KisStartup

KISSTARTUP'S PLAN 2016

What does KisStartup 2016 have?

If you are planning for 2016, take your time for our activities:

1. Training of Innovation Coach: Following the success of the TOT1 - IPP, we - the first seeds of the program are desiring  open Extensive network of innovative coaches and startups across Vietnam. In 2016, we expect to develop this program in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. If you are Interested in the program, please contact us.

2. Community Activity: Startup Square Startup Playground: A dynamic, impressive and vibrant space

 

- Mindset Playground: 1 time / month: Learn and practice through games in the series. Here you will experience the startup game to learn for yourself, your team and bring new tools for your business.

- Startup Book: 2 times / month. Introduce important books for startup and how to apply them.

3. Training and Sharing - Community Workshop: Weekly: Needed topics such as marketing, finance, investment, human resources, law, intellectual property, etc. will be introduced with our experts

4Mentoring Netwwork: With the success of the very first mentors and mentees in 2015, we keep going on developing a mentoring-1 to 1 in Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi.

Innovation is a process of learning, sharing, exploring and practicing continuously, so with these activities, in 2016, we hope to be with you  experience,

KisStartup.



 

 
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BUSINESS ENGLISH FOR STARTUP

HAVE YOU EVER MEET A FOREIGN INVESTOR BUT CANNOT SPEAK IN ENGLISH EVEN A WORD?

English is one of the biggest weaknesses of many startups in Vietnam. Wishing to support young people to improve their English language skills, KisStartup builds the Business English Mentoring Program (English for Startup).

The program is the result of serious observations and work by KisStartup. It provides practical and useful content to help business owners confidently enter the workforce.

We start with Level 1, which focuses on improving confidence with the basic, practical communication with startups.

- A modern learning style that enhances your initiative in learning;

- You will be taught, tutoring, editing and training directly;

- Our faculty is not only a teacher but also a mentor to you;

- Each day during the course you will have 5 minutes of speaking in English with mentor with a topic;

- To make sure the effectiveness, the class is limited to 4-10 students;

- Every week, you will be able to participate in ENGLISH ENGLISH at a KisStartup startup event.

 

Time: 04 weeks, 02 times/ week, 02 hours/ day, from 18h-20h.
Location: P209, 18T1 building, Le Van Luong street, Cau Giay district, Hanoi.
Tuition fee: 2,000,000 VND / student / course.
Fee for English Networking Night (optional): VND 100,000 / person.

IF YOU AGREE TO IMPROVE ENGLISH IN ONE MONTH, JOIN US!

Register at HERE.

KisStartup


 

Launching Mentoring 1-1 2016

After the first Mentoring presentation in April, we officially invite you to join Mentoring 1-1 with KisStartup. The program lasts until May 2017

Please follow 4 steps at www.mentoring1on1.com/about to prepare your application


Share with us who you are and what our 1-1 mentoring program can help you in your personal development and career development in an A-4 page (see example here: http: // www.mentoring1on1.com/mentees-mentors/)
Create linkedin account
Submit your linkedin and article to hello@kisstartup.com

Please keep the following timeline:

April 22: deadline application.All required document can be submitted to: hello@kisstartup.com
April 25: Informing the results
April 28: Orienting & training for new mentee
May 7: Deadline to Pay Membership Fee
May 14: Orienting & training for new mentors; Informing new mentor & mentee matching results.


 

EVENTS in JUNE 2016

KISSTARTUP’S EVENTS IN JUNE, 2016

 

Keep going the exciting events in  May 2016, KisStartup invites you to an new, exciting and practical series of events in June.

 

The June theme for KisStartup is FAIL SMART, which helps startup  can learn from the failures of its predecessors to avoid unfortunate mistakes. Be willing to  face failure make startup stronger and smarter after all. The very new and first event in Vietnam - FAIL SMART FESTIVAL 2016 - is co-organized by NSCI, Angel4Us and KisStartup and sponsored by IPP (Innovation Partnership Vietnam - Finland) and Up Co-working Space. You will meet special speakers - the first successful generation startups  in Vietnam - share their initial failure story to get the current success. You will also meet startups who are not afraid to fail and want to learn from failure.

 

June also gives you the opportunity to meet professionals directly to "talk" with the LEAN LUNCH program - EAT WITH KISSTARTUP.

 

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ENGLISH ANYTIME

ARE YOU TOO BUSY  HAVE TIME TO STUDY ENGLISH?

Now you have one more options when learning business English in the form of mentoring 1-1 with KisStartup.

Option 1: CHECK-IN ANYTIME at KisStartup's office (P209, 18T1 Building, Le Van Luong) - Remember to book by phone at least before 1 hour. From 9am to 5pm every  Monday to Friday, you can go to Kis's office any time to practice English directly with the lecturer.

The lecturer not only speaks but also help you in pronounce, use English based on your needs and introduce the tools and methods of effective English training.

Course fee: 250,000 / 1 hour / 1 student. You can pay at the beginning of each class.

Preferential tuition fee for students registering in June, full-time, 5 lessons / week: 4,000,000 / course 20 sessions. We will refund the tuition fees for non-attendance classes.

Option 2: Live on SKYPE ANYTIME from 8am - 2pm. If you are busy and need to prepare for a lecture, meeting with an investor and not be able to attend class, studying Skype online at your own pace will be ideal.

The lecturer not only speaks but also gives you the ability to pronounce, use English according to your own needs and introduce the tools and methods of effective English training.

 

Option 3: Learn directly in the classroom twice a week (Tuesday, Friday) and mentoring with students for 5-10 minutes by phone or Skype every day. Communication with the group will be an option for people who have more time, enjoy meeting and communicating with people. Lecturers will follow you after each session to improve their ability to reflect well.

