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Seongbuk-gu Announces '2022 Seongbuk-gu Youth Startup Scale-up!' Program Seoul's Seongbuk-gu (District Chief Lee Seung-ro) announced on the 13th that it will operate the '2022 Seongbuk-gu Youth Startup Scale-up!' program to strengthen and support the startup capabilities of young cultural and arts entrepreneurs. The program will be conducted at 'Youth Space Gireeum' in partnership with Underdogs, a social venture-focused startup education institution. To differentiate from general startup education programs, it will incorporate educational platform services similar to Netflix and YouTube. The program consists of ▷Online startup education ▷One-on-one offline coaching ▷Networking with experienced entrepreneurs ▷Mock pitching, maximizing the advantages of both online and on-site learning. Applications are being accepted through Google Forms until May 11th. Anyone aged 19-39 who dreams of starting a cultural and arts business in Seongbuk-gu or is a startup founder within one year can apply. 'Youth Space Gireeum,' located in Gileum Youth Startup Street, will operate startup, culture, and community programs in addition to this startup education. For related programs and youth startup information, please refer to Gireeum's blog or Instagram. A Seongbuk-gu official stated, "Seongbuk-gu is actively providing various startup education programs to revitalize youth entrepreneurship in the region" and "We plan to continue actively implementing support projects so that young entrepreneurs' dreams can be realized."