Educational Program for Creative Industry Professionals: Crowdfunding Workshop for Creative Entrepreneurs with Iryna Solovey

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    Crowdfunding Workshop for Creative Entrepreneurs with Iryna Solovey

    When:

    10.03.2024, starting 10:00

    Where:

    The State University of Economics and Technology2 Vyzvolennya Sq

    Kryvyi Rih Center for Contemporary Culture / KRCC invites cultural and creative industry professionals to join its educational program!

During this workshop, you will explore the key principles of strategic and empathetic crowdfunding for building a business community, including:
● Entrepreneurial skills in team building, crowdfunding, marketing, financial modeling, and mentorship for creating attractive products and developing sustainable businesses.● Establishing relationships between entrepreneurial leaders and their communities to grow businesses through crowdfunding.● Implementing systematic steps for business growth and development using catalytic capital from communities and partners.● Crowdfunding as a Tool for Raising Catalytic Capital
Crowdfunding allows you to:
● Build a community of loyal customers around your business.● Safely validate new product ideas, reach new target audiences, and receive meaningful feedback from your client community.● Increase the financial and social capital of your business, enhancing your position for future investments from investors and funds.
Entrepreneurship is full of risks but brings the enthusiasm of creative freedom and the ability to rely on oneself and one’s community. Creative entrepreneurship offers a pathway to self-realization with informed trust in the future, productive relationships with a team, and the ability to act at your fullest potential.
The Crowdfunding Workshop for Creative Entrepreneurs with Iryna Solovey is a unique opportunity to combine theoretical knowledge with practical experience from the crowdfunding platform Big Idea, fostering the growth and development of your creative endeavors.
Workshop Details:Duration: 6 hours with a breakParticipation: Free with prior registration
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your business through innovative crowdfunding strategies!
This project is supported by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.

About Iryna Solovey:
Iryna Solovey is a social innovation strategist and president of Garage Gang NGO (since 2009). She is the co-founder of the Big Idea crowdfunding platform and the Go BiGGGA! business participation club. Iryna also leads the CityGen leadership development program and developed the team synchronization game "City Synergy." She holds a management degree from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and has been studying facilitation at the Institute of Deep Democracy in Ukraine since 2010. Iryna teaches crowdfunding strategies at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) and leadership for community restoration at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE).

About Garage Gang NGO:
Garage Gang NGO is a nonprofit organization established in 2009 with a mission to develop resilient communities in Ukraine. Since 2012, it has successfully developed Spilnokosht (collective funding) on the Big Idea platform, enabling collective financing for public initiatives and entrepreneurial leadership. The organization focuses on strengthening the impact of self-organized initiatives by building social capital and developing talent. Through fostering trust, relationships, and ecosystem interaction skills, Garage Gang promotes resilient teams and productive organizations.