The beginning of a new season of innovation at Golrang Industrial Group; the first specialized startup weekend was held in collaboration with Chicken Family and Golrang Ventures.
The first “Chicken Family Startup Weekend” event, with the presence of 80 participants and the competition of 11 specialized teams, concluded after three days of breathtaking efforts at the Innovation and Prosperity Fund with the introduction of the best ideas. This event, which was held from January 2 to 4, 1404, is considered a tangible and operational manifestation of the open innovation model at the level of Golrang Industrial Group.
This event was the intersection of “industry” and “startup ecosystem”. In this strategic synergy, Golrang Ventures provided a specialized platform to remove the traditional walls between industry and innovators, and the Chicken Family brand, with a progressive approach, brought its real challenges and infrastructure to the fore to host the creative solutions of the elite. This event was held with the support and cooperation of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund and the Innovation Acceleration Center of Pardis Technology Park.
Moving from idea to market: What set this Startup Weekend apart from other similar events was its “market pull” approach. Unlike the usual practice where ideas are formed in a vacuum, in this event participants developed their ideas precisely based on the real and operational needs of the fast food industry. The presence of mentors, facilitators and senior industry executives alongside the teams made the process of validating ideas, designing a business model and preparing the final presentation a completely practical and reality-based experience.
Event Statistics and Achievements; In this 54-hour program, 80 participants with diverse expertise came together and competed in 11 teams. The result of this constructive interaction was a direct connection of innovators to the industry executive body. At the end of the event and after the teams presented themselves in the presence of judges, the top three teams were awarded a total of 150 million Tomans in cash prizes. But beyond the cash prizes, the main achievement for the selected teams was the opening of the investment path and entry into the cycle of commercial cooperation with the Chicken Family brand and the pre-acceleration of Golrang Ventures.
A model for industry-university interaction; Holding this event at the Innovation and Prosperity Fund provided a suitable platform for effective interaction between the three sides of “innovators”, “industry”, and “supporting institutions”. As a pioneering move by this brand and with the strategic support of Golrang Ventures, the “Chicken Family” Startup Weekend is the initiator of a new path in the development of industry-oriented innovations. This event is a successful model of deep cooperation between large industrial businesses and the entrepreneurial community, which shows that the future of the food industry will depend on these open and constructive interactions.
