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Zurab Pertaia Program Name: Augep | Country: Georgia | Age: 29 getting underway. Zurab is working closely with Impact Hub Tiblisi, AEGEE, Startup Marani, as well as BTU, to ensure the current network of hubs, incubators, and accelerators are well connected.
customers know what they are getting INTRODUCTION before they arrive because they can Zurab Pertaia is an assistant view the plate online. What does that professor at the Business and Technology University (BTU) in Tiblisi, mean? Satisfied customers! Augep is the first company in Georgia offering Georgia. He is the co-founder of Augep, a startup designing augmented augmented reality menus. They are continuing to develop new and reality menus for restaurants. Zurab innovative ways to implement works closely with Impact Hub Tiblisi augmented reality, thus pushing the and BTU to bring entrepreneurship technology even further in Georgia. education to youth across Georgia. Zurab reached out to the Ye! Community at the end of 2017 to share YE! COMMUNITY – GEORGIA his desire to build a Ye! local chapter in The Ye! Community in Georgia is just Georgia. Zurab is bringing together his strong network, background in entrepreneurship, and teaching experience to promote youth entrepreneurship and contribute to growing the local startup ecosystem in Georgia.
Zurab first spread the news of the Ye! local chapter in Georgia at BTU, getting aspirational youth on board, and sharing the Ye! website, tools, resources, and advice through his experience as an entrepreneur and professor. Now in the process of organizing his plan for events, focused on ‘develop, grow, connect,’ these meetups will allow young people to receive information about selfmotivation and meet Georgian young entrepreneurs who will share their experiences and offer guidance to aspiring youth. Zurab is working closely with his university contacts to get them involved in the Ye! local chapter as trainers and speakers at the Ye! Community meetups. Zurab has a long-term project also underway. He is building an online, Georgian language brochure for entrepreneurs, titled, “From Idea to Billion – what you need to know.” Keep a look out for the guide in the next year.
ABOUT THE BUSINESS Augep is a startup working to create augmented reality menus for restaurants. When restaurants use Augep’s augmented reality menus, they are able to view a 3D image of the plates, the ingredients, the caloric content and nutrition facts. Augep is providing a service for restaurants that allows potential customers to view the menu before choosing which restaurant they want to eat in. This brings increased efficiency to restaurant service as customers know what they want to order before they arrive. Augep’s menus also ensure 95