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sTARTUp Day business festival
Published on 09 July 2019
Estonia
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About this good practice
sTARTUp Day is the biggest festival in the Baltics, bringing together start-ups, traditional entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, and students. The aim of the event is to connect startup-minded people and celebrate entrepreneurship in the smart city of Tartu.
RIS3 in Estonia, which is in the focus of the RELOS3 project, looks at the local context and does not have a specific focus on the start-ups. Yet, the growing importance of the start-ups, corporate innovation and creation of the entrepreneurial activities in the region help to grow the region and support the regional and national policies.
The festival has emerged to be one of the business cards of Tartu as a top entrepreneurship centre.
The purpose of the event is to create an attractive environment for businesses and start-ups in Tartu, enabling the innovative ideas to establish into successful business models as start-ups are brought together with investors.
sTARTUp Day has evolved to a massive event with nearly 4000 participants and over 100 speakers and investors from 65 countries.
RIS3 in Estonia, which is in the focus of the RELOS3 project, looks at the local context and does not have a specific focus on the start-ups. Yet, the growing importance of the start-ups, corporate innovation and creation of the entrepreneurial activities in the region help to grow the region and support the regional and national policies.
The festival has emerged to be one of the business cards of Tartu as a top entrepreneurship centre.
The purpose of the event is to create an attractive environment for businesses and start-ups in Tartu, enabling the innovative ideas to establish into successful business models as start-ups are brought together with investors.
sTARTUp Day has evolved to a massive event with nearly 4000 participants and over 100 speakers and investors from 65 countries.
Resources needed
The budget for the first event was over 100 000 EUR plus in-kind expenses. The fourth event budget has grown to 400 000 EUR.
Nearly 200 people including volunteers and the core team are included in the process. The management board consists of 9 people/organisations.
Nearly 200 people including volunteers and the core team are included in the process. The management board consists of 9 people/organisations.
Evidence of success
• Although 1000 visitors were waited for the first time, it turned out a 3000-visitor event
• The number of speakers - 120 per event
• The number of investors - 120 per event
• The number of start-ups 350 per event
• The synergy between the stakeholders/business support ecosystems was created for future cooperation. Today, the group of organisers have at least one study trip per year to learn from other good practises.
• Position of start-up community manager is created
• The number of speakers - 120 per event
• The number of investors - 120 per event
• The number of start-ups 350 per event
• The synergy between the stakeholders/business support ecosystems was created for future cooperation. Today, the group of organisers have at least one study trip per year to learn from other good practises.
• Position of start-up community manager is created
Potential for learning or transfer
• How to make the effort and bring together stakeholders from traditional business sectors, IT and biotechnology, startups, business support organisations, government and media
• The full process of design, organisation and managing, tailored to the current ecosystem, can be shared with the partners.
• The full process of design, organisation and managing, tailored to the current ecosystem, can be shared with the partners.
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Good practice owner
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Organisation
STARTUP DAY MTÜ
Estonia
Eesti
Contact
Senior Proposal Writer