Description:

Join us at 'Startup Ecosystem Supporters and Startups Get Together' 🍻 on February 23rd for a casual and inspiring networking event with ecosystem supporters like mentors, partners, corporates, investors and of course, startups who support other startups welcome on the stage! It's an enhanced opportunity to get to meet together with some of the Korean startup ecosystem's key players, with a reverse elevator pitch! 

Featuring all the other startup ecosystem supporters on the stage with one-minute self-intro casually! This is an example of a complete collaborative effort, so everyone who supports startups can come on stage and introduce themself in one minute each! 🎤

• Co-hosted, co-sponsored by Openfor.co, Inc.,  Founder Institute Korea (Other partners in the confirmation, announcing soon)
• Some of the major international and local organizations will be attending, in the process of confirmation.
• We are welcoming 20 partner slots for 1-minute presentations and 5 major spots for 3-minute pitches for this event!

🎁 Packages 🔗 Collaborator Shoutout: 1 Minute, 15 slots: Free if in exchange for collab to co-promote the event. 🔗 Community Supporter: 3 minutes, 10 slots: 100 USD 🔗 Premium Ecosystem Supporter: 5 minutes, 5 slots: 300 USD 🔗 Main Supporter: 10 minutes, 1 or 2 slots: 800 USD

If you're into startups, whether you're already in the game or just curious, this is the place to be. It's a fantastic opportunity to make connections, pick up new ideas, and network with the major players in the startup scene. Don't miss out on this unique blend of networking, and inspiration celebration! 🎉

ABOUT THE SESSION

Organizers: Openfor.co x Founder Institute Korea

Venue: Google Startup Campus Seoul, Gangnam-gu, 대치2동 Yeongdong-daero, 417 B2, Seoul (Hybrid)

**(Direction: Take Samseong Station (Line 2, Green Line), Exit 3 and walk straight for 5 minutes until you spot the Hyundai car building (AUTOWAY TOWER). Head inside and go down with the escalator to B2, where you'll find the entrance to Google for Startup Campus.)**

Speakers & Coordinators:

• Erdinc Ekinci: Co-Founder, CEO of Openfor.co, Co-Director of Founder Institute Japan, Co-Director of Founder Institute Korea
• Yu Li Shein: Co-Founder, COO of Openfor.co, Co-Director of Founder Institute Japan, Co-Director of Founder Institute Korea
• Dogukan Atar: Co-Founder, CEO of KOHO, Program Operation Lead of Founder Institute Korea
• CJ Yoon, Co-Founder, CEO of Meaningful
• Riso Dongok Ahn, CEO of The Garrison

Who Should Attend?

• Anyone who are interested in entrepreneurship, startups and partnership
• Anyone who wants to network with global community leaders, mentors and industry peers
• Corporates, VCs, and governments who wish to support their ecosystems to be more connected and collaborate.

What is the Agenda?

• Welcome and Registration (15 minutes) 🍻
• Opening Keynote (5 minutes)
• Supporter shout-out with a self-intro on the stage pairing with a sentence of "how do you support startups" (30 minutes)
• Closing talk: Fostering a Collaborative Ecosystem (2 minutes)
• Networking, Drinks, and Socializing! (120 minutes) 🍻

About the Ecosystem Organizations:

• Founder Institute Korea (https://fi.co/korea): The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 6,500 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 95 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
• Openfor.co (https://www.openfor.co): Openfor.co, inc, is a “Global Partnerships and Collaborations Development Platform” originated in Silicon Valley that provides an online platform and bootcamps for learning, building, launching, and growing with partner programs. We help not only larger enterprises but also startups and even SMBs to take advantage of partnerships and collaborations for validation, getting traction, increasing revenues, funding, and many more. We provide a boot camp to partnering training, an online partner program builder tool, a launch pad for promotion, and an incentivization program that funds your partnership development activities to enable ROI  from collaborations!
• Google Startup Campus Seoul (https://www.campus.co/seoul/about/): Google began as a startup in a garage and we’re passionate about helping entrepreneurs succeed. We believe in the convening power of physical space, so we create Campuses—hubs where entrepreneurs can discover a supportive community, get to work on their big idea, and gain access to critical resources like mentorship and technical training. Entrepreneurs build transformative products that can solve some of our biggest challenges. These same entrepreneurs also create jobs, strengthen economies, and improve the web.

Free to Join and Free Drinks & Snacks will be provided.

More partners on the process of confirmation...