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03/29/2026
FINAL WEEK TO APPLY!
GIST INNOVATES | The Balkans is a ten-week pre-accelerator training program modeled after the Lean Startup methodology.
This opportunity will 💪empower innovators with 🛠️training, 👩🏻🏫mentoring, and 🚀resources to build their entrepreneurial skills and bring their ideas to market, as well as provide opportunities for teams to connect with mentors in the U.S. and build connections with U.S.-based investors and companies.
Apply by 6 April, 2026! 👉https://www.gistnetwork.org/balkans
03/23/2026
Don’t wait! Only two weeks remain for you to apply for this 10-week pre-accelerator program fully funded by the U.S. Department of State and taught by entrepreneurship experts from Arizona State University. GIST Innovates: The Balkans provides tools you can use right now to improve your startup.
This opportunity will 💪empower innovators with 🛠️training, 👩🏻🏫mentoring, and 🚀resources to build their entrepreneurial skills and bring their ideas to market, as well as provide opportunities for teams to connect with mentors in the U.S. and build connections with U.S.-based investors and companies. Apply today!
👉https://www.gistnetwork.org/balkans
03/16/2026
There are just three weeks left to apply for this 10-week pre-accelerator program fully funded by the U.S. Department of State and taught by entrepreneurship experts from Arizona State University. GIST Innovates: The Balkans provides tools you can use right now to improve your startup.
This opportunity will 💪empower innovators with 🛠️training, 👩🏻🏫mentoring, and 🚀resources to build their entrepreneurial skills and bring their ideas to market, as well as provide opportunities for teams to connect with mentors in the U.S. and build connections with U.S.-based investors and companies. Apply today!
👉https://www.gistnetwork.org/balkans
🔥What a week! And what a way to cap it off! We have seen so much growth and discovery from the teams over the last 4 days here in Tirana, Albania for GIST's Innovates The Balkans program. We want to give a big shout out 📣 to everyone who participated in the final presentations today. It takes so much 💪 courage and grit to seek out the answers to the tough questions. But everyone did that this week. The entire GIST team is incredibly proud of all the startups in this program! 🎉🏆🎉🏆🎉🏆
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SeniorLab
RemoteBuddy
KOSOVO
Abler
FarmTrace
Smart Glue Gun
NORTH MACEDONIA
AirTime AI
Pic a Pro
Ridlix
SERBIA
CyberParent
GetData
Includify
United States Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina
U.S. Embassy Belgrade
U.S. Embassy North Macedonia
U.S. Embassy Pristina, Kosovo
Innovation Centre Kosovo
👏👏👏 It’s Day 3 of GIST Innovates the Balkans!
Teams presented the results from their interviews with potential customers. And worked to better understand customer pain points. Instructors helped teams understand these new discoveries. 🔥
Teams also explored their industry ecosystems to determine where their solution fits within their ecosystem. 🎉
Tomorrow is the final day where, using everything they have learned this week, teams will present their startups in a brand new way! 💅
United States Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina
U.S. Embassy Belgrade
U.S. Embassy North Macedonia
U.S. Embassy Pristina, Kosovo
Innovation Centre Kosovo
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