The people of Startup Factory
mission & team
WHO ARE WE?
Startup Factory is a non-profit organization founded in March 2015 by a group of young entrepreneurs working in the IT sector. What unites everyone is our willingness to support people who want to develop their digital skills and start their own business.
Mission
Our mission is to develop key digital skills in both students and adults who recognize the need for digital competencies in the 21st century.
Community
Our ambition is to attract people sharing common interests and goals in starting up a business and sharing knowledge and know-how by creating communities.
Value
Our goal is to build a support center and by creating real value with great products to change the business environment in Bulgaria.
11
years of intense activity
107
Events and trainings
3 553
Participants in events and hackathons
354
Developed prototypes and projects
WE HELP DEVELOP YOUR DIGITAL AND BUSINESS SKILLS FOR 8 YEARS already.
TOGETHER WE BUILD A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.
Over the past years, we have helped hundreds of young people from Ruse take their first steps in the digital field; dozens of employees, freelancers and start-ups from across the country to develop their digital and business skills; active people from the region to register their NGO organizations to formalize their struggle for meaningful causes.
Membership in Startup Factory
THE TEAM OF STARTUP FACTORY
MANAGEMENT BOARD
EMILIYAN ENEV
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Emilyan Enev is the chairman of the Startup Factory Association, the initiator of the organization and its main driving force.
He is one of the founders of the Bulgarian Startup Association (BESCO) and winner of numerous awards. Managing partner at the high-tech company Recheck.
His strengths are in business process management, online marketing, content creation, idea validation, customer acquisition and monetization strategies.
Martin Panayotov
Martin Panayotov has been in the IT industry since 1997 with a primary focus in web development and online marketing.
He heads a successful social network targeting the US and UK.
He is currently the manager of the online marketing agency Weberest. Creator of the platform Realistimo – a portal for real estate listings
Vihren Ganev
Vihren Ganev is a software engineer and startup IT entrepreneur. He strives to help knowledge-hungry people of all ages develop and succeed by teaching programming courses and guiding them to develop their personal projects.
Vihren is making efforts to present the Startup Factory as a preferred meeting and working place for the city’s IT people. Creator of the platfrom Realistimo – a portal for real estate listings.
Kaloyan Tsvetkov
Kaloyan is a lecturer, sponsor and organizer of many seminars and events in Ruse dedicated to information technologies and entrepreneurship. He organized the first meetings of the IT community in Ruse, where ideas such as the formation of an association or a shared workplace in the city were discussed.
Kaloyan is one of the founders of Startup Factory and has participated in many of the association’s projects and ideas.
Ivaylo Sholekov
Ivaylo Sholekov is an entrepreneur in the field of web-based applications. He manages several native apps and others for third parties. After certain “failures” in offline entrepreneurship he is currently focused on web development.
He likes quality tools and a job well done. He likes people who don’t use expressions like “I can’t” and “this can’t be done”.
Ivaylo develops a site for free lessons in Bulgarian w3schools.bg
THE TEAM OF STARTUP FACTORY
TEODORA ENEVA
Teodora Eneva is part of the Startup Factory management team since mid-2018. She has initiated and organized dozens of trainings and events for adults and students from the city of Ruse and the country. Manages and coordinates the projects of the organization and is responsible for communications and digital campaigns.
Her interests are in the field of education and the modernization of training methods in Bulgaria.
Radostina hristova
Radostina Hristova graduated with a bachelor’s degree in “Computer Systems and Technologies” from the Technical University – Varna and a master’s degree in “Electronic Business and Electronic Management” from Sofia University.
She is professionally developing applications for Android devices for more than 6 years.
She took part in programming and entrepreneurship competitions as a participant, mentor and jury.
STARTUP FACTORY in the news
.. Artificial intelligence is becoming a catalyst that unlocks human creativity…..
.. The startup ideas to be presented have a strong local component and an already profitable business model….
.. The idea is from the French organization Snowball Effect, whose team is coming to Bulgaria at the invitation of the French Embassy in Sofia and Startup Factory...
..we have many people who want to develop but lack critical knowledge and skills...
..Blockchain in public administration – why not?
.. Startup Factory joined the pan-European initiative Startup Europe Week..
..we organize a presentation of the programs and initiatives..
A new column with the motto “Project of the Week” begins Startup Factory
..Startup Factory offers a workplace for entrepreneurs..
..this event will bring together programmers, designers and entrepreneurs in one place..
The entrepreneurial ecosystem is slowly but steadily expanding beyond the capital, with several regional hubs gaining momentum. Ruse is one of them.
With the beginning of the school year, the Bulgarian Startup Factory announces its Replication Challenge – a training program that aims to attract young entrepreneurs and foster more ideas with a meaningful cause.
..They are young, ambitious, enterprising. They believe that the world can change and they can change the world. They are several colleagues and like-minded people from the IT sector..
.. the future is digital and this is Ruse’s unique chance to use its capabilities..
.. Startup Factory has launched a series of programming competitions across the country…
.. the event gathers programmers, designers and entrepreneurs in one place..
.. Startup Factory organizes a series of events..
..software development, online entrepreneurship, information technology and innovative products..
..Startup Factory organizes a web development course – designed for students..