Our Impact

975+

Entrepreneurs Trained

28

Countries Engaged

$500k+

Funding Invested


Program Overview

 

GIST Startup Trainings are in-country intensive business training courses designed to empower young science and technology innovators and entrepreneurs through hands-on training and mentoring delivered by top U.S. experts and conducted in partnership with in-country ecosystem partners. As a result of GIST support, many participants have moved their ventures forward. At least two GIST Startup Trainings winners have exited their startups and others have incubated at Google’s startup accelerator in Silicon Valley and 1871’s entrepreneurial hub in Chicago.

 

GIST Innovates


Born out of a need to take our Startup Trainings program virtual, ‘GIST Innovates’ is a ten-week, in-person/virtual hybrid training program focusing on pre-accelerator stage innovations and is modeled after the Lean Startup methodology. Through an in-depth customer discovery process, early-stage entrepreneurs identify and evaluate opportunities for their venture and make informed decisions on how best to move their idea forward. GIST Innovates provides participants with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to build their entrepreneurial skills and bring their ideas out of the university lab and into the market.

What are GIST Startup Trainings?

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Current Opportunities

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Startup Training Success Stories

 

 

Rahinah Ibrahim, Oceanori | Malaysia

Oceanori's from Malaysia has created an independent sewage treatment plant (also known as iSTP) for rural communities that do not have centralized sewage collection and treatment. The treatment plant is one of the smallest on the market, easily transportable by boat, can fit underneath the toilets of rural water-based communities and treats sewage to meet the specs of Malaysia’s National Water Services Commission.

Gustavo Becker, Box Synergy | Argentina

Box Synergy designs creative, innovative and sustainable products. The products provide safe water, electricity, connectivity and thermal sources for heat water and cooking, where services do not reach. Box Synergy developed autonomous, self-sustaining, resilient, versatile and portable conceptions. Their differential factor is the synergy, as a concept that allows us to move towards the future, to minimize the environmental impact and maximize the social impact, to generate more with less.

Nataliya Limonova of GIOS

GIOS is designing an interactive platform for the delivery of remote and blended learning. In addition to keeping students engaged in the educational process, the platform aims to support teachers in organizing remote and hybrid teaching by providing them with a flexible course builder, interactive material library, assessment, and analytics.

Previous Startup Trainings

March 2013

Startup Training Jordan 2013

1st: Aqar-Estate | 2nd: MadFoo3at
3rd: Dardasa
Honorable Mentions: Little Thinking Minds and Ekeif.com

Program, Mentors, and Participants

amman
July 2012

Startup Training East Africa 2013

1st: Safari Yetu | 2nd: AIM Vault
3rd: iProcure
Best Female Entrepreneur: Kate Kiguru, Akida

Program, Mentors, and Participants

East Africa
June 2012

Startup Training West Africa 2012

1st: Amarante | 2nd: Mlouma
3rd: eeZydeel

Program, Mentors, and Participants

west africa
June 2012

Startup Training Algeria 2012

1st: SmellNet | 2nd: iPadian
3rd: Lyes Belhocine

Program, Mentors, and Participants

algeria
May 2012

Startup Training Indonesia 2012

1st: T-Files | 2nd: Budi Mixed Farming
3rd: PT Dyna Energy
Honorable Mention: Dwarapala

Program, Mentors, and Participants

indonesia
April 2012

Startup Training Turkey 2012

1st: Sutech
Honorable Mention: Gonnasphere

Program, Mentors, and Participants not Available

turkey

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