A SCIENCE HACKATHON WHERE ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS AND RESEARCHERS UNLEASH THEIR POTENTIAL TOGETHER
Unleashing the deep-tech startup-force
Founders Hackdays are about unleashing the joint potential between researchers and entrepreneurs. Highly qualified teams with members drawn from both fields will have three days, and the best possible conditions, to develop a market-relevant business idea.
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Vision
Build your startup based on cutting-edge technologies
Robotics
Vision & Voice AI
Semantic AI
VR & AR
Your own Vision
Who should join?
The Deep-tech expert
As Science Lead, you will primarily be involved with the core technology of the product and the competitive advantage. This opens up the opportunity for you to turn a top technological competence into a reality that is your very own company.
The Engineers
As Engineer you are the builder of the technology. Through your expertise in software / hardware development you will develop the core-technology of the product – mostly by coding.
THE EXECUTEoR
You get excited by technological innovation that shape the future and you want to participate as a first mover? Your core strength is execution and now you are looking for a promising business case to commit yourself to and the right team to join.
The weekend schedule
Friday
- Kick-off
- Hackathon Introduction
- Dinner
- Pairing of teams & Science Leads
- Work Environment Set-up
- Hacking, Napping & Snacking
Saturday
- Wake-up
- Kick-off & Breakfast
- Founders Hacking Session
- Lunch
- Continuing Hacking & Mentoring with experts (continued)
- Dinner
- Hacking, Napping & Snacking
Sunday
- Wake-up
- Kick-off & Breakfast
- Founders Hacking Session
- Lunch
- Mentoring Sessions – Your chance to pitch to Mentors
- Final Pitches
- Award Ceremony
Perks & possibilities
- Build a deep-tech startup concept and a prototype in an interdisciplinary team of 4 to 6 people.
- Ideally, develop a working prototype along with a website and video to showcase your product.
- Present your product and business model at the end of the week to the science and entrepreneurship community in Bielefeld.
- Boost your career by developing your entrepreneurial knowledge and engineering skills.
- Participation is free! And everything is covered for you. Food and drinks 24/7. Also, you will get an awesome hoodie.
- The winning team will be rewarded with a 6-month Founders Scholarship - valued at 40,000€.
Next Founders Hackdays
More events to be announced in 2020.