Young innovators in Vaud will once again be given the chance to kindle their entrepreneurial spirit at the Silicon Valley Startup Camp (SVSC), which will take place from 26 August to 1 September 2018. The application deadline for this sixth edition of the Startup Camp is 22 April.
The idea behind the Silicon Valley Startup Camp is to give local high-potential students interested in setting up their own business the chance to gain first-hand exposure to the entrepreneurial mindset that is so pervasive in Silicon Valley. As in the past, Startup Camp attendees will have a packed schedule with customized workshops, visits to universities, hands-on innovation workshops, meetings with venture capitalists, and insider tours of companies such as Airbnb, Facebook, and Twitter.
The Startup Camp is being organized in collaboration with Swissnex San Francisco, a Swiss organization created to strengthen ties between Switzerland and North America in the areas of science, education, art and innovation. The project is being promoted on Facebook and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the School of Business and Engineering-Vaud (HEIG-VD), the Lausanne University of Art and Design (ECAL) and the Lausanne Hotel School (EHL). Students are invited to apply by 22 April via the Silicon Valley Startup Camp Facebook page (#svsc18); in English, one page maximum).
Up to ten budding entrepreneurs will be selected by a jury made up of representatives from each project partner. The 2018 edition of the Camp will take place from 26 August to 1 September.
The Silicon Valley Startup Camp is being financed and run by BCV, which initiated the project, in collaboration with UNIL, EPFL, HEIG-VD, the Vaud Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CVCI), the Foundation for Technological Innovation, Swissnex, and the Journal des arts et métiers.
Along with this press release, BCV has provided testimonials by a number of SVSC alumni who explain the various ways in which this unique experience has helped them.
Lausanne, 21 March 2018
Contact information
Christian Jacot-Descombes, Press Officer
Tel.: + 41 21 212 28 61
Email: christian.jacot-descombes@bcv.ch
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