A month’s worth of progress in a single day with us
Ustvarjalnik is a sandbox for partner companies, in which they can create new opportunities. All entrepreneurship education and events are a pool of enterprising young people from whom we can draw ideas or look for future key personnel.
We co-create projects with our partners that:
– encourage innovation and the development of new solutions
– contribute to the search for entrepreneurial and proactive staff
– make sure that our partners get the recognition they deserve
Our approach...

Creativity of young people without restrictions
The younger generation has bolder ideas, because it does not take into account the current mindset, but at the same time it is rich in enthusiasm that is lacking in older organizations.

Finding people who are proactive
More than 2,000 young entrepreneurs attend our events every year. Our projects give partners access to them.

Contacting the most respected new generation entrepreneurs
Ustvarjalnik mentors are some of the most respected founders of next generation businesses. Their experience is at the core of our projects as they guide the creation process.
Last year alone, Ustvarjalnik's activities reached over 1,600,000 people via social and classic media.
Just about every Ustvarjalnik project is made to think that it stands out; that he is so special that he is talked about – only in this way will he gain interest on social networks and in the classic media.
Some of our most significant projects

Ustvarjalnik Youth Fund
In a collaboration with ten reputable Slovenian companies, we have raised a fund that awards ten scholarships each year to young entrepreneurs at the beginning of their journey. Every summer, we invite everyone between the ages of 16 and 22 to develop exciting projects. We are not interested in grades at school, what we are looking for is success in any other area. Multiple companies are joining the Fund, giving them the opportunity to recruit the scholarships awardees later. You can read more about the Fund at www.fundacijaum.si.

Start, Slovenia!
For the most prominent project to promote entrepreneurship in the country, we have collaborated with the largest television in the country, POPTV, and Spar Slovenia as well as our extensive network of stores. Together we created a television show in which we followed the stories of young Ustvarjalnik entrepreneurs who offered their products to customers on supermarket shelves. Over 200 new products were created as a result of the project, with the participating entrepreneurs alone employing over 50 people. More than 1,500,000 people have purchased the products of our entrepreneurs.

Startup Train 2019
Together with Slovenian Railways and A1 Slovenia, we provided a train and an internet connection with which 15 Slovenian business teams went on a four-day trip to Sofia, where they developed their business ideas on the way with the help of 30 mentors and at the end presented them to investors, one of the largest investment funds. – LauncHub.

Competition for our youngest startup of the year
For eight years, Ustvarjalnik has been organizing a competition for the best young startups, featuring already established companies founded by high school students. So far, we hosted it in the Presidential Palace and the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, and every year the most respected entrepreneurs from all over the world address the participants. The winners of the competitions usually continue their careers at universities abroad.

Enterprise hiking through Savinjska valley
Together with the representatives of the local tourism organization, we prepared a one-week program for young creative minds, who spent three days exploring the landscape, looking for opportunities, and then developing new tourism products for two days under the guidance of the Ustvarjalnik Mentors. Today, many of them are common in tourist shops.

Hunting for a fund on the slovenska bistrica castle
At the invitation of the local tourism institute, hints, puzzles and challenges were hidden throughout the castle estate. We have given the entire generation of 7th graders in nearby elementary schools the opportunity to find treasure and thus train their ingenuity as well as their entrepreneurial and creative skills.
How can we get started?

Get involved in our Youth Foundation

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