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Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center (Director Park Yong-ho) announced the opening of the 2nd Practical Startup Education (Startup Build-up) program in collaboration with Underdogs (CEO Kim Jung-heon), a social venture-focused incubator, to provide hands-on startup education for aspiring entrepreneurs. The program, which will run for 8 weeks starting from the 19th targeting 30 university students and general participants, is characterized by centering on a 6-stage startup methodology, with coaching from actual entrepreneurs and industry experts through workshops and task execution that connects to actual startup activities. A Demo Day will be held on July 14th after the 8-week education period concludes, where each prospective startup team will present their business achievements. The event will be attended by Park Yong-ho, director of Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center, and Kim Jung-heon, CEO of Underdogs, as well as related startup stakeholders. Teams with excellent results will receive various support including opportunities to move into Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center and participation in investor briefings. Director Park Yong-ho of Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center stated, "This 2nd Practical Startup Education (Startup Build-up) program is characterized by being practice-oriented workshop-focused, allowing participants to experience the entire startup process based on coaching from actual entrepreneurs and industry experts. By applying the know-how from the 'Youth Startup Workshop' conducted by Seoul Creative Economy Innovation Center in 2015, we aim to help young aspiring entrepreneurs reduce initial trial-and-error and achieve maximum results in a short period."