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Testing, MVP, and pitches: entrepreneurial skills training returns to GUU

Testing, MVP, and pitches: entrepreneurial skills training returns to GUU

Published on: 2026-10-01

Source: Official website of the State –

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Testing entrepreneurial skills, studying monetization, initial product models, and rewards for activity – the third season of entrepreneurial competence trainings has started at the State University of Management.

An educational intensive called “Startup Navigator” was held at our university’s Business Center, conducted by experts from Samara University, Natalia Bryukhanova and Elena Varnavskaya. Students participated in a business game format, going through all stages of creating a technological product – from idea generation and team formation to the final pitch of their project.

During the sessions, participants learned how to test ideas for viability and develop an MVP, examined existing monetization models, learned how to properly present their product, structure their presentation, and not fear difficult questions from potential investors. In addition, the participants completed an online test to identify entrepreneurial abilities and assess professional competencies.

At the end of the training, all participants received certificates, and the most active ones were given gifts and prizes from the organizers.

“Entrepreneurial competency training sessions are an excellent opportunity to adapt to the project-based learning system at GUU. The students learned to work in teams, discovered how an innovative product idea is formed, worked through the structure of startup projects, and in the end, presented their ideas. I am confident that many students will subsequently use these developments in project-based learning and over time will be able to transform them into fully functioning businesses,” noted Dmitry Rogov, Director of the GUU Business Incubator.

The next intensive course will be held at GUU on October 22, registration is available via the link.

Entrepreneurial skills training is one of the key elements of the ecosystem of the University Technology Entrepreneurship Platform within the federal project “Technologies.” They allow students to take their first steps in entrepreneurship and get acquainted with the basics of launching startup projects.

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