Start-up Support Center Holds On-Site Meeting 

for the “Startup for Everyone” Campus Tour

The Start-up Support Center (Director and Dean of the Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship, Professor Kim Kyong Hwan) successfully held the “Startup for Everyone Campus Tour On-Site Meeting” with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Friday, April 24, at the Book Lounge of Samsung Library on Sungkyunkwan University’s Natural Sciences Campus. This visit was organized to spread enthusiasm among young people for participating in the government’s “Startup for Everyone” project and to actively reflect university students’ vivid ideas and on-site voices in policy.

Approximately 70 people attended the event, including Noh Yong-seok, First Vice Minister of SMEs and Startups; Kim Kyong Hwan, Director of SKKU’s Start-up Support Center; Park Dong-chan, CTO of Pylers Co., Ltd. and a young senior entrepreneur; prospective entrepreneurs; and students from start-up clubs. Beyond a simple business briefing session, the meeting served as a venue for communication where participants freely shared start-up ideas and candidly exchanged opinions on practical difficulties and areas for improvement encountered in preparing to launch start-ups.

▲ Noh Yong-seok, First Vice Minister of SMEs and Startups, answers questions from prospective entrepreneurs.

During the meeting session, prospective entrepreneurs raised many enthusiastic questions on topics such as fear of failure, early-stage risk management, practical applications of AI technology, securing start-up space, and balancing academics with entrepreneurship. 

During the meeting session, prospective entrepreneurs raised many enthusiastic questions on topics such as fear of failure, early-stage risk management, practical applications of AI technology, securing start-up space, and balancing academics with entrepreneurship. Vice Minister Noh expressed understanding of the students’ concerns and replied, “The best way for early-stage entrepreneurs to minimize risk is to validate their ideas in small and rapid steps. Being rejected from a support program is not the end; we will prepare follow-up measures, including mentoring, so that they can learn the causes of failure and grow again.” Vice Minister Noh further emphasized, “I hope young people will become more familiar with start-ups and have opportunities to develop their ideas through ‘Startup for Everyone.’”

Kim Kyong Hwan, Director of SKKU’s Start-up Support Center and Dean of the Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship, who organized the event, said, “I hope the intense concerns raised by students at today’s meeting will serve as a foundation for policy innovation in ‘Startup for Everyone.’” He added, “At the university level, we will spare no effort in providing full support and a solid foundation in educational administration so that our students can take on challenges to their fullest.”

▲ Students and prospective entrepreneurs communicate in a free and open atmosphere 

at the “Startup for Everyone Campus Tour On-Site Meeting.”

Meanwhile, Sungkyunkwan University’s Start-up Support Center is intensively fostering promising start-ups through the 2026 Startup-Oriented University Project. Based on its distinctive start-up ecosystem, in which research, education, incubation, and investment form a virtuous cycle, the Center produces outstanding deep-tech start-up companies every year and contributes to vitalizing youth entrepreneurship in Korea.