Sponsoring Agency: ITIDA
Type of Fund: Accelerator, Incubation, Mentorship and/or Training
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/03/2021
Size of the Fund: Not Available
The Startup Launchpad Program is an 8-week immersive scholarship program powered by ITIDA and delivered by the AUC Venture Lab.
AUC is a member of The Babson Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education [founded & sponsored by Babson College].
The program aims at growing the technology entrepreneurship ecosystem all over Egypt & helping entrepreneurs practically learn about the fundamentals of building a tech startup & design solutions for real-world market needs.
Technology Areas of Interest
• Machine learning
• Mobile Applications
• Hardware, IoT, and Robotics
• IC Design
• Artificial intelligence, BlockChain, Cloud, and Data
• 5G and communication technology trends
• Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Extended Reality (XR)
Program Benefits
Through the program, participants will learn about:
• The foundations of business and entrepreneurship
o This content will cover the entrepreneurial process and startup lifecycle, the business model design and canvas, foundational concepts of marketing and finance.
• Ideation using the design thinking methodology
o You will learn how to identify new innovative ideas, assess them, and develop them
• Communication and pitching
o You will work on developing your entrepreneurial communication skills by preparing a pitch deck and practicing with mentors. This will conclude with a “pitch day”.
• Validation and Mentorship
o Through this process, you will identify the key assumptions/hypotheses of your business idea, and design experiments to test and validate these ideas with actual customers. You will be working closely with mentors on the design and execution of these experiments.
Perks
• Fast track to join Start IT for top performers.
• Five sessions in each class with TIEC Consultancy Service for top performers
• 5000 LE support upon registering your company
• Access to ITIDA FabLab facilities.
• Five certificates of completion for all graduates
Expected Outcome
• You will get the chance to practically learn all the needed steps and to turn your idea into validated startups.
• You will be able to identify, design a solution for, and test a real-world problem based on market needs.
Eligibility Criteria
• Tech Savvy
o This content will cover the entrepreneurial process and startup lifecycle, the business model design and canvas, foundational concepts of marketing and finance.
• Graduates
o You are a graduate of an Engineering – Science – Computer science – Information systems – technical institution.
• Professionals
o You have more than 2 years of relevant work experience.
N.B: You can join as a team member or as an individual and we will team you up with other participants.
More information at: https://tiec.gov.eg/English/Programs/StartupLaunchpad/Pages/default.aspx
