Crowdfunding mentor program in Ida-Virumaa
Posted 28.11.2022 01:11 | 0 comments
We have great news for you, if you live or plan to do business in Ida-Virumaa, but lack finances!
WHAT
The crowdfunding mentoring program gives a team/individual the practical skills to launch a crowdfunding campaign. We guide and give feedback on the planning and execution of the participants' campaigns. Bootcamps are conducted in Estonian, Russian and/or English, depending on the language skills of the participants. The goal of the program is to launch the participants' campaigns on the Hooandja platform.
Bootcamp topics:
1st consultation: description of the idea and selection of target groups
2nd consultation: selection of gifts and budgeting
3rd consultation: key criteria for a successful video and marketing planning
4th consultation: final activities of the campaign
WHERE AND WHEN
Pitching - 7.12.2022, 17:00-20:00, Vaba Lava Narva Cafe (Linda 2)
The first bootcamp (intensive training day) will take place on 8.12.2022. The second and third will take place in December 2022-February 2023, and the fourth in April-May 2023.
FOR WHOM
The mentoring program is meant for Ida-Virumaa teams and individual participants who want to implement their project through crowdfunding. You want to publish a book, expand your cafe, record a music album, make a mobile application, open a sports club - if your project is creative, innovative or civic-minded, you are welcome to participate!
HOW
Register for pitching https://bit.ly/3ghFT1F, come to the Vaba Lava Cafe in Narva on December 7 and briefly (2-3 minutes) present your project - what you want to do, what you hope to achieve with your project and what you need funding for. You can pitch in Estonian, Russian or English. On the same day, we will select 10 teams/individuals who can start in our mentoring program the very next day.
ORGANIZERS
Organizer: Hooandja
Co-sponsors: Startup Estonia, Kredex, EAS
The mentor program is conducted by business development and financial specialist Jelena Žovnikova and marketing specialist Tarieli Lipartia from the Hooandja team. Elina Dubova, the project manager of Startup Estonia Ida-Virumaa's direction of activity, is also on the pitching jury.
Hooandja is the largest (and essentially the only) gift-based crowdfunding platform in the Baltic region, where creative, innovative, citizen-initiated, business-related and other ideas can ger financing. In exchange for financial support, various gifts are offered, primarily products of the campaign. During its 10 years of operation, Hooandja has helped more than 1,660 project authors. More than 172,000 people have supported projects with a total of more than 6,000,000 euros.