Entrepreneurship Program

The ISO ETP Entrepreneurship Program is a training and mentoring initiative designed to connect entrepreneurs and startups with the designer and industrialist ecosystem.

The ISO ETP Entrepreneurship Programme is a training and application program created to bring together the industrial designer and industrialist ecosystem within the framework of the IDEA4ISTANBUL Project's mission to develop the industrial design ecosystem throughout the country, especially in Istanbul, by creating a meeting point for designers and industrialists.

The Road to the Heart of Industrial Design in Türkiye

ISO ETP is transforming all the services it currently offers to SMEs, large-scale businesses, entrepreneurs, and designers into an applied training and application program that addresses all stakeholders of industrial design and industrial production. By bringing together designers, industrialists, and entrepreneurs, we provide an Entrepreneurship Program where they can:

• Follow, learn, and contribute to all stages of production from design to the prototype stage together,
• Realize their ideas,
• Access design or sources of financing by taking advantage of business matching opportunities.

And as a result, they can be a part of Türkiye's design ecosystem.

Content of the Entrepreneurship Programme

The ISO ETP Entrepreneurship Program includes the following elements:

• Training: Seminar and webinar series provided by experts with academic competence and/or work experience in their fields.
• Business Development Support: Business Matchmaking (B2B) events to connect entrepreneurs with industrial companies and investors to grow their businesses.
• Prototype Development Opportunity: Access to modern machines (CNC Lathe, 5-axis CNC, CO2 Laser Cutting, Water Jet Cutting, Thermoforming Machines, Fusion, FDM, Resin, Polyjet, SLS, SLM, and SLA 3D printers), UX and VR laboratories to turn ideas into concrete products.
• Mentorship: Opportunity to receive group or individual consultancy, advisory, and guidance support from experts with national and international training and experience.

Who can apply to the Entrepreneurship Programme?

All those from across Türkiye who think design-oriented, want to bring physical and tangible product ideas to life, wish to specialize in industrial design, or want to be part of Türkiye's Industrial Design Ecosystem, including:

• Entrepreneurs,
• Start-ups,
• SMEs,
• Large Scale Businesses,
• Industrial Design Students,
• Professional Designers,

can apply to the ISO ETP Entrepreneurship Programme.

The ISO ETP Entrepreneurship Programme is conducted in collaboration with Viveka.

Second Term Entrepreneurship Programme Schedule:

Registration Opens 08.07.2024 - Registration Closes 08.08.2024