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Program ''Startup Phase Zero'' expands its application for students
Those interested only have to fill out the form available on the website of this initiative and they will be eligible for these free trainings.
The Entrepreneurship Office of the University of La Serena, together with Corfo, invites all higher education students in the Coquimbo Region to apply until March 19 for the third call 'Startup Phase Zero: Prepare to Undertake' '.''Startup Phase Zero: Prepare to Undertake'', is a program financed by the Government of Chile, through Corfo and the University of La Serena, whose purpose is to develop the key competencies for entrepreneurship, through methodologies of early validation, generation of contact networks and financing. The program seeks for its participants to strengthen their abilities to detect opportunities in the market and deliver solutions that generate value through the development of a new business.
The calls to undertake are open to all higher education institutions, with the support of Corfo, through the ''Development Program of the Innovative Entrepreneurship Ecosystem of the Coquimbo Region'', which has alliances with all of the higher education institutions in the Region.
The activities will be carried out at the University of La Serena, starting on March 20 with a ''Global Thinking Coaching'', which will help those selected to develop some specific skills related to entrepreneurship in an introductory manner. Later they will be part of the "Startup Essentials" on the 27th, 28th and 29th of this month, an activity that seeks to build and validate ideas with current business development methodologies.
Finally, the best ideas will be selected for a public or private financing search process. Applications will be open until March 19, 2014, through the Application Form available at www.startupcoquimbo.cl/uls. All the details of the call and scheduled activities can be found on the social networks Facebook (StartUpFase0) and Twitter (@StartupCoquimbo).