INNOVATIONS
We Support Businesses and Start-Ups
Not Only in the Moravian-Silesian Region
GREEN LIGHT has been the most comprehensive programme of the Moravian-Silesian Region to
promote businesses and startups. It has been successfully implemented by the Innovation Support
Centre of VŠB-Technical University Ostrava for five years in cooperation with the Moravian-Silesian
Region, the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre, and a number of other partners and supporters.
This is a unique programme in which all the universities in the Moravian-Silesian Region are involved.
It is intended for those interested in business of all ages
with an innovative idea who are determined to start
their own business. “The motto of this year is the slogan
“I BUSINESS“, and we believe that the desire to change
things and develop your own business will bring us interesting ideas, whether in the field of IT, innovative services
or new technology solutions. We offer two programmes
– Start for beginners and Accelerator for more advanced
persons,” says Jan Jůzl, the programme mentor.
Another novelty of this year is the involvement of prototype
workshops. ProtoLab allows 3D users to print plastic and
metal. IdeaHub can be used by starting entrepreneurs to
produce prototypes in the field of mechanics, electronics
and robotics.
Such a combination is unique and exceptional in the
Moravian-Silesian Region. We can whip up a viable product
or service out of a simple idea and bring business to paying
customers.
Ten people selected from those who apply to the programme will participate in the three-month Accelerator
full of workshops, lectures and consultations, culminating
in the final start-up show in April. The best ones will win
awards worth up to CZK 500,000 to start a business. The
bonus can then be a journey to the startup “Mecca”,
Tel Aviv.
In total, 53 projects have completed the programme, such
as the electric skateboard XTND, which has succeeded
on Kickstarter and entered the global market; the original
PresentiGO 3D presentation platform; the unique TIKE
tent for cycle touring, which makes it possible to camp and
keep the bicycle dry and safe at the same time, and many
more. Entrepreneurship is a bit of a long-distance run: some
projects change and adapt to the needs of the market;
some are like comets, the sky is lit up and everyone admires
them; others are less striking, but they work. Currently,
a cooperation in developing a business is going on with
20 interesting clients.
Text a foto:
Centrum podpory
inovací VŠB–TUO
POSITIV 2017/2018
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