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On May 26, 2025, students from various years of study and Assistant Professor Dr. Katarina Štavlić hosted Dr. Ivan Marković, who presented an entrepreneurial project based on the principles of sustainable economy.

The presentation of the project 2222.today focused on key aspects of startup entrepreneurship, primarily the development of an innovative business idea, funding models, and crucial factors influencing end-user adoption. Since the project is based on blockchain technology and introduces a new stable cryptocurrency as the backbone of its market system, students had the opportunity to gain deeper insight into the logic and development of decentralized systems and their economy.

During the presentation, topics such as the minimum viable product and the adoption curve were discussed, along with their influence on the strategic direction of the entrepreneurial team throughout the startup's development toward commercial success. Additionally, the importance of presenting the scalability of such projects (as potentially involving a high number of users and their economic activity within the system) to venture capital funds was emphasized in order to secure appropriate financing.

The questions posed by students of E-Business and Software Engineering demonstrated their strong grasp of contemporary IT trends and a particular interest in the profitability of blockchain projects.

Aware of the importance of a healthy lifestyle, we dedicated the May gathering of Female entrepreneurs from Požega and the surrounding area to wellness and healthy eating. Katarina and Igor Štavlić hosted us at their holiday home AKORD, named after the Academy of Personal Growth AKORD, all within the IGOR Center.💚

But their story has evolved into much more than that. In addition to the spacious holiday home AKORD and a large classroom, there is an ecological permaculture garden where as many as 19 heirloom tomato varieties have been planted, and they are even preparing a tomato festival. After touring the estate, we continued the evening with socializing and a vegetarian dinner, during which Katarina and Igor shared their experience with vegetarian nutrition. 💚

The circle of female entrepreneurs continues to grow. In addition to entrepreneurs from Nova Gradiška, one from Slavonski Brod also joined us. Along with current topics in entrepreneurship, plenty of ideas, strategies, and dilemmas, there was lots of laughter, a great atmosphere, and fun. As the highlight of the wellness evening – a Finnish sauna, where the entrepreneurs relaxed and recharged for new ventures.💚

Text by: Anita Podobnik

Gathering of Female Entrepreneurs from Požega and the Surrounding Area at the IGOR Center

It was a pleasure to present the business model of our Center for Lifelong Learning in Nature – IGOR – to 4th and 5th year students of the Tourism and Environment course within the Business Economics program.
The topic of the lecture was Rural Tourism and Sustainable Development, using the IGOR Center and the AKORD holiday home as case studies... 💚
Feedback from the 65 students in attendance was overwhelmingly positive – the lecture was described as excellent and extremely valuable.
Thank you all... 💚

At the IGOR Center for Lifelong Learning in Nature, we celebrated Earth Day with a fieldwork for the 6.b grade students of Antun Kanižlić Primary School from Požega. The fieldwork had an educational and developmental character and was implicitly focused on the themes of preserving natural habitats, biodiversity, and how spending time in nature can enrich us and strengthen our teamwork skills.

The students became little scientists, and through observation, measurement, mutual communication, and teamwork, they dynamically connected previously acquired school knowledge. We rounded off the importance of forest preservation and care with an ecological clean-up action in the Jasikovac forest in Marind💚or. The activity itself included outdoor recreation, socializing, and a joyful atmosphere.

We thank Croatian Forests, Forest Administration Požega, for their support and for organizing the delivery of a container for the collected waste. The students were accompanied by biology and chemistry teacher Danijela Stanić, a teaching assistant, and the school principal, Renata Marinić. The field lesson was conducted under the expert guidance of Nikolina Jamičić, univ. mag. educ. phon. rehab., univ. mag. educ. phil., a member of the IGOR Center team.