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• Made in Russia: Bad Brand or Unexplored Potential?

  Are Russians unusually creative? Can they find a new outlook on the traditional? Is creativity a boon or a boost to the nation’s development of innovations and economy? Olga Bychkova, head of the Center for Science and Technology Studies (STS Center) at the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) and the co-author of the book Fantastic Worlds of Russian High-Tech, spoke on these topics during a lecture organized by ITMO University and the EUSP as part of a series commemorating the launch of ITMO-EUSP joint Master's program Science and Technologies in Society.

  17.06.2019

• “Innovative Entrepreneurship” Master’s Program: Starting Your Business at ITMO University

  Now is the right time to learn how to create your own business, believes Anton Gopka, investor, co-founder of ATEM Capital and dean of ITMO’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. But in order to launch a really successful company, one needs systemic knowledge. Such competencies are taught at ITMO’s “Innovative Entrepreneurship” Master’s program. Its students can launch their independent projects under the guidance of mentors — successful entrepreneurs and representatives of the industry, as well as use their startups for their thesis defense. In an interview for ITMO.NEWS, Anton Gopka expanded on the opportunities offered by the program as well as the competencies that one has to get today in order to be sought-after tomorrow.

  07.06.2019

• Good Business: How Business Simulations Help Create Social Initiatives

  Graduates of the international Professional Fellows Program, together with ITMO University’s Entrepreneurship Center and the Leningrad Oblast Social Innovations Center, have conducted the Good Business simulation, aimed at developing sustainable models for socially-minded businesses. We spoke with the event’s creators and participants and learned how it works, why events of this kind are necessary, and which goals they accomplish.

  06.06.2019

• Choosing a Master’s Program at ITMO, Part Two: Industrial and Entrepreneurial Programs

  Starting from 2018, prospective students applying at ITMO University can choose from different types of Master’s programs: scientific, industrial, corporate or entrepreneurial. Such diversification allows students to decide on their preferred development trajectory and choose the program that most suits their interests and career plans. In this series of articles, we join forces with heads of the programs and ITMO’s academic and industrial partners to give a comprehensive overview of different types of the programs the University offers, as well as career opportunities that they entail. Part two covers industrial and entrepreneurial Master’s programs at ITMO. You can read about scientific and corporate programs here.

  22.05.2019

• How ITMO's Advance Program is Helping Young Russians Jump Start their Careers

  When Anton Manikhin and Ekaterina Korelevich were working in the food industry in St. Petersburg, they had no idea they would soon be chasing their true dreams – those of launching a language school and also an online site similar to Glassdoor. All they needed was to improve their English language skills, learn about entrepreneurship, and acquire some critical computer skills that would give them the tools they needed to start their own business.

  21.05.2019

• ITMO University Students at InnoCamp in Finland

  ITMO University offers its students a lot of opportunities for participation in international projects conducted together with the university’s partners. In April 2019, the first round of the InnoCamp project took place in Kouvola (Finland), during which Russian and Finnish students worked together on real-life cases and helped industrial companies develop their business strategies. However, the InnoCamp educational program doesn’t end there and will continue throughout the year.

  06.05.2019

• ITMO Graduates Featured in Forbes' 30 Under 30 Ranking

  30 Under 30, a new annual ranking by Forbes Russia, has recently been published. Compiled by experts, this is a roll call of young visionaries aged under 30 years old and already enjoying national or international recognition among their professional community. The final shortlist of ten best-of-the-bests includes an ITMO University graduate, founder of the Motorica company Ilya Chekh, while the top-100 touts Artur Gleim, CEO of ITMO’s small innovative enterprise “Quantum Communications”.

  22.04.2019

• Semantic Hub Founder Vitaly Nedelskiy: 90% of Startups Fail Because Nobody Needs Their Product

  The volume of the global robotics and drone market grows with each year, and, according to IDC forecasts, will amount to 210+ billion USD by 2022. Vitaly Nedelskiy, the founder of Semantic Hub and the Russian Association of Robotics, has spoken about the technology market during an open lecture at ITMO University’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. We spoke with Mr. Nedelskiy to learn what it takes to launch a project in this field, which topics to pay attention to, and why there’s no reason to be afraid of robots taking our jobs.

  19.04.2019

• Water-Spraying Parasols and Smart Traveling Apparel: Projects by Teens in Tech

  Teens in Tech, a school of technological entrepreneurship for high school students, has just wrapped up at ITMO University’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. Over the course of four days, the students worked to create their own business projects, learning about innovation business and technological entrepreneurship along the way. Read on to find all about the completed projects by the participants of this year’s spring Teens in Tech.

  09.04.2019

• Startup Veteran on Beginners’ Common Mistakes: A Founder’s Main KPI is Staying Alive

  Steve Korshakov helped make a messenger for VK.com, won competitions set up by Telegram, and worked as a programmer for JetBrains. Yet what he considers his biggest achievement are the projects he developed on his own. Korshakov has founded half a dozen startups and acquired valuable experience through winning, losing, and partnering up with America’s top accelerator Y Combinator. Today, he is the CTO of Openland, a business messenger app. As part of the Expert Week at the Yasnaya Polyana coworking space, Korshakov shared his tips for fledgling entrepreneurs, warned them of the industry’s pitfalls, and explained how one can become partner to the world’s biggest accelerator.

  05.04.2019