Kibo, Recruitment for the 1st Venture Startup Classroom Trainees

Free Startup Education to Drive Successful Entrepreneurship for Prospective and Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] The Korea Technology Finance Corporation (Chairman Jung Yoon-mo, hereinafter referred to as Kibo) announced on the 2nd that it is recruiting trainees for the '2020 1st Venture Startup Class' to support the successful startup of prospective and early-stage entrepreneurs. The Venture Startup Class will be held free of charge for two days from the 25th to the 26th at WePlace Yeoksam Branch 3 in Seoul.

The target trainees are prospective entrepreneurs preparing to start businesses in technology-based industries such as manufacturing, information and communication technology (ICT), renewable energy, the Fourth Industrial Revolution fields, and knowledge and cultural industries, or early-stage entrepreneurs within three years of starting their business. Kibo plans to select around 50 trainees through screening, and the final selected candidates will be announced on the website on the 17th.

While the training was previously conducted offline, it will now be conducted concurrently with online education as a measure against COVID-19. The training content includes ▲ startup law ▲ startup support policy funds ▲ tax and accounting, human resources and labor ▲ investment attraction and IR ▲ business plan writing, among others. Outstanding graduates will also receive free 'customized startup consulting' benefits.

Kibo has been operating the course since 2001 to support the successful startup and stable business foundation of prospective and early-stage entrepreneurs, and has produced a total of 4,846 graduates to date. Graduates of the training are separately provided with Kibo's customized startup guarantee benefits to support the funds necessary for startups, and efforts are being made to discover and nurture technology-based startup companies.

A Kibo official stated, "Kibo has been operating demand-tailored startup education programs to contribute to the creation of an open innovation startup ecosystem in line with the government's plan to foster the second venture boom," and added, "We will continue to operate programs so that creative technologies and ideas can be commercialized and lead to successful startups."

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