Conducted the completion ceremony for the &ldquoWi School,&rdquo a social contribution program aimed at helping young adults start businesses

The completion ceremony for the first session of the Wi School was held at the head office on May 20.

The "Coway Wi School" program was prepared to support startups by capitalizing on Coway's unique one-man business cultivation capability. Currently, more than 20 thous one-man companies called Cody, service specialist, Bluebird, young sales specialist, are working in Coway.

Coway&rsquos CEO Hae-sun Lee about 100 trainees attended the ceremony consisting of congratulatory message of the CEO, presentations on their startup business plans, awards.

Particularly, startup business plans of six teams who are members of the first session of the Wi School won great response. Those were completed through a total of 11 regular courses of the Wi School mentoring services by an innovative startup cultivator group &ldquoUNDERDOGS.&rdquo Major items were as follows: &ldquoHYUNTA TRIP&rdquo service to help free travelers in China Asian countries match local travel buddies &ldquoT fine&rdquo service to offer tailored blending teas &ldquoFarewell&rdquo pursuing rational funeral culture &ldquoMY SECRET BAG,&rdquo a platform to share luxury hbags &ldquonormgamestory&rdquo aimed at offering game scenario consulting services &ldquoDESIGN CRACY,&rdquo a campaign for political issues.

Presented items were fairly evaluated by the panel consisting of Hae-sun Lee, Coway&rsquos CEO, Young-ha Ko, Chairman of the Angel Investment Association, Sung-ju Cho, a professor of business administration at KAIST. The team who presented the &ldquoMY SECRET BAG&rdquo item won the finals.

Seung-moo Kim, the &ldquoMY SECRET BAG&rdquo item presenter, said, &ldquoThe Wi School program consisting of a variety of practical efficient training courses unlike other similar programs has been a great help to me, ahead of starting a new business. The mentoring service also allowed me to build up self-confidence.&rdquo

Hae-sun Lee, the CEO, said, &ldquoWe intended to provide young adult startups with more effective trainings to help them secure competitiveness. We will continue to develop realistic effective programs that can offer opportunities for hope challenge to young generations."

The second session of the Wi School will start in the second half of this year.