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applications were submitted by young entrepreneurs for the annual HSE Business Incubator ‘Startup of the Year’ prize.
The ‘Startup of the Year’ competition, which is taking place for the seventh time, is designed to encourage interesting and effective entrepreneurial solutions and inspire beginning business professionals to make new achievements.
Winners over the years have been LinguaLeo, an interactive service; Knopka Zhizni (‘Life Button’), Russia's first emergency call system; Groupon Russia (Darberry); QuoteRoller, a service to create and send business proposals; Jelastic, a new generation cloud platform; and many others.
By the end of the week, the jury, consisting of successful entrepreneurs, private investors, investment funds and well-known companies, will form a short list of nominees that will include the 3-4 best projects in each of the six categories:
- Best hardware startup — a company building a business based on the most promising technologies and received significant competitive advantages as a result
- Best internet startup — a company that only works online
- Socially significant startup — a company whose business aims to solve social problems
- Global startup — a company operating in markets outside of Russia
- Team of the Year — a startup which, in the opinion of the jury, brought together the best team that successfully led projects in 2014
- Best fintech startup — a company whose activities are related to developing financial services
The awards ceremony will take place on December 17 at Technopolis Moscow.
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16 HSE University Students Win Student Start-Up Competition
The results of the first round of the Student Start-Up Competition were announced on July 5. The expert jury selected 650 winners from 2,300 submissions. Among the winners were 16 HSE University students, who will each receive 1 million roubles to develop their business projects.
HSE Startup Cup: How to Turn an Idea into an Operational Business
The HSE Business Incubator is calling for applications for the HSE Startup Cup for the third time. This is a competition of projects by HSE University students and employees, as well as students of the HSE Lyceum. Registration is open until April 29.
HSE University Students Present Their Start-Ups at Expocentre
Reklama 2021, the 28th international specialized expedition for advertising, was held at Expocentre from October 18–21 as part of the programme for Russia’s Year of Science and Technology. The HSE University stand at the exhibition showcased projects by students of the minor ‘Start-up from Scratch: Creating Your Own Business.’ The exhibition also included the signing of a cooperation agreement between the university and Expocentre AO.
‘Even if You’ve Launched Your Own Startup Once, You Begin to See Opportunities Everywhere and Stand More Firmly on Your Own Two Feet’
This year, the minor with the highest student enrollment at HSE University is the ‘Startup from Scratch: Creating Your own Business’, offered by the Department of Innovation Management. In September, 500 students from all four HSE’s campuses will begin studying the art of entrepreneurship. This number is less than half of the students who applied: in total, the minor course received more than 1,700 applications. Associate Professor Margarita Zobnina, who supervises the minor, spoke with the news service about why students from different faculties want to learn the secrets of a successful business, what skills they gain in the minor, and how they expand their professional networks.
‘If You Want to Create a Start-Up, This Minor Will Definitely Be Helpful’
On March 22, the enrolment period begins for the ‘Start-Up from Scratch’ minor, which is offered by the HSE Department of Innovation Management. The minor introduces students to different fields of entrepreneurship and guides them through the entire start-up process: from the development of an idea to entering the market with a product and attracting investors. 24 start-ups have made it to the stage of making their first sales. Below, HSE News Service talks about the most interesting student projects.
HSE University Is Creating a Community of Aspiring Entrepreneurs Among Students and Staff
The HSE Business Incubator has launched the HSE Startup Community to bring together HSE students and staff interested in entrepreneurship, and cooperation in developing their own projects. Participation in the community is free.
HSE Business Incubator Named the Best University Business Accelerator in the World
The HSE Business Incubator took 1st place in the 2019-2020 UBI Global World Ranking of University-Linked Business Accelerators. An awards ceremony for the top ranked institutions was held at the World Incubation Summit in Doha, Qatar on November 6.
‘Don’t Be Afraid to Try’: What You Can Learn at the HSE Business Incubator
The HSE Business Incubator works as a business accelerator, helping start-ups raise investment through a network of business angels, mentors and partners. The incubator is open not only to HSE students and graduates, but also for other startuppers. Below is some information on the programmes it offers, as well as about some common mistakes startuppers should try to avoid.
Winners of HSE{Business}Cup 2018 Announced
At the end of November, HSE’s Moscow campus hosted the finals of HSE{Business}Cup 2018 – a completion for student business projects. In total, six teams received grants equal to 200,000 roubles from HSE to make their ideas a reality.
Why Study after University: Continuing Education at HSE
In 2011, HSE graduate, Irina Demina, launched the startup ‘Button For Life’ (Ru: Кнопка жизни) - a round-the-clock service for elderly people and people with disabilities. Since 2016, Irina has graduated from three programmes offered by the Centre for Continuing Education at HSE’s Faculty of Computer Science and is planning to do more. Irina told the HSE news service about how the knowledge she acquired has helped her to reach new heights in business.