Winners of Startup of the Year Competition Selected
On February 19, the award ceremony for the 2015 Startup of the Year competition was held at Moscow’s Digital October Centre. Nearly 300 applications were submitted for the competition from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. Twelve of the best projects made it to the finals in four main categories, as well as in a special category called ‘People’s Love.’ The winning teams included students and alumni of the Higher School of Economics.
The Business Incubator Teaches: Test Your Hypothesis and Be Fiercely Competitive
This autumn HSE Business Incubator came 14th overall and 7th in Europe in the rankings of best university incubators around the world. HSE News went to meet the team to find out how it works and how it helps prime startups.
Northern Ireland to Help HSE Students Develop Business
The HSE student project Chill has been selected by the StartPlanetNI business accelerator which is funded in partnership with the Northern Ireland government investment programme. The 10 best projects were chosen out of 350 teams from around the world and Chill is the only team from Russia.
HSE’s Business Incubator in World Top 25
At the UBI Awards ceremony in London’s Trafalgar Square on November 25th, it was announced that HSE’s Business Incubator is 14th in the UBI Global best university business incubator rankings in 2015 and the only Russian representative in the top 25.
UBI Global Ranks HSE Business Incubator One of Europe’s Top 10 Incubators
The Higher School of Economics’ Business Incubator placed seventh in the UBI Global 2015 ranking of the best university business incubators in Europe. The results were announced at the regional UBI Awards in Europe ceremony in Turin.
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start-ups have already submitted applications to become residents of the HSE{Pro} business incubator. Applications are being accepted until October 4.
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HSE students took part in Integration Days, a three-day programme of open communication at the HSE Business Incubator. This is a new format for the Business Incubator Open House, which will now be used on a regular basis.
More Social Projects at Startup of the Year
On December 17 the awards ceremony for Startup of the Year 2014 took place at the Technopolis Moscow congress centre. Of the 350 projects entered for this prestigious prize, 7 winners received the coveted statuettes - 6 for the different nominations and one from the audience. Among the winning teams there are HSE students and graduates.
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applications were submitted by young entrepreneurs for the annual HSE Business Incubator ‘Startup of the Year’ prize.
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worth of investment has been attracted by companies created in the HSE Business Incubator.