How your company supports innovations in your country? (And ways to do it)

Innovation isn’t just about building things — it’s about opening doors.

At our company, we believe the true engine of innovation is curiosity shared. That’s why we don’t just ship prototypes, we host open labs, invite students into our workshop, and treat every project as an opportunity to teach and learn.

We’ve found that when you build in public, share your tools, and demystify technology, people don’t just become users; they become makers too.

One of our favorite ways to support innovation locally?

Bring early prototypes to real people before they’re polished. It creates dialogue, sparks unexpected ideas, and lowers the bar to participation.

If innovation stays behind closed doors, it stagnates. But when you turn it into a conversation, things start to shift.

Great topic, Nika.

I can share what I’m doing and, accordingly, the companies that in one way or another are connected to me, since there are several things we focus on.

-we’re organizing something like a local Shark Tank for the local community, where we want companies to start out from this town. This will be an initiative with 6 teams that will be building companies over the course of one to two months, and I’ll be part of the jury. Actively involved both as a mentor and a judge.

-I participate in associations that support schools – for example, the school where I graduated.

-my co-founders at the coworking space we launched also started a program that funds talented kids from smaller towns so they can study technology at a mathematics high school (the school he graduated). That’s also a really cool initiative.

-the co-working organize hackathons and similar activities.

Totally agree. We also need innovation storytelling, sharing success (and failure) stories so the next generation sees what’s possible.

Companies support innovation by going beyond products, it’s about building ecosystems. Multiple companies in India have taken initiatives with the govt. support. Even OneHash was a part of some of these initiatives.

Hosting public events and workshops to spread awareness for startups, running youth programs and hackathons, sponsoring incubators and labs, launching various grants for colleges and smaller teams, partnering with universities and funding research, and even tax rebates and easier registrations for startups are being promoted right now.

These actions turn ideas into skills, prototypes, and real impact. Howevrr, I think it has not hit the perfect spot yet, all these actions need more awareness, both from the company's end and the government's end.

I'm super proud of my company.

Everyday, we help entrepreneurs with anything ranging from: "how should I protect my start-up from a vicious partnership with a multinational client?" to "who should I talk to, to raise €XXX million?"

We also host online and physical free events to educate entrepreneurs on everything legal so they can navigate the notoriously challenging EU ecosystem.

And of course, when Europe is too small for them, we help them flip to Silicon Valley.

Personally, every hour I save my clients, every "Thank you for your quick response!", "It's all good, thanks!" never fail to make my day.

Educating people to leave only footsteps when traveling and to take with them only memories(and some videos that can be posted on the platform ofc). The youth are embracing more easier digital solutions while we still our tourism boards representatives are using brochures which have a negative effect on the planet and to be honest, are not useful at all, so we encourage them and share thoughts during events and meetings with them.

We actively participate and help building local communities to help next-gen entrepreneurs grow quicker. Generally, when new start up founder start working on their products, they end up facing a ton of challenges and finding issues with small items starting from selecting the right servers, marketing channels and so on. So, active community participation helps them grow.