Do you have an innovative idea and would like to found your own start-up? 
Or do you feel like an innovator and would like to work in the start-up ecosystem? 

If you consider yourself an innovator and aspire to make an impact on the world through your work, this is the perfect moment to take action! The Startup Bootcamp will help you explore essential topics to deepen your understanding of the skills and roles of both innovators and startup founders. The program consists of 5 modules of 3 hours each and will be in English.

Students interested in participating in the Startup Bootcamp must first attend an individual meeting, the Innovator Interview, with a Career Advisor from the Career Service. After registering for the Bootcamp, a Career Advisor will contact you to schedule the interview. At the end of the program, each participant with at least 80% attendance will receive the Startup Bootcamp Digital Badge.

FIND BELOW EACH MODULE DETAILS: 

1. Innovation and its complexity
February, 26th, 14:00 - 17:00 – Career Lab, Building 2, Campus Leonardo
Speaker:

• Looking forward starting from today: economy, society, life in 2030
• What does really matter to you
• Make your choiches: what if you want to found a startup? This is the the real life of a startup
• What is the true meaning of the words "Innovation" and "startup"?
• Do's and Dont's in startup world
• The key elements of the echosystem: founders, clients, investors

Deep Talk with

Speaker:

• Investments

Speaker:

• TEF Presentation

2. Valorisation tools and strategy
March, 2nd, 15:00-18:00, online
Speakers:

• Introduction on Intellectual Property Rights
• Types of IPRs (patents, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks)
• Patentability requirements Novelty, inventive step, industrial application
• Prior art search exercise
• How to read a patent
• When to read a patent
• Where to read a patent
• Why file a patent

Deep Talk with

3. Market Strategy and Team Play
March, 10th, 15:00 -16:30, campus Leonardo
Speaker:

• Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
• Strategy and Startups: filling the missing link
• From the business plan to the business model
• Lean Startup Approaches for business model validation

Speaker:

• How to build a team

Speaker:

• Identifying staffing requirements

Deep Talk with  

4. Innovation Value
March, 17th, 15:00 -18:00, online
Speaker:

• License, Assigment or Startup
• The different types of agreements and negotiations
• Startup and legal issues
  

Deep Talk with

Speaker:

• Financing

5. Challenges for a successful Startup
March, 23rd, 15:00-18.00, Campus Leonardo
Speaker:

• The Mindset of the Innovator

Speaker:

• Startups and sustainability

Deep talk with 

Speaker:

• Management of failure

Workshop “Find your Co-Founder”

ORGANIZED BY CAREER SERVICE, IN COLLABORATION WITH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE, PHD SCHOOL, POLIHUB, ALUMNIPOLIMI ASSOCIATION