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Two-day innovation challenge Bijeljina Startup Drill 2022 completed in Bijeljina today



​Two-day innovation challenge Bijeljina Startup Drill 2022 was completed in Bijeljina today. It was organised in cooperation with Lean Startup Croatia and the Section for Local Economic Development and European Integration of the City of Bijeljina.
 
Lean Startup Croatia sees its mission in encouraging and empowering new ideas through developing innovation, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial knowledge, which are the foundation for a healthy economy.
 
The main value each participant must receive is to learn how to test ideas and how to put their products in line with the customers’ expectations, so they can achieve market condition as the final goal.
The training was provided by representatives of the innovation agency Lean Startup Croatia in cooperation with this Section.
 
Borjana Planinčić, a participant of the innovation challenge, explained how the education programme was implemented.
 
“Participants were presented with the basics of initiating a start-up business. During the two days of training, they were introduced to all the rules and programmes of start-up drill, through defining a problem, user segment,” said Borjana Planinčić.
 
She also pointed out that the practical part of this education included participants presenting their own start-ups and applying everything they learnt during the challenge, and said that three teams had to present their business ideas to the members of the Committee which decided on their rankings. The best innovation ideas were rewarded by the sponsors.