MassChallenge BootCamp: The battle has begun

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Eugène Schön/ Ritah Ayebare Nyakato

06.07.2016
MassChallenge Seminar

MassChallenge Switzerland held its first Bootcamp with the selected 70 startups and their founders last week at Renens in Lausanne. The participating startups had the opportunity to meet and get inspired by top-notch speakers and entrepreneurs, meet mentors and potential customers.

Last week, the MassChallenge Switzerland kicked off its first Bootcamp at Renens in the vicinity of Lausanne. The four-month acceleration program started in June and will run until October 2016. During this period, the founders will benefit from a wide range of programs that have been designed to enable them develop their skills and knowledge. They will have access to world-class mentorship, a motivated community of fellow entrepreneurs and supporters, expert training and networking events, and additional in-kind deals, marketing & media resources, funding opportunities, free office space among others.

The entrepreneurs commenced their training program with introductions on Mentoring, discovering the Lean Canvas Model, and the Swiss Investor Community. The founders had their first pitching training with Benoit Schumacher, CTO and Co-founder of Tiki4. In another course, Ksenia Tugay provided the Media and Communication Guidelines for the startups.

During the course of the week, the founders also had the opportunity to be inspired by keynotes from Beth Krasna, Board Member of Alcosuisse, Entrepreneur, Speaker and Business Model Innovator, George Kotrotsios, Vice President Marketing & Business Development at CSEM or Fathi Derder, Member of the Swiss Parliament among others. They also got listened to testimonials of MassChallenge Alumni such as Luc Gervais, CEO of 1DropDiagnostics, Vincent Delattre, CEO of G-Therapeutics and Andy Yen, CEO of ProtonMail.

Startupticker had the opportunity to meet some of the entrepreneurs behind the various projects. Daniela Sachse co-founded Planet Hort, a Zurich-based startup with an ambitious social entrepreneurship vision: “ To enable Learning Sustainability in a playful way for the generations to come”. For Daniela this summer’s Accelerator Program in Renens is a unique opportunity to get feedback from professionals and define the best Business Plan for her project.

In the following four months, the MassChallenge team will prepare startups for the pre-final selection scheduled from 27th to 29th September 2016. 25 companies will be selected for the finale due mid-October. Only 15 companies can win the MassChallenge prize.

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