Startup Evolution starts mentoring with 50 companies affected by Covid-19

Started last Monday (4) the online mentoring program Startup Evolution. The project selected 50 of 350 registered startups, whose businesses were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and needed to undergo a strategic overhaul. The initiative is hotmilk - Innovation Ecosystem of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) in partnership with the State Government, through the General Superintendence of Innovation, and Sebrae-PR. In addition to consulting with business experts, small businesses will receive a management, financial and legal plan at the end of the program, which is scheduled to close in June. The diagnoses and mentoring of the startups will be made by professionals selected by the program partners. They will identify problems such as cash flow, revenue anticipation, improvement of logistics processes, new competitors, sales channels and labor, legal and contractual issues. During this process, the public will also be able to participate in some training. Several workshops with experts in innovation, entrepreneurship and with technical knowledge in key areas for startups will be broadcast online and free of charge.