GIST Operates Startup Experience Education for Youth

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) is operating the 'Regional Startup Experience Center Education Program' for local middle and high school students.

This program is composed of learning about business cases, idea commercialization, and technology commercialization, and especially practices expanding and concretizing ideas using Mandal-Art (lotus technique), a thinking method originating from Japan.

Mandal-Art is a brainstorming technique developed in 1987 by Japanese designer Hiroaki Imaizumi, which helps generate diverse ideas by utilizing the shape of a fully bloomed lotus flower.

The derived ideas are shared with other teams through a '3-minute speech,' and participants also experience thinking from an entrepreneur's perspective on how to sell more to consumers, how to proceed with product distribution and promotion, and other related concerns.

The education started on the 11th at Jangdeok Middle School and will continue until December at a total of seven schools including Pyeongdong Middle School, Chungjang Middle School, Gakhwa Middle School, Gyeongsin Middle School, Gwangju Jinheung High School, Munseong Middle School, with 26 sessions in total.

Center Director Jo Byung-kwan said, "I hope that more young people will take an interest in startups through the Regional Startup Experience Center's program and have an opportunity to cultivate a spirit of challenge," adding, "GIST plans to continuously strive to foster entrepreneurial spirit and creative career development among local youth through the spread of startup culture utilizing startup capabilities and infrastructure."

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