Economy/Finance21 Dec. ’23 13:412023-12-21
Kasikorn Bank Continuing the activity, AFTERKLASS Business Kamp: Innovation for a Sustainable Society Hackathon 2023, is the 4th year for high school students across the country to join teams to compete for innovative ideas to create actionable business plans to meet future sustainability needs. Team “Kao Kee” won the first prize. With the idea of creating an app “How are You? For those who need emotional support” from the group of 6 youth teams that qualified for the final round.
Mr. Rawee Angthong, Senior Director Organizational Sustainability Integration Department Kasikorn Bank revealed that Kasikorn Bank, together with the Wisdom Breeding Foundation, organized the 4th year AFTERKLASS Business KAMP under the theme Innovation for a Sustainable Society Hackathon 2023, committed to promoting human development through the education system that is the basic mechanism of thinking. important especially in youth With the main objective of providing development opportunities new knowledge New skills and practical experience To provide youth with rational thinking skills that can be used to expand business in the future.
This year is a competition to create business ideas and startup innovations in the form of a hackathon with an incubation program that not only presents creative ideas It also helps to push for further development to become a reality. Create a positive impact on society that is efficient and sustainable. There were 76 youth teams interested in applying and the project has selected 6 teams that will go on to compete in the Hackathon round.
For the Hackathon Day activity held between 2 Dec. 2023 – 3 Dec. 2023, all 6 youth teams with MVPs of innovations for sustainability that actually happened. and prove the value of innovation to customers. For both days, 6 youth teams learned how to bring innovations to reach customers (Customer Acquisition) that come with business plans. Both from the point of view of production and operations (Production & Operation), marketing (Marketing) and finance (Finance) that will make the judges at the final stage accept the value of the ability of innovation to create real sustainability impacts.
Results of the competition: The winning team was the Kao Kee team, which presented an innovative business idea called How are you? An application that will be like a friend who is ready to listen, encourage, and be a refuge for everyone. First runner-up goes to the AngsanaNew team that presented an innovative business idea called River Ranger, a robot boat that collects trash in waterways to keep canals clean. And the second runner-up went to the Flying Turtle team, which presented an innovative business idea called Track Point Sensor, a safety helmet and application to motivate motorcyclists. Wear more helmets through a points system. There are also 3 Inspiration for a Sustainable Society prizes, with a total value of more than 200,000 baht.
Mr. Rawi added that This year marks the first time that participants in the Incubation Program will be able to develop real product prototypes (Minimum Viable Product (MVP)) to test with real users. whether it can solve the desired problem or not The Wisdom Breeding Foundation came in to support the course funding during the MVP period so that the youth could practice and try it for real. Test with real users to get feedback. and improve products In order to answer the most questions To help create sustainability for society into reality Create a positive impact on society that is efficient and sustainable. Those interested can follow project details at www.afterklass.com or Line official account: @afterklass
2023-12-21 06:41:00
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