2018 Startup Demo Day ‘CHOO CHOO DAY’, Successful Event with Positive Reviews
Presentation by 7 Startup Business Groups
Korea University Business School (Dean Soo Young Kwon)’s Startup Station (Director Prof. Hicheon Kim) opened a startup demo day event called ‘2018 Spring CHOO CHOO DAY’ on May 11
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, at Supex Hall, LG-POSCO Building.
After 6 months of the structured training program, business groups at Startup Station presented their progress on the demo day event. Over 200 guests including potential investors, prospective entrepreneurs participated in this startup event.
Dean Soo Young Kwon encouraged the startup groups, “I could see all the hard works and efforts you made during last 6 months. I believe this demo day event must have made you feel rewarding. I strongly hope that today is another big step of the success of your business.” Vice President of GoVenture Forum also said, “today I saw a bright future of the startup industry”.
On the demo day, 7 startup teams from KUBS Startup Station participated in the presentation. Each team had a brief 10 minutes’ presentation on the progress of their product and services. The 7 teams are as follows. △‘Woot’: regional based micro community service for single person households △’UX (User Experience)’: cloud-based tool for designers △‘Whale Company’: prospective business in the fragrance industry △‘D&I PARVIS’: ‘Task Assisting AI’ technology for professionals with complicated tasks △‘RoBotry’: learning tool for mechanic engineering and robotic coding △‘IoPET’: health checkup kit for aged pets, assisting a diagnosis of the 5 most common pet diseases and illnesses △‘Dreamary’: online platform connecting apprentice hairdressers and clients looking for reasonable priced service.
One of the 7 startup groups, Woot’s CEO Mr. Joon-Hye Park commented, “It was such a lot of work coming to this point. It is very rewarding though, and I would like to thank all the support we received. I wish our presentation today made sense to many of you here.” CEO of RoBotry, Mr. Sang-Wook Ahn also added, “Regardless of what today’s event will bring about, we learned a lot preparing for this event. It was challenging but now I think I know where my business should be headed.”
