Held startup contest “Fly-up Start-up”, a “Place for sharing ideas”
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Sookmyung Women’s University’s Entrepreneurship Engagement Foundation held the online and offline startup contest “Fly-up Start-up” for two days on December 22 (Wed) and 23 (Thu).
The contest consisted of ▲ “Commercialization Team Demo Day” considering practical commercialization, ▲ “Idea Team Contest” that proposes challenging business items, and ▲ Win-win event for ESG innovation.
This event was held under the slogan “An event created by Sookmyung students, sharing startup ideas of Sookmyung students, and enjoyed by Sookmyung students.” Considering the difficult traveling situation due to COVID-19, the online and offline event venues were decorated with an airport concept, and the contest was broadcast live, drawing high interest and participation from students.
A total of 9 teams participated in the Commercialization Team Demo Day, and the “I:Tta(이따)” Team (Hye-jeong Son, Department of Industrial Design ‘19, Seung-yeon Jeong, School of English ‘16, Soo-hyun Kim, School of English ‘18, Yeo-won Kim, Department of Arts & Crafts ‘18, and Da-bin Han, Department of Consumer Economics ‘20) won the grand prize.
A total of 8 teams participated in the Idea Team Contest. The “Weekly Dining(주간식탁)” Team (Soo-jin Choi, Department of Consumer Economics ‘18, Eun-ji Park, Department of Consumer Economics ‘18, Ji-hye Lee, Department of Consumer Economics ‘18) took the first place with the idea of suggesting new recipes every day and even regularly delivering the necessary ingredients.
The contest was judged based on criteria such as “innovativeness of ideas,” “business feasibility,” and “customer verification,” which were evaluated and selected by Sookmyung Women＇s University’s Dean of Entrepreneurship Engagement Foundation Cheol Choi and external judges.
In addition, the Sookmyung Entrepreneurship Society (SES) promoted the Startup Community (S:con), etc., and along with the supporters, they prepared events to promote ESG innovations such as the “Along with Cheongpa-ro Cafe” event that encourages the use of reusable cups and the creation of a Christmas tree using recycled materials.
Cheol Choi, the Dean of Entrepreneurship Engagement Foundation, said, “It was a valuable time to develop new startup ideas through students’ high passion for startups and online and offline communication.” and “Based on the opinions from this event, we will introduce a more advanced startup contest next year.”
