Mayor Park Sang-don discovers promising startups ‘This place is Silicon Valley’ by opening a group chat
Experts participate in real-time discussions with companies to provide quick support for startups.
‘”At a time when government and local support is greatly needed, meeting Mayor Park and receiving various support is a great blessing and I am very thankful”‘,
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, ‘ A young startup CEO in Cheonan who is nurturing the dream of becoming a unicorn company while establishing roots there. \xa0’,
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| Mayor Park Sang-don opens a KakaoTalk group chat personally to communicate with young startup entrepreneurs and industry support experts. |
, ‘ Mayor Park Sang-don is establishing an online real-time communication network to support startup companies by listening to voices on the ground.’,
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, ‘ Cheonan City is a city known for producing the unicorn company of the future industry, Venture Mythos, established by Chairman Ko Jeong-moon, a prominent figure in the venture industry in Korea.’,
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, ‘ Mayor Park believes that nurturing startups will become a new growth engine for Cheonan City and Korea, and he is actively promoting the growth of startups into unicorn companies as one of his main tasks. By establishing online communication networks and holding offline meetings, Mayor Park’s efforts to connect startups with investors and established companies are greatly empowering startups.’,
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, ‘ According to Cheonan City on the 4th, Mayor Park has opened a KakaoTalk group chat with 8 ‘C-Star’ company CEOs for real-time communication.’,
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, ‘ Cheonan City is home to 210 startup companies, including Cheonan Green Startup Town (106 companies), Cheonan Science Industry Promotion Agency (75 companies), and Korea Automotive Research Institute (29 companies).’,
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, ‘ This year, Cheonan City selected 8 startup companies as C-Star companies through recommendations from these three institutions after verifying them three times in two months.’,
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, ‘ After selecting C-Star companies, Mayor Park immediately opened a KakaoTalk group chat with the 8 CEOs to share concerns and suggestions and provide concentrated support for these companies. The group chat is named ‘This place is Silicon Valley’. Mayor Park communicates, consults with experts, and even recommends and connects them with lenders, private investors, and fund operators to support these companies.’,
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, ‘ Recently, Mayor Park received a suggestion through the online communication network that a startup (Incle) in the information and communication industry, which possesses technology for developing an industrial big data processing engine and building expandable big data with a single low-price server, needs enterprise verification. Mayor Park promptly arranged a dinner meeting between North Chungcheong Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Moon Sang-in and the CEO of Incle to request verification support, and Chairman Moon agreed to purchase the system from his company for verification purposes.’,
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| A preliminary startup idea hackathon competition held by Cheonan City last year to discover startups. |
, ‘ C-Star stands for Cheonan-Startup, which provides opportunities for startups centered in Cheonan to challenge and connect through the network, indicating promising companies that can be future stars of startups that Cheonan City discovers. Cheonan City plans to select about 12 companies as ‘C-Star’ companies each year to provide focused support.’,
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, ‘ In this group online chat room, four experts in the field of enterprise support, including Lee Jong-won, co-founder of Cyworld, and the Vice President of Hoseo University, are participating to support C-Star companies.’,
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, ‘ Cheonan City is conducting ‘C-Star Awards 2024’, consisting of Startup IR Competition, Global Expansion Support, Investment Purchase Consultation, and Conference, to discover future unicorn companies from last month until November. Cheonan City plans to hold ‘C-Star Awards’ every year to continue discovering and supporting promising startups.’,
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, ‘ Mayor Park stated, “Nurturing startups will pave the way for a new future for Cheonan and Korea” and mentioned, “I will spare no effort in providing possible support for startup companies to establish roots and realize the dream of becoming unicorn companies in Cheonan, which will be a reliable support group on the path of startups.”‘,
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