모두의 창업 신청은 마감 직전에 해도 되나요?

기술적으로는 5월 15일 16시 정각 전까지 신청 가능합니다. 다만 4월 16일 기준 누적 접속자가 이미 51만 명을 넘었고 정부가 신속 심사 절차까지 가동한 상황이라, 마감일 16시 직전 1시간에 동시 접속 폭주가 예상됩니다. 마감 24~48시간 전(5월 13일~14일)에 제출을 끝내는 일정을 권장합니다.

트랙은 한 번 선택하면 변경할 수 있나요?

공식 모집 공고상 트랙 변경은 원칙적으로 어렵습니다. 일반/기술트랙과 로컬트랙은 자격, 심사 구조, 평가 기준이 모두 다르므로 신청 전 자기 아이템에 맞는 트랙을 확정해야 합니다.

사업자등록 없이도 신청할 수 있나요?

1단계 신청 시점에는 사업자등록이 필수가 아닙니다. 다만 2단계 사업화 자금(최대 2,000만 원) 지급 단계부터는 세금계산서 처리를 위해 사업자등록이 사실상 필수가 됩니다. 1단계 통과 시점에 등록이 끝난 상태가 가장 안전합니다.

신속 심사는 누가 받았나요?

신속 심사는 4월 23일 자정까지 접수가 완료된 아이디어만 대상이었으며, 4월 24일 멘토 기관 결과 공지를 거쳐 4월 말 1차 선발 결과 통보가 마무리되었습니다. 5월 1일 이후 신청자는 정기 마감(5월 15일 16시)을 따릅니다.

마감 시간 16시는 정확히 어떤 기준인가요?

공식 모집 공고에 따르면 2026년 5월 15일 금요일 16시 정각이 신청·접수 종료 시점입니다. 16시 정각 이후에는 신규 신청 자체가 불가능하며, 16시 직전에 시작한 작성도 제출이 완료되지 않으면 무효 처리될 수 있습니다.

"Startup for Everyone" Deadline D-14 — 7 Things to Check Before 4 PM on May 15

There are 14 days left until the Startup for Everyone project application deadline of 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2026. With applications flooding in, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups even activated an expedited review process, and the first-round selection results for early applicants who applied by April 23 have been finalized. Now that the countdown toward the regular deadline has begun, we've laid out, in order of priority, the 7 checklist items to make it into the final 5,000.

Exactly how many days are left until the Startup for Everyone deadline?

Today is May 1, 2026, and there are exactly 14 days left until the application deadline. The deadline is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2026, and after exactly 4 p.m., new applications are no longer possible (source: Bizinfo integrated recruitment notice).

Key schedule summary

Application start: March 26, 2026

Application deadline: 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2026

Application platform: modoo.or.kr

As of 9 a.m. on April 16: 510,000 cumulative visitors, 8,720 idea submissions (source: Newsis 2026.04.16)

Expedited-review first-round selection: notifications finalized in late April

Final selection size: 5,000 (source: Korea Policy Briefing)

The government activated an expedited review process for early applicants who applied by April 23, and the first-round mentor-institution selection results were notified in late April (source: Newsis 2026.04.16). Applicants from May 1 onward follow the regular deadline (4 p.m. on May 15). Rather than leaving the final 24 hours before the deadline as your work time, we recommend a schedule that finishes all work by May 13–14.

Why do you need to confirm your track first?

In the first step of the application, you must choose between the General/Tech track and the Local track, and the eligibility, evaluation stages, and review criteria all differ by track. If you choose the wrong track, the evaluation criteria themselves clash with your item, and your acceptance rate plummets.

Item	General/Tech track	Local track
Selection size	4,000	1,000
Eligibility	Prospective founders + companies within 3 years of founding	Prospective founders only
Review structure	Stage-by-stage audition	Stage-by-stage audition
Core evaluation	Technology-based innovativeness	Local resources, local value

(source: Bizinfo integrated recruitment notice, Korea Policy Briefing)

What CoworkCity realized while reviewing government support programs in its early days in 2022 is that track selection changes the entire direction of business plan writing. Only after the track is set are the keywords, market definition, comparison targets, and evaluation weights determined. Since the track is hard to change once selected, it must be confirmed first.

How do you write the one-line business definition?

The first item on the application, the one-line business definition, is written in the format of "whose problem, what kind, and how it's solved." This single line determines the first impression within 30 seconds in the mentor evaluation.

