GLAMOROUS STARTUP WEDNESDAY WITH ANDRIJA ČOLAK AND CHIVAS EXPERIENCE

Croatian Business Angels Network (CRANE) in cooperation with Chivas organized Startup Wednesday with Andrija Čolak, founder of Surf’n’Fries franchise and co-founder of KISHA startup. The event took place on 2nd of November in Matis Lounge Bar, and after the official part all participants had the chance to consort over Chivas cocktail. At the same time – Tarik Filipović became the brand ambassador of Chivas.

This Startup Wednesday had a record number of visitors, so Andrija’s lecture was given in front of more than 150 participants. In front of the full hall the event was officially opened by Davorin Štetner, the president of CRANE, and Paulina Šojat, Chivas brand manager.

“With Chivas we added a touch of glamor to Startup Wednesday and I believe that will become a tradition. I am really glad that Chivas through its activity directly promotes and encourages entrepreneurship and startup community. Croatia is still not a friendly country for entrepreneurs, but I believe that this will change soon. Through CRANE we are trying to promote some messages like the one that failure is the constituent part of the success, as well as encouraging young people to be persistent. I am especially proud on the fact that members of CRANE invested 500.000 kn in November, but more about that soon. ” – said Davorin Štetner, CRANE president.

Chivas is trying to help perspective startups in their business and encourage values as courage, boldness and friendship, and all that under the globalne campaign “Win the right way”. Brand manager Paulina Šojat thanked CRANE on the opportunity to support the real Chivas values and said that Chives except for looking for young and new entrepreneur to inspire, is looking for the people who inspire the social life in the country. This way, she officially introduced Chivas ambassador, croatian actor and show host – Tarik Filipović.

“Successful people have one feature in common – they look at success and failure through the same prism, and learn from them to take lessons for the next try.With that, they don’t measure success with numbers on the paper but with positive changes in their surroundings.  They know that the only thing more valuable than the success is to share that success with others, so this is where the connection with Chivas brand comes from.“ – said Tarik Filipović, show host, actora and Chivas brand ambassador.

After opening speeches, the star of this edition od Startup Wednesday, Andrija Čolak told his story about the success – how he founded the Surf’n’Fries franchize which counts today more than 40 locations in more then 15 countries one of which is Vietnam. Also, Andrija is the part of the team that made first smart umbrella in the world – KISHA that records a great success since the very beginning. In the first three months, a series of 1000 pieces has been sold out, and the umbrella is today available in more than 30 countries of the world.

As a part of Startup Wednesday, upcoming conference EBAN Winter University, the biggest business angels conference has been presented. It will take place on 29th and 30th of November in Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. Also, new partnership with Uber has been announced. Uber became the silver partner of the conference, that way ensuring all participants  two free rides.