ETU Crystal Entrepreneurship Center

Hello there, my name is Elif Gençoğlu and I am an expert at the ETÜ Kristal Entrepreneurship Center. I will now answer the question, ‘What is the Incubation Center?’ ETÜ Kristal was founded in 2018 within the body of ETÜ (Erzurum Technical University) and it is an incubation center where one-to-one mentoring support and training is given to candidate entrepreneurs. We have offices open 24/7, where everyone can work depending on their group and their team. The Center is open to 8 teams but not limited to it. There is an open environment that can support up to 120 people and it is not just limited to university students—the Entrepreneurship Center is open to all people over the age of 18 who have a technical-based business idea. Our Core Partnership is with ITU (Istanbul Technical University) and is two-way as both an angel investor network and in terms of education. Our entrepreneurs will be trained by both ITU staff and our own. We are very keen on this partnership in order to benefit from angel investor networks—as their angel investor network is very broad, we want to bring together their network with our entrepreneurs and make a business partnership. That is why we are here. I wish success to all those friends taking the entrance exam. If you have a technical-based business idea—whether you have a job or not—a job awaits you. ETÜ Kristal Entrepreneurship Center is here for you.