A good one-line definition includes the following 4 elements.

Target customer — a concrete definition, not "people" (e.g., "one-person businesses")
Core problem — measurable cost/time, not vague "inconvenience"
Solution method — a differentiation keyword, not a generic expression
Result — a quantified metric such as time saved or cost reduced

Example — including the 4 elements "We cut the office contract—which takes a one-person business who needs a business registration an average of 3 days—down to a 24-hour, 3-minute electronic contract system."

A one-line definition in this format becomes the benchmark for every section of the business plan.

What are the 4 key figures to include in the application?

The audition is idea-focused, but an idea missing figures scores close to zero on market potential, one of the 4 evaluation axes. The 4 key figures you must include in the application are as follows.

Figure	Source	Evaluation item
Market size (TAM)	Statistics Korea KOSIS, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade, and other public data	Market potential
Number of target customers	National Tax Service business statistics, Statistics Korea	Feasibility
Competitor pricing/quantity	Competitor disclosures and websites	Differentiation
Your own execution history	Education, career, awards, launch experience	Founder capability

Figures must be official materials with sources, not estimates. The government evaluation panel filters out unsourced market estimates the fastest.

Do you need to decide your business registration address before applying?

Business registration isn't required at Stage 1 of the application, but from the point of Stage 2 commercialization funding (up to 20 million won) disbursement, business registration is effectively mandatory for processing tax invoices (source: KISED). So it's reasonable to decide on your business address before applying.

There are three options.

Home address — 0 won cost, but risks of personal information disclosure, higher health insurance premiums, and residence disputes
Renting a real address — unrealistic in the early stages due to the deposit and monthly rent burden
Virtual office — from 20,000 won per month, a dedicated business registration address

CoworkCity operates business registration addresses from 20,000 won per month (based on annual payment for sole proprietors) across over 250 branches nationwide, with a 24-hour 3-minute electronic contract and a 100% refund guarantee if the business registration is rejected. If you secure your address before applying, you can complete business registration within 2–3 business days of the announcement.

How do you avoid the access surge at the 4 p.m. deadline?

With cumulative visitors already exceeding 510,000 as of April 16 and the government even introducing an expedited review process, a simultaneous access surge is expected in the final hour before the 4 p.m. deadline (source: The Electronic Times 2026.04.16). Since you can't control the application platform's access load itself, advance preparation determines your eligibility for acceptance.

The 3 strategies to avoid the deadline surge are as follows.

Complete submission on May 13–14 — set 24–48 hours before the deadline as your own deadline
Prepare on mobile and PC simultaneously — switch immediately if one access route is blocked
Upload attachments in advance — uploading files before writing the body shortens the time needed in the final step

Final check — 5 things to confirm right before applying

These are the items to confirm in the last 5 minutes before submission. If any of these 5 are missing, you may be unable to enter the evaluation stage at all, or a penalty may arise.

Is your track selection correct (you can apply to only one track, no changes allowed)?
Does the one-line business definition include the 4 elements (customer, problem, method, result)?
Are the 4 key figures marked with sources?
Is the (planned) business address stated?
Do the attachments meet the format/size limits?

Wrapping up — How to spend 14 days most valuably

Fourteen days is a very short time. The biggest loss is leaving the final 24 hours before the deadline as your work time, and the second biggest loss is spending time only on the business plan and putting off the business registration address until last.

The most efficient schedule for using 14 days is as follows.

D-14 to D-10 (5 days): decide the track + confirm the one-line business definition
D-9 to D-5 (5 days): secure the key figures + write the business plan
D-4 to D-2 (3 days): secure the business registration address + rehearse the submission
D-1 (1 day): final check + complete submission

To make it into the final 5,000, it's not the deadline time but the time you finish preparing that determines acceptance. CoworkCity operates over 250 branches nationwide, from 20,000 won/month, with a 24-hour 3-minute electronic contract and a 100% refund guarantee on rejection for applicants who need a business registration address. To finish business registration within 2–3 business days of the announcement, securing your address before applying is the fastest path.

Official materials

Government official announcement: Korea Policy Briefing · Ministry of SMEs and Startups press release
Recruitment notice: Bizinfo integrated recruitment notice
Application platform: modoo.or.kr
Application status coverage: Newsis 2026.04.16 · The Electronic Times 2026.04.16

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