The six universities of the Busan LINC+ Project Team (DSU, Tongmyong Uni- versity, Dong-a University, Dong-Eui University, Pukyong National University, and Korea Maritime and Ocean University) have improved ‘PIVOTING’ online based on the results of last year’s operations under the slogan “Beyond Competition and Cooperation with the Busan LINC+ Project Team.” A business agreement was signed on April 23, 2021 to harmonize from a competitive structure to a cooperative structure system, to devise a plan to maximize mutual synergy effects by jointly operating startup education, and to revitalize start-up education.

This business agreement has been prepared to help overcome the difficult situations in which universities have been placed in their face-to-face startup education due to covid-19, which has continued unbated since 2020. Accordingly, the participating universities will promote startup education with more advanced educational programs, for which this close cooperation system was established.

Through the agreement, students of the six universities will participate in a total of three start-up camps consisting of four modules each. Students will also receive practical training to increase the success rate of start- ups, such as discovering startup items appro- priate the post-covid-19 era’s ‘Vnomics,’ practicing presentations, and creating high- quality business plans through systematic guidance and constant feedback. In addition, opportunities to acquire domestic private licenses will also be provided, and related expenses are to be granted to excellent graduates. Ultimately, it is expected that participating students will create a new paradigm for growth and future start-up prospects through programs prepared in the form of flexible, customized education that meets students’ various changing needs.

Vice-Chairperson of the DSU LINC+ Project Team Hwang Gi-hyeon said, “Through this initiative, students will be able respond quickly to changes and adapt their educational plans through pivoting training to eliminate their concerns about start-ups, and to cultivate start-up execution power and ag gressiveness. In addition, by fostering Busan as a center for start-up education based on the era of covid-19, we will promote the revitalization of startups in Busan, thereby contributing to cooperative win-win growth for related industrial development and regional economic development.”