"Startup for All" Applications Close on the 15th... Campus Visits Continue

Minister Han Sung-sook Visits Daegu University Campus

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced that Minister Han Sung-sook visited Daegu University on May 6 to raise awareness of the "Startup for All" project among young people and to listen to diverse voices on university campuses.

This visit was organized ahead of the application deadline on May 15 to inform more young people about the policy and to gather feedback from the field. As of May 1, the "Startup for All" program surpassed 20,000 applicants and attracted more than 1 million visitors.

During a roundtable held at Daegu University that day, participants shared their difficulties in preparing for startups and discussed the challenges they experience on the ground. The discussion also covered ways to alleviate the burdens faced by early-stage entrepreneurs and what is needed during the actual startup preparation process.

Choi Seohyun, a member of the Daegu University startup club who attended the event, said, "As a person with visual impairment, I face practical difficulties such as accessibility to information in the startup preparation process, but I have regained the courage to try again through the Startup for All support platform," adding, "I hope to see the environment further expand so that anyone can take on the challenge of starting a business without being limited by physical disabilities or the fear of failure."

Na Doyeon, CEO of Deobuntu and a young entrepreneur who graduated from Daegu University, commented, "I hope that aspiring entrepreneurs will not set their own limits due to the physical boundaries of the region, but instead will actively take advantage of the startup infrastructure provided by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the local community to pursue their dreams."

Minister Han Sung-sook of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups stated, "Each idea from the young people I have met in the field represents a new possibility for our economy," and added, "The government will spare no effort to ensure these ideas can lead to new startups."

On the same day, Vice Minister Lee Byungkwon of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups also visited Dongshin University as part of the "Startup for All" campus tour, where he emphasized the importance of local entrepreneurship at the "Local Startup Talk Concert" and had time to communicate with young people. Vice Minister Lee noted, "Local entrepreneurship is a startup model where the resources and stories of a region become its competitive edge," and stated, "We will strengthen policy support so that more young people can launch startups rooted in their local communities."

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups plans to continue campus visits until the application deadline, communicating with young people and continuously gathering diverse feedback from the field.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.