 

Tuition fee: 2,000,000 / course for 1 month.

 

Check out: http://goo.gl/forms/aY9RQFRuSOxSOuSi2

 

Contact: Minh 0936361133 - Email: hello@kisstartup.com


 

INVESTMENT MATCHING 2016

In this August, KisStartup will start a service heping startups connect to investors. KisStartup expects this service to help startups go further in their business with the support of angel investors and venture capital funds.

KisStartup will go with you to prepare best for  an investor-meeting.

All information about you and your project will be used effectively by KisStartup to help you connect with the right investor. You only need to provide basic information about your product or service, no need to provide details or business secrets. Thank you and look forward to working with you.

Register for the meeting with investors here.
Contact: hello@kisstartup.com - 0936361133
Website:

We will contact you soon..

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EVENTS in OCTOBER 2016

KISSTARTUP’S 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

It’s been a year since KisStartup first lauched to startup community.

After an active year, KisStartup is now planning for a longer journey with you all. We do not have any birthday party, but we do have a promise to be more effective and better in helping you develop.

In this October, a story so-called “Customer-Funded Business” will be introduced along with KisStartup Incubator for customer- centerted startup.

In this October,  KisStartup also welcomes new members to join the team as well as launching a series of lean start-up workshops - the story brings  KisStartup to the Vietnamese startup community.
 

Let’s join our upcoming program..

1. Lean Series:

October 18, 2016: Lean Startup

October 21, 2016: Lean Manufacturing

October 25, 2016: Lean Kaizen

 

2. Offically opening appilcation form for “Customer-Funded Incubator” from October 1, 2016

 

3. The Lean startup Mindset & Tools coures from Oct 14 to Oct 16, 2016

 

4. Storytelling in Pitching/ Investor Appoaching/ Product Introduction on Oct 7, 2016

 

5. Book Review: The Startup Game by William H. Draper III, a famous venture capitalist of Silicon Valley on Oct 11, 2016

 

KisStartup would like to invite you to attend the aforementioned  events.



 

 

KISSTARTUP COACHING PROGRAM’S APPLICATION FORM IS OFFICALLY OPENED

KISSTARTUP COACHING PROGRAM: From October, from 4th 2016 to October, 15th 2016, KisStartup Coaching Program’ application form is offically opened, that bring opportunities to you to break through your bussiness.

Working hard together, we will step-by-step develop programs with  mutual commitment and support.

If you also put your customers into the core for your business development and you really need coach to support your plan, join with us.

Who are you?

1. An enterprise/ startup project

2. An Enterprise having new projects

What do you need if you join in?

1.  You aim to grow your customers and your business

2.. You do not aim to put investor finding at top

3. You have pitched to investors now more than 2 times

4. You have a real product/ service (not an idea)

5. You have a team - a ready team.

 

What will you do next?

1. Sign up and show us your interest via the registration form

2. KisStartup will exchange and interview with you

3. The two sides go to an agreement on the view and metod of coaching

4. Formally join the program

5. Define goals  and start coaching

6. Evaluate the performance of the two sides monthly

7. Summary of incubator program

8. Match with  investors (if you would like to)

Who will coach you?

The first innovation coaches comes from IPP - Innovation Partner Program

What is the form of coaching?

Peer-to-peer coaching

Register at: HERE

Deadline: October, 10th 2016

 

Support: Support: 0936361133 (Ms. Minh) - hello@kisstartup.com

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EVENTS in NOVEMBER 2016

 

November is coming with the theme of Training & Coaching & Mentoring. KisStartup desires contribute to the startup ecology in particular and to the development of SMEs.Traners; Coach and Mentor are indispensable pieces wwith a “newborn” startup ecosystem.

 

KisStartup’s events in this November are as follow:

  1. Attending “VIETNAM MENTORS COMMUNITY: DEVELOPMENT & COOPERATION” - 3th & 4th November

  2. Attending & Being Sponsor for TECHFEST on November, 12th & 13th, 2016 at Grand Plaza Hotel, 117 Tran Duy Hung, Cau Giay, Hanoi

  3. Opening the training course for Coach in entrepreneurship project - Level 2 - on November, 14th & 15th, 2016; at 18T1 Bulding Trung Hoa- Nhan Chinh - Cau Giay - Hanoi

  4. Open a trainning course named Mindset & Tools in Lean Startup, that is organized from 17th to 19th of November, 2016 at Room 209, 18T1 Building, Cau Giay, Hanoi

  5. Workshop named “Design Thinking - Make your ideas come true” is organized at Toong Coworking Space from 23rd to 25th of November, 2016.

  6. Workshop on Online Marketing for startups and SMEs on November 29th, 2016 at Toong Coworking Space, 25T2 Building, Cau Giay, Hanoi

 

We hope to see you at the events.

 

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EVENTS in DECEMBER 2016

 

December is coming with the theme of  Open the Startup Door. This is the first time KisStartup  organizes an interactive workshop by combining face-to-face interviews to help startups reach out a variety of experts in various fields. The  two and a half day event aims to equip you with important knowledge in Legal, Finance, Tax, Marketing, that help you start your career in a knowledgeable way.

In December, for the first time, KisStartup introduced the innovative Mindset and Tools service for businesses developing their new products, services or looking for new directions.

We will also continue with the Innovation Coaching course at 3 levels:

1. Training of Trainers:

- Lean Startup Intensive - Level 1 for trainers, startup coaches and startups. - Duration: 03 days 16, 17, 18/12/2016

- Lean Startup Intensive - Level 2: Innovation Coach - Duration: 02 days, from 20- 21/12/2016

2. Innovative Thinking & Tools for Business - Time: updated later.

3. Open the Startup Door Event -  Duration: 2 days 22 and 23/12/2016

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