mentors and investors - meet
What we do
- attract and select creative people willing to be engaged in innovative entrepreneurship among inventors, scientists and students from KPI, other universities, research institutions, and business
- teach selected participants innovative entrepreneurship
- stimulate their motivation for forming their technological ideas, growing business ideas
- assist participants in project development and creation of prototypes of their business products
- find investors / business angels to invest in promising projects (first and second rounds of investments)
- select the best startup projects involving the trainers and experts from funds, investors, business angels
- take part in organization of the competition of innovative business projects within the bounds of the Festival Sikorsky Challenge
- help authors of ideas in "sharpening" their startup projects for interested investors
- take part in opening and launching startups
Our Startup School is an environment where creative young people receive the ideal conditions for realization of their ideas. The way in creating a startup differs from the standard career. You become responsible for what you are doing. This allows you to complete the training not only to develop an interesting project, but also to obtain investments for its development
Why the Startup School Sikorsky Challange?
Video testimonial of our graduates…
How we train
Step by step
“Introduction to innovative entrepreneurship”
“Practice in launching a startup”
“Work with potential investors”
You will be trained
to create your own innovative business
You will be enlightened
on management of innovative projects with exemples of successful cases
You will be familiarized
with the peculiarities of the sale of software products
You will be told
about marketing on the startup market as simply as possible
You will be helped
in creation of your own startup company
You will be teached
to present your product properly (pitches and presentations)
Our team
Michael Zgurovsky.
Academician of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. SCU Supervisor.
Lesya Lyushenko
Certified specialist by the International Certification of Project Managers "Certified Project Manager IPMA Level A"
Oleksii Strutsynskyi
Director of the Innovation Holding Sikorsky Challenge.
Inna Malyukova
PhD, Head of the SCU.
Oksana Yurchyshyn
Coordinator on Intellectual Property issues, trainer of the Startup School “Sikorsky Challenge”
Igor Peer
Co-author of the program and leading trainer (Israel)
Maryna Ivchenko
Trainer on presentations. Certified "Microsoft Office Specialist Microsoft PowerPoint 2010"
Valerii Pychko
Pychko Valerii - mentor and trainer at the Sikorsky Challenge Startup School, startup analyst, digital marketing specialist.
Advantages
What makes us different from others!
Official status
The Ecosystem Sikorsky Challenge was created on the basis of NTUU "KPI" and the Scientific Park "Kyivska Polytechnica"
Creative atmosphere
Our trainings are built in such a way as to help unlock the creative potential of each student
Practical experience
Our trainers have practical experience in creation of innovative startups
Convenient location
We have our own class rooms and coworking space located in the vicinity of metro
How we work
Step by step
You submit application for training
Our manager contact you
You acquaint with our price list and get advice, then you sign your contract for training
You start training
We conclude the contract which determine the conditions and obligations of both parties