Starting Up in China: A Cypriot Perspective
When: Thursday January 16th 17:00 - 18:30
Where: LRC 012 - Learning Resource Centre UCY Library "Stelios Ioannou"
Language: English
Organisers:
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Centre for Entrepreneurship
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The Confucius Institute at the University of Cyprus
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Όμιλος Επιχειρηματικότητας και Καινοτομίας - Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου
Speakers:
Petros Djakouris, Curator & Co-founder at BeHive
Petros studied Economics at Nottingham University in the UK, has been in China for four years and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. After working with tech startups and corporates in Beijing, London, and Nicosia, he founded BeHive, a professional development platform that helps college students and young professionals become better communicators and culturally agile in today's constantly changing workplace. They have enabled so far more than 6000 young professionals and returnees to develop skills through 65 workshops and job fairs and work with universities and companies such as LinkedIn and S&P. Petros has served in the Special Forces as a Sergeant Major and has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Global Shaper. As an avid supporter of youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, and personal development, he is a mentor at Startup Grind, the biggest startup community in the world.
RVSP until January 15th 2020 at: here or c4e@ucy.ac.cy
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