Outpost Chess
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Outpost Chess company[edit]
Outpost Chess is a startup company that offers a digital platform for Chess players, tournament organizers, chess clubs, arbiters, trainers, and streamers to represent themselves, connect, and enhance their chess careers.[1][2] Founded in 2021[3] byLena Miladinovic, a Women International Master (WIM), International Arbiter (IA), and FIDE Instructor (FI), with over 20 years of experience in chess.[4] The company aims to increase the visibility of chess players so they can monetize their chess skills. Currently, Outpost is focused on helping tournament organizers with registration and payments for players. Also, Outpost Chess is organizing a monthly online chess tournaments both for amateurs and professionals.
Overview[edit]
'Outpost Chess is an online platform that helps in process of organizing chess tournaments[5], finding clubs and tournaments, and connecting with other chess players. The platform allows chess players to search for tournaments, register and pay for tournaments participation, and connect with other players, trainers, and arbiters. Explore more here.[6]
Features[edit]
The platform's features include[7]:
- Profile creation Players can create profiles showcasing their chess skills and achievements to increase their visibility in the chess community and be engaged by the chess community.
- Tournament Calendar Players can find tournaments at the Global Chess Calendar
- Create an Event (Organizer tool feature) The platform allows tournament organizers to create, promote and manage their events online.
- Player registration Players can register and pay participation fees for tournaments globally
- Participant list (Organizer tool feature) - Organizer can create a tournament, and collect participation fees globally
- Intelligent Search is the place to find participants (players), arbiters, trainers, and streamers with specific chess criteria
- Blog Feature - a place to write a Blog
- Wallet Players can request and get awards and prizes earned on the various tournaments
- Inbox Chess People can chat with each other[8]
Startup Awards[9][edit]
Outpost Chess got total of 5 Grants through following programs:
- Raising Starts in the year 2021[10]
- SmartStart in the year 2022[11]
- Katapult accelerator in the year 2023 - this program will match investment from €50K to €300K without taking any equity which puts Outpost Chess startup company in an amazing invest-able position.[12]
- The Future is Remote[13] Competitons
- Startup Shower[14] competition winners[15]
Conclusion[edit]
Outpost Chess is a platform that aims to offers a comprehensive solution for chess enthusiasts. The platform provides opportunity for players, trainers, and tournament organizers to connect in the world of chess. The company's founder, Lena Miladinovic[16], with 22 years of experience in chess, making Outpost Chess a platform designed by chess players, for chess players.
About the founders[edit]
The Outpost team is a team of 4, combining the knowledge from the domain (chess) side, business, the technical part, and marketing creative part.[17]
Lena Miladinovic (CEO, co-founder) Lena was born in 1993 and started playing chess at the age of six[18]. She quickly became passionate about the game and started participating in local and regional tournaments. Her dedication and talent soon led her to win several national championships in Serbia and represent her country in international competitions.
She is living in the chess world for 22 years so far as a professional FIDE titled chess Player, Coach, and Arbiter[19]. Lena's passion for chess and her experience in playing, coaching, arbitrating, and organizing events inspired her to create Outpost Chess.[20]
Ilija Dragisic (COO, co-founder) has previous experience in starting companies. He founded his first company in 2010. as a branding agency in 2015. started a startup Buildcon. Besides this, he was the co-founder of the Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Serbia[21] and served as president of the organization for 6 years. The organization went from 0 to 70+ companies as members and still growing. Altogether he is in business for more than 15 years[22]
Dragutin Miladinovic (CTO, co-founder) he is in charge of the technical part of our platform and he is managing our technical team; his focus is front-end development. He has more than 10 years of banking experience.
Matt Thomas (CMO) – is a go-to-market enthusiast, he has experience in entrepreneurship, especially the marketing side. He is also helping by living in the chess world and having a chess club in his town. He was the winner of the chess-boxing world championship in 2018.
Altogether, with their different skills and knowledge, they complement each other in the field of management, marketing, IT, business.[23]
References[edit]
- ↑ Sergio (2023-04-24). "How to start your chess business – meet CEO of Outpostchess.com, a successful start-up story – Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ↑ Outpost Chess https://outpostchess.com/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Outpost Chess DOO - PKS Partner". PKS partner.
- ↑ "Lena Miladinović Архиве". Biznis & Finansije. 28 April 2022.
- ↑ "Podrška startapu kroz turnir za sve ljubitelje šaha i inovacija". Biznis.rs. 5 February 2023.
- ↑ "2022 recap&2023 resolutions: Лена Миладиновић, кооснивач Outpost Chess". Naucno tehnoloski park. 29 December 2022.
- ↑ https://katapult-akcelerator.rs/portfolio/. "Portfolio". Katapult Accelerator. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ↑ Outpost Chess https://outpostchess.com/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Stojadinović, Marija (2023-09-19). "Zapamtite ova imena: 5 srpskih startapa koji zaslužuju vašu pažnju". WebMind. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ↑ "Raising Starts". Raising Starts program.
- ↑ "Smart Start". SmartStart program.
- ↑ Katapult program https://katapult-akcelerator.rs/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "The Future is Remote". Startap Portal (in српски / srpski). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ "Naslovna". StartUp Shower. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ birmagazin (2023-06-30). "Šahovsko razmišljanje kao potpora za uspešan biznis". Business Intelligence Review (in српски / srpski). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ "Meet Lena Miladinovic". Bold Journey Magazine. 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ "Meet the CEO of Outpost Chess platform - Interview". Outpost Chess Blog.
- ↑ "Лена Миладиновић", Википедија (in српски / srpski), 2023-07-18, retrieved 2023-07-25
- ↑ "Miladinovic, Lena". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ "Lena Miladinovic". GirlsTable. 26 January 2022.
- ↑ "Udruženje malih privrednika Srbije". Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ↑ Serbia, Advertiser (2016-10-20). "ILIJA DRAGIŠIĆ, predsednik Udruženja mladih privrednika Srbije: "Znanja, veštine i odabir kvalitetnih ljudi su od suštinskog značaja za mlade preduzetnike"". Advertiser Serbia (in српски / srpski). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ↑ "Lena Miladinović: Šahovska mreža". Telegraf. 14 January 2022.
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