Introducing Zuppify!

Zuppify

We are a team of four international students from different backgrounds. Despite the Corona pandemic, we are still passionately working (virtually) to find new opportunities. After a series of brainstorming sessions, we become interested in the idea of improving business processes. Particularly, in regards to finding new suppliers. We feel that businesses face a lot of hurdles in finding new suppliers (e.g. too much time and resources spent in this process). Hence, we decided to work on an idea called Zuppify-a platform that helps businesses find compatible suppliers effectively.

The idea came from one of our teammate’s struggles (Ventsi). He came up on a product that wasn’t available in Europe, and he had to quickly procure and sell the product while it was relevant. However, he wasn’t able to find enough contact information on suppliers of the said product fast enough and he got outspeed by others.

Team

Hanif

“Hanif is passionate about startups and finding new opportunities. After working at various startups, he came to love its passionate and dynamic environment. He then decided to continue his master study on Strategic Entrepreneurship to improve himself further. His passion lies in helping SMEs and startups develop further.”

Yana

“Hi! I’m Yana. I’m a part time entrepreneur and a full time MBA student. I have great interest in the social empowerment, innovation on SME, and digital marketing. I love to make creative stuff and experience new learning. Currently, I am working on the project that specialized in the event creator which motivated me to join Entrepreneurial Lab Course. I do believe that working with a diverse team will give me new idea and insight to create great project.”

Ventsi

“Ventsi is an AFM student from Bulgaria with a very strong interest in the stock market, venture capital and start-ups in general. He is currently working on a few of his own projects and decided to take the Entrepreneurial Lab course to gain a better understanding of what successful start-ups do, to acquire some experience and to meet potential partners. This combined with the fact that the course doesn't have a final exam is a win-win for him.”

Diane

“I am Diane from Peru full time MBA student and now exchange student at Erasmus. I have professional experience in Supply Chain. I am interested in entrepreneurship and innovative business that’s why I decided to take the Entrepreneurial Lab course. I consider it will help me to understand how start-ups work and what tools they can use. Also, I consider working in the course’s project will help me to develop creative skills.”

What’s this blog for?

Good question! We realize that our idea is built upon untested assumptions and there are a lot of things that we do not know about (including whether the problem exist in the first place). Hence, this blog will record our learning journey and consequently, improving Zuppify’s concept. This blog will be updated at least once a week with our newest findings, so watch this space!

Want to Take Part?

We are currently interested in talking with businesses (particularly SMEs and startups) to learn how they find new suppliers.  Hence, if you are interested to share some insights (and get updated on our idea), please kindly fill in the following survey: 

http://bit.ly/ELabform