Startup · a club at the UNWE Career Development Centre
In the Startup branch you turn an idea into a working business. You can start from scratch or with an idea of your own. The path leads to an accelerator and a pitch to investors and partners.
Everyone first goes through Level 0 · Basics. Then you continue from where you are right now.
Level 1 · Builders
You join as a Builder. You meet like-minded people, form a team and create an idea together.
Level 2 · Founders
You join directly as Founders and turn the idea into a working product.
Five stages from the first meeting to Demo Day.
You don’t reach the next level by showing up, but by doing. From Level 0 to Level 1 you get motivated and focused. From Level 1 to Level 2 you create a working idea.
Shared by both branches. Financial literacy, entrepreneurial thinking and choosing a direction, with our partners from MoneyMinds.
For motivated people without an idea. You find a team and create an idea together.
For teams with an idea. You turn it into a working product with support from the UNWE Start-Up Hub.
10–12 weeks of intensive work on the startup for the Level 2 teams. Runs once a year.
About the acceleratorThe club is active in autumn and spring, with breaks during exams and summer.
Part of the Centre
Supports the teams in Level 2, the accelerator and Demo Day.
Partner
A youth organisation for financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Together we run Level 0.
Mentors
We invite them to mentor the teams and join Demo Day.
Want to support young founders as a mentor or investor?
Become a partnerNo. Without an idea you join Level 1 as a Builder and create one with a team.
Yes. If you have an idea or a team, you go straight to Level 2 · Founders after Level 0.
No. The club is open to anyone 18+ from any university.
No. At Demo Day you pitch your project to investors and partners. Whether they invest is their decision.
Yes. You can be in both branches at the same time.