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The Explorer Space UPCT received this Wednesday in its coworking spaces located in the Building of Laboratories, Teaching and Research (ELDI) to the 35 entrepreneurs that during the next five months will develop ideas collaboratively receiving personalized advice and training from the hand of experts in innovation and business models.
Only last year, UPCT students created about fifteen companies, most of them from the Santander entrepreneurship program.
The Explorer program 'Young people with ideas' promoted by Santander Bank through Santander Universities and coordinates the Santander International Entrepreneurship Center (CISE), has the support of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena through the Office of Entrepreneurs and Technology-Based Companies (OEEBT) and in this edition will reward the best entrepreneur Explorer Space UPCT with a trip to Silicon Valley and will allow you to choose 60,000 euros in funding.
Ideas to change the world
Among the innovative ideas that will be developed in the next few months in the Explorer Space UPCT -selected among fifty candidates- are projects developed by students and graduates of the degrees and master's degrees of practically all disciplines taught by the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.
The schools and faculties with the greatest presence of participants in the Explorer program are Industrial, Telecommunications, Business and Architecture.
Followed by Agronomists, Roads and Mines.
The 35 young people with business ideas have been chosen for aspects such as their entrepreneurial profile, career, ability to communicate the proposed idea, the innovative component of the project, their creativity and the potential for growth of their idea, among others.
Training and validation
The young people selected will be able to attend practical sessions and workshops on design thinking, creativity, finance, leadership, marketing or communication skills - hours of specialized training - given by the experts that make up the Explorer network.
In turn, each project will have the personalized support of a volunteer mentor who will provide their experience and advice.
Explorer has a training itinerary that incorporates the Lean Startup methodology that allows the agile creation of new business models applying the principles of continuous innovation and validated learning.
Financing for the best projects
At the end of the five months of training and ideation, the young man with the best valued project of the Explorer Space UPCT will travel to Silicon Valley, the world leader in innovation, where he will receive master classes in leading technology companies, advice on internationalization and contact with investors.
In addition, upon your return from San Francisco, you will be eligible for one of the three national awards (30,000, 20,000 and 10,000 euros) to accelerate the development of your business.
Thanks to the collaboration with the EY Foundation, Explorer also has the Woman Explorer Award that offers 20,000 euros to finance the best project led by an entrepreneur and the innovation prize Disruptive Technology Explorer Award -produced by INDRA-, which will provide 3,000 euros and advice from Indraventures experts to the most innovative business project.
The Explorer program is part of the Santander X global community and represents the evolution of Santander YUZZ, an initiative that in its past eight editions has boosted the ideas of more than 4,200 young people and has generated hundreds of companies.
The Explorer Space UPCT is coordinated by the innovation technicians of the Office of Entrepreneurs and Technology-Based Companies of the UPCT, located in the Chair of Entrepreneurship Banco Santander - UPCT of the ELDI building, where it has collaborative work spaces and classrooms for the completion of the training sessions.
Source: UPCT
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