Registration is already open!
New recruitment for the ideasLab program is open! If you are proactive and want to try yourself in a startup – register! Here you will have the opportunity to get incredible experience and cool networking!
Timeline:
01/02 – 25/02 23:59 — submission of applications
by 02/29 — selection of teams for the program
27-29/02 — interviews
by 04/03 — announcement of the results
05/03 – 31/05 — program
March 5
February 25, 23:59
11 weeks
Hybrid
🔹It is an 11-week program for student teams from any HEI in Ukraine who have an innovative idea, want to test it for viability and turn it into an actual viable product. The hybrid format of the program allows participants, both online and offline get the same experience.
🔹 The program is based on a unique combination of two approaches – the use of practical material to develop ideas (Learn-by-Doing) and learning from own research and discoveries (Learning-by Discovering).
🔹Furthermore, it is the only acceleration program in Ukraine that provides student teams not only with knowledge, and space to work but also grants of up to 200,000 UAH at the stage of the idea validation.
🔹 Student-oriented
Give students an opportunity to try themselves in the role of entrepreneurs, receive the necessary tools to turn their ideas into viable products, as well as find like-minded people and develop entrepreneurial skills and competencies.
🔹 Global
To promote the emergence of serial entrepreneurs from students of different fields through training and nurturing a global entrepreneurial mindset. As a result, to increase the growth of global startups with Ukrainian roots and accelerate their development in the early stages.
The program consists of three stages:
I. Initial Market Validation (3 weeks)
II. Customer Development (4 weeks)
III. Marketing & Sales (4 weeks)
IV. Growth_Alumni Support
Still, have any questions? – Contact us, we are always happy to help!
Contact person: Dmytro Omelian ✉
e-mail: dmytro.omelian@ucu.edu.ua
✔ Student of any university in Ukraine;
✔ You have/looking for a team with 5 people max;
✔ You have an idea for a startup;
✔ You have a goal and are ready to persistently go towards it;
✔ Ready for challenges.
Register and get even closer to achieving your goal! 🚀
🔵Students are considered to be persons enrolled in a higher education institution for the purpose of obtaining a bachelor’s or master’s degree.
Getting the maximum benefit from the ideasLab program requires some preparation and focus. Here are some tips to get the most out of your participation:
1. Be prepared for persistent hard work. The ideasLab program is intensive, and you will need to work independently and on modules to get the most out of it. This will be a pretty demanding part-time endeavor.
2. Be prepared to learn. You will learn a lot about yourself, your team, and the startup world during your time in ideasLab.
3. Be ready to collaborate. You will be surrounded by talented entrepreneurs and students during your time in ideasLab. Take the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with them.
4. Be prepared to receive and give feedback. You will receive a lot of feedback from lecturers, mentors, and other startups during your time in ideasLab, as well as provide your feedback to others. Be ready for this feedback and use it for improvement.
5. Be willing to take risks. ideasLab is a time to take risks and experiment. Don’t be afraid to try new things and step out of your comfort zone. We’ll help you with this 🙂
6. Find a developer for your team at the beginning, or you’ll have time to do this in the first stage. But this cannot be avoided, the presence of a prototype is one of the conditions for admission to the 2nd pitch day.
7. The importance of focus, curiosity, interactiveness, and even mistakes is hard to overestimate. In the program, you will receive constant support in these aspects from our experts. Be prepared for this!
8. Be ready to have fun! ideasLab is an incredible experience that will change your life. Enjoy every moment!
9. The program is designed for a hybrid format, but it is difficult to assess the coolness of offline program participation (at least in most workshops). We advise you to make sure:)
These tips will help you get the most benefit from the program and maximize your potential. Remember, we are just giving you resources, it’s up to you how much you want to take from it.
Do you have any questions? – Write to us, we are always happy to help!
Contact person: Dmytro Omelian ✉
e-mail: dmytro.omelian@ucu.edu.ua
Nazar knows exactly how to be a leader and create successful projects. His work combines knowledge of the market, a clear structure, analytics, and most importantly, how to apply knowledge in practice and achieve success.
💼 Oksana is an entrepreneur, so she perfectly knows and understands all the intricacies of building business communication.
🎓Technology team mentor, a specialist in project development strategy, who knows how important it is to be a leader and how to apply these skills successfully.
💻 Sofia is an entrepreneur, co-founder, and COO at Propertymate (a startup that recently passed the acceleration program at Techstars). She spent the last three years in real estate technology. Experienced in product and business development and building the team behind it. Previously COO at Brainify, and Marketing Director at Duna.
Can help to deal with:
🎭 Natalya is an actress in the Lviv Academic Theater named after Les Kurbas.
Yulia is Head of Digital Marketing & MarTech at SoftServe
She knows how to make digital strategy & tactics that work hand in hand
Yulia will help you with:
🔹 Andrii Milinevskyi is an international professional in transformation, innovation, customer experience management, product and service design, and sales.
– Senior Director and Vice President Product at web3 IaaS startup Impossible Cloud.
– Having more than 20 years of executive work in telecom – Kyivstar, Beeline, Golden Telecom – Andrii in partnership founded the CX design agency, which helps large Ukrainian businesses to build success through effective client-centricity. The agency creates holistic customer experience management systems and builds excellent services and competitive products using design thinking methods.
– Andrii has led transformation, innovation, excellent customer experience, marketing, and sales at a large international telecom since 1997. From 2007-2010, he also managed a large telecom company: CEO of Golden Telecom and Beeline in Ukraine.
– From 2010-2016, as B2B Director and Chief Transformation Officer, Andriy managed the client-centric transformation of Kyivstar: the creation of the Customer Experience Management function and Big Data direction, reorganization of B2B Sales and Marketing, Call Center, design of Retail transformation, omnichannel program, implementation of digital.
– Andrii – MBA from Maastricht School of Management (Netherlands), design thinking practitioner, certified Partner and Sales Consultant of Miller Heiman Group, and Technology of Participation.
