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Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Winners of the Startup World Cup 2024: SIFE & SAGE Nominations

The Startup World Cup Championship is the world's premier annual event for young entrepreneurs, bringing together national elites from various countries to network, communicate, and identify the year's best startups.

At the Startup World Cup Championship, students present their startups in two categories: SIFE and SAGE.

SIFE - Startups in Innovative Free Entrepreneurship

These entrepreneurs start companies with visions that could change the world. Innovators create entirely new ideas and transform them into viable businesses. They often change how people think and act.

Winners of the SWCC 2024

SIFE Nomination MiniBoss League

  1. Tudana, Red bus (Turkmenistan)
  2. AZ-bathty (Azerbaijan)
  3. Odyssey (Kazakhstan)

SAGE - Startups for the Advancement of the Global Environment

Social entrepreneurs create products and services that address social needs and problems. Unlike scalable startups, their goal is to make the world a better place. These startups can be nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid.

Winners of the SWCC 2024

SAGE Nomination MiniBoss League

  1. Chaykhor (Azerbaijan)
  2. Scam busters (Australia)
  3. Ecoleaf (Azerbaijan) / Sketchio (Azerbaijan)

Winners of the SWCC 2024 (UN Gold Medals)



The Startup World Cup Championship evaluates students' development in entrepreneurship and the strength of their character as an academic result of the year.

Mission: Global unity and cooperation for the benefit of the world; building global communication bridges and fostering cooperation among young national elites.

United Nations Gold Medals



The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.

  • SDG 1. No poverty – Cashy (Azerbaijan)
  • SDG 2. Zero hunger – Foxy (Turkey)
  • SDG 3. Good health and well-being – Bath bags (Turkmenistan)
  • SDG 4. Qualty Education – Imagine (Kazakhstan)
  • SDG 5. Gender equality – Star track (Ukraine)
  • SDG 6. Clean water and sanitation – Minimylius (Kazakhstan)
  • SDG 7. Affordable and clean energy – Wooden decoration (Turkey)
  • SDG 8. Decent work and economic growth – Dill buzz (Azerbaijan)
  • SDG 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure – R_Crafters (UK)
  • SDG 10. Reduced inequalities – Focus (Bulgaria)
  • SDG 11. Sustainable cities and communities – African experience hotel (South Africa)
  • SDG 12. Responsible consumption and production – Shipero (Turkey)
  • SDG 13. Climate action – Meyvali (Azerbaijan)
  • SDG 14. Life below water – Khari touch (Azerbaijan)
  • SDG 15. Life on land – Fortune cookies (Turkmenistan)
  • SDG 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions – February which changed my life (Ukraine)
  • SDG 17. Partnerships for the goals – Action of kindness (Ukraine)

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Startup "Focus" Changes the Lives of Teenagers




Students of MiniBoss Business School created a project "Focus" that changes the lives of teenagers.

Our guest is a true enthusiast of his work, who, together with his team, creates unique courses and programs that help young people overcome fears, develop and achieve their dreams. Let's learn more about this project, its purpose, challenges, and future plans.


- Hello Lev! How are you doing, how is your summer going?

- Hello! The summer is going well, relaxing, I am personally preparing for the World Championship and other events in my life.

- That sounds cool! Our main topic today is your project, because it is really interesting to see you in a new role, let's say, as the captain of a social project. Please tell us about your project. What inspired you to create it?

- Our project "Focus" is aimed at motivating teenagers through our original content. This motivation is directed not towards changes, no, but towards transforming their lives. The inspiration came from the summer of 2023, when I spent almost all the time at home, sometimes going out only for training. I realized that something needed to change, and then I thought, why not do it here, at MiniBoss. And that's how it happened!

- What are the main goals and mission of your project?

- The goal of our project is to motivate our target audience (i.e., teenagers studying in middle/high school and university) to change/transform their lives. Our mission is to carry, you could say, such a "Great Fire" of motivation and success to people. For example, this month we are holding our, hopefully not the first, course "Extroverts Marathon 21", the goal of which is to overcome social phobia in one's, well...let's say body, which has been present in people since childhood. I think you all have felt those moments when you are afraid to do something in terms of communication with people. This is the direction we are working in.

- Your project "Focus" sounds very interesting and really inspiring. Motivation and life transformation for teenagers is an interesting topic, especially in our time when youth faces many challenges and obstacles. I know many teenagers need support to unlock their potential and find their way in life, I went through it myself. I am very interested to hear more about how your project helps teenagers. Lev, you mentioned the "Extroverts Marathon 21". It sounds like a very interesting thing. Could you tell us more about this course? What specific methods and approaches do you use to help participants overcome social phobia?

Tuesday, 11 June 2024

About 90 countries to take part in the Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace summit. Russia won’t attend

Switzerland — Nearly 90 countries and organizations, half from Europe, have confirmed attending the Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace summit over the weekend, Switzerland’s president said Monday. However, Russia won’t be there.

Moscow has not been invited but says it would not have attended anyway as the conference is based on the peace proposals of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russia rejects.

President Viola Amherd told reporters in the Swiss capital, Bern, that the summit, on Saturday and Sunday, will aim to chart a path toward possible peace nearly 28 months after Russian forces invaded Ukraine and the war grinding on.

“This is not about propaganda,” said Amherd. “This is about the basis of humanitarian aid provided by Switzerland, based on fostering peace (and) to provide a platform to initiate a dialogue.”

The Swiss president said that most participants would be top country leaders, with about half represented at the head of state or government level, and “a handful” from organizations like the United Nations.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are expected to attend the summit at the Bürgenstock resort overlooking Lake Lucerne in the village of Obbürgen.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will take part on behalf of the United States. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will join Harris as part of the U.S. delegation.

About 160 invitations have been sent out and Amherd said it was not a “disappointment” for the Swiss government that fewer than 100 have so far announced participation in the first phase of the peace process.

Swiss authorities said the final list of participants was expected by Friday, but key developing countries like Turkey, South Africa and Brazil haven’t indicated whether they would attend. India they said, will take part but it isn’t clear at which level.

Brazil and China said they wouldn’t take part unless both sides – including Russia – were at the table, according to Swiss officials. Beijing has been one of the top supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin since the war started, and has said the criteria for its participation will be “hard to meet.”

Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis also addressed reporters, saying Switzerland has repeatedly acknowledged that there cannot be a peace process without Russia. “The question is not whether Russia will be on board, the question is when.”

He also said Switzerland is in frequent contact with authorities in Moscow about the conference.

Ukraine has helped coordinate the summit, and Zelenskyy is expected to attend. Cassis said Swiss officials had to balance considerations that Ukraine might not have attended if Russia was represented.

Zelenskyy has gone on a diplomatic push to try and lure attendees to the summit. He has also accused China and Russia of trying to undermine it. The Swiss-hosted conference follows on the heels of the G7 summit in neighbouring Italy.

Swiss officials say the conference aims to set a course toward “lasting peace” in Ukraine, to reach a “common understanding” toward getting there, and draw up the “roadmap” on how to get both sides involved in talks. Nuclear security, humanitarian aid and food security are also on the summit’s agenda.

As many as 4,000 military personnel will be deployed to provide security and support air transportation, surveillance and roll out security fencing and steel wire for the event, officials said, adding that an increase in cyberattacks in the run-up to the summit was noted, but didn’t provide details.

In a Swiss valley deep below a mountain ridge where the resort sits, Swiss troops set up a makeshift heliport in a grassy field ringed by barbed wire Monday in preparation for the summit as cowbells clanged nearby.