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SeoulTech Holds E-Commerce Startup Camp for Hands-On Student Entrepreneurship

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • SeoulTech held a two-night, three-day e-commerce startup camp in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, for about 30 students from different academic disciplines.
  • Participants received practical training in online store operations, investment, finance, generative AI design, global platforms and intellectual property.
  • Six teams presented business ideas, with the Persnapse project winning the top prize; the university plans continued mentoring and startup scholarships.

About 30 Seoul National University of Science and Technology students spent three days turning e-commerce ideas into proposed businesses at a startup camp in Gonjiam Resort, Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province.

The university’s Startup Support Foundation ran the program from Aug. 26 to 28 for undergraduate and graduate students. It aimed to help prospective founders identify business ideas and build the skills needed to commercialize them.

It was good to share startup ideas through this camp because it is usually difficult to interact with students from other departments.

· Camp participantA student described the value of collaborating across academic disciplines.

The camp focused on practical e-commerce work. Students learned how to find startup ideas, operate stores on actual e-commerce platforms, understand startup investment and tax and financial issues, use generative AI in design, work with global e-commerce platforms, and protect patents and other intellectual property. Through expert lectures and team mentoring, they developed ideas and created product pages and presentation materials themselves.

It was good that the program included practical training that helped with commercialization, such as online sales, while also creating a space to interact with students from other departments.

· Camp participantA student praised the program’s practical business focus and cross-department networking.

Six teams pitched their projects on the final day. Judges assessed each idea’s need, development plan, distinctiveness, revenue model, market potential, funding strategy, use of team capabilities, and presentation and question-and-answer skills. Team 1’s Persnapse won the grand prize. Team 3’s “Clip: School Notice Supplies” received an excellence award, while Team 5’s “Overseas Trending Snacks and One Meal” placed third.

The foundation said it will continue supporting participants through intellectual-property assistance, expert connections, follow-up mentoring and online feedback. Students who register businesses may also receive startup scholarships. Jung Kyung-hee, director of SeoulTech’s Business Incubation Center, said the program helped students from different majors collaborate and test the feasibility of their ideas from the perspective of real markets and customers.

Through this online commerce startup camp, students from different majors collaborated to develop their startup ideas and had a meaningful opportunity to examine business feasibility from the perspective of actual markets and customers.

· Jung Kyung-heeThe SeoulTech incubation center director assessed the camp’s purpose and results.
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