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[Korean Instructor News - Reporter Lee Mi-suk] Underdogs, which has led offline startup education, announced on the 24th that it is moving toward a Blended Learning platform that combines the advantages of online and offline education to maximize educational effectiveness. Through the platform, Underdogs is expanding its educational scope to a wider range of startup targets, stages, and regions. Underdogs, a practical startup education specialist company, has produced approximately 10,000 trainees through on-site education over six years. In response to the post-COVID era, the company launched an online education site called 'START YOURS' to provide more stable and effective education. Even before building the online education site, Underdogs had actively operated online education with various corporate partners such as SK E&S Localize Gunsan and KT&G Imagination Startup Camp 5th period, creating success stories. Going forward, Underdogs will continue optimal startup education by moving between online and offline through its self-developed systems. Content is also evolving. The target audience is expanding from aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs at all stages, providing necessary competencies and practical education for each growth phase. The company plans to strengthen the role of a systematic accelerator by overseeing the entire entrepreneurial life cycle. Additionally, customized content planning for each client company is expected to continue, guaranteeing staged growth of entrepreneurs. Underdogs' Blended Learning platform has four representative characteristics: ◇A platform that enhances effectiveness for both trainees and clients First, it aims to be a safe platform that enhances effectiveness for both trainees and clients. Trainees can immerse themselves in education through various communication functions. Clients can directly check trainees' learning progress to increase transparency and effectiveness of management. Additionally, 24-hour monitoring is provided to prevent concurrent access failures and downtime, ensuring safety. ◇Customized content design for entrepreneurs through data analysis Underdogs focuses on designing customized content according to entrepreneurs' stages and situations. By analyzing data accumulated on the platform, it provides the most necessary content for entrepreneurs and increases educational effectiveness. Additionally, moving beyond solo entrepreneurs and small startup teams, it helps match job and organizational culture content needed to strengthen startup team capabilities, enabling stable business expansion. ◇Building a peer learning system where entrepreneurs become educators The platform actively applies a Peer Learning system where fellow entrepreneurs learn from each other. Peer Learning means 'collaborative learning,' an educational method where people learn and grow together. In fact, Underdogs has created a system where education graduates with startup experience and insights grow into partner coaches through professional curricula. Going forward, the company plans to actively cultivate educators so that entrepreneurs voluntarily share their experiences and knowledge within the platform. ◇Implementing identical educational programs in global locations Underdogs' Blended Learning platform is implemented identically in global locations. In fact, since 2017, Underdogs has trained global local partner coaches and, based on this, has been conducting practical startup education for local entrepreneurs. Going forward, the online site will provide globally localized specialized content, while offline will offer close coaching from local partners and webinar programs. Through this, global influence can be expanded domestically as well. Kim Jung-heon, CEO of Underdogs, stated, "Now, a platform combining online and offline has become a new standard. We hope that through the platform, entrepreneurs can participate in education much more stably and efficiently, and corporate partners can feel greater learning effectiveness. We will spare no effort in contributing to the entrepreneurial ecosystem." Underdogs' Blended Learning platform online site can be accessed through the START YOURS link. Meanwhile, Underdogs is a startup content and community company that discovers, nurtures, and supports innovative entrepreneurs both domestically and globally. Established in 2015, it has produced approximately 9,000 innovative entrepreneurs through practical startup education content developed directly by current and former entrepreneurs based on their experiences, growing together.