Does lean canvas, market research or cash flow tell you anything? Students who want to move their idea closer to implementation and get money to develop their own business had to deal with these concepts. This is the Start Your Business competition organized by the MU Technology Transfer Center in cooperation with the South Moravian Innovation Center. František Zelenák, a doctoral student from our group, is also taking part. He managed to advance to the finals, keep your fingers crossed!
What preceded it? In the beginning, of course, there was an idea, the most important thing. To participate in the competition, it was necessary to prepare the above mentioned documents: basic info about the team, lean canvas, market research results and cash flow plan for 3 years. And then just stand in front of the jury and present your idea convincingly. You can find out more about the competition in the University Magazine M, look on page 19.
The aim of the competition is to support student business ideas, either financially or through counseling. 32 Czech and international teams from all over the Masaryk University entered this year's competition. A total of 10 teams managed to advance to the finals. During the finals, the jury will select one team that will be given the opportunity to take part in a foreign exchange stay and will distribute financial support to the teams for starting their own business.
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We are thrilled to share that our bilateral research project PlasmaMix-BioMat, in collaboration with esteemed colleagues from Slovenia – led by Sebastian Dahle and his team – has been officially supported by both the GAČR and ARIS funding agencies! Our team leader, Zlata Kelar Tučeková, along with Michal Pazderka, is currently in Slovenia for an in-person kick-off meeting to launch this promising cooperation.
Sandra Ďurčányová is a doctoral student from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University. She is on a research stay at DPPT and CEPLANT center of SCI MUNI with the support of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic. In Brno, she works with dr. Monika Stupavská. In her dissertation thesis, she researches plasma polymerization at atmospheric pressure. Using plasma, she deposits thin functional films made of hexamethyldisiloxane and investigates their properties.
