Over 300 ASU Students Participated in an Intensive Program on Launching Innovative Technology Startups

Adygea State University and Southern Federal University hosted joint startup training sessions organized by Innopolis University. Three hundred ASU students participated.

A team of leading experts from Innopolis University led the training. The sessions were conducted in a game-based format. Teams acquired theoretical knowledge and then applied it in practice through four group assignments, creating individual technology projects.

Students learned how to form effective teams, generate ideas and analyze the market, study consumers using the Customer Development methodology (a methodology for creating products or startups focused on potential customers), create a minimum viable product (MVP) concept, prepare investment presentations, and deliver pitches.

The final stage of the training was a project defense, where each team presented their development. The five teams that proposed the most viable and scalable project won and received commemorative prizes.

The training sessions are part of the "Technology" project. Participants will subsequently have the opportunity to participate in an acceleration program, complete an internship, and receive funding to launch their own startup.