TEHRAN – Startups are key elements to deal with national challenges, an official with the Islamic Azad University said, IRNA reported on Friday.

In recent years, the startups have played a great role in development and modernization of the country, Ali Shahabi said.

Today, startup ecosystem and IT are considered as important development factors worldwide, he said.

Entrepreneurship and startup events are based on negotiation and dynamism, which lead to sharing experiences, he said.

Startups facilitate everyday living for all the people and a good startup ecosystem accelerate this procedure, he added.

He said that the Islamic Azad University also tries to highlight negotiation and entrepreneurship instead of focusing on output and solution.

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