According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology affairs, talked about Karyabi startup and holding of recruitment tests by Fanavard private company, expressing: this job-finding test is implemented by one of the successful startups of the country.

He pointed out the holding of the first round of Fanavard Competitions in the previous year, announcing the holding of the next round of the competition in May 2018.

Head of the knowledge-based economy, technology and science development headquarter emphasized the facilitating and guiding role of the government in creating the necessary infrastructures for this field, affirming: this type of event is held by the private sector and contractor companies to attract private forces. In addition, the test is held by a private company and in a completely private environment.

Pointing out the uniqueness of this event, Sattari continued: we hope that such events will be developed in the future. In addition, we have many companies in the startups and knowledge-based areas that are active in marketing field. however, greater level of innovation and creativity will lead to more success in this field.

He marked: fortunately, many concepts of the entrepreneurship area are developed in the private sector, and concepts such as knowledge-based economy, which is significantly emphasized by the headquarter, will achieve favorable results.

The vice president for science and technology affairs pointed out the great number of markets that must be entered by startups, adding: we have aimed to develop the areas of health, food (e.g., healthy and fresh food), and wastes to create a proper entrepreneurship ecosystem for creative individuals, startups and knowledge-based companies.

He emphasized that the Vice-Presidency is not responsible for occupation and is only making efforts to support startups and companies that are active in this field. In this regard, he continued: it is important to create an ecosystem for startups and knowledge-based companies to expand their activities.

According to Sattari, the Vice-Presidency did not financially support the event and only provided spiritual supports and acted as a facilitator, so that startups could perform their activities in a proper environment and attract investors for their projects.

At the end, he mentioned: the Iranian knowledge-based companies and startups have realized a localized ecosystem, which is greatly welcomed by the people. Meanwhile, there are many startups with new ideas which have no foreign counterparts, similar to what we witnessed today.