Snows still fall hundred feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north, but fear not our summer child! There is a dream of spring!

Summer is quickly closing in and spring is all about seizing opportunities. If you are an awesome bad-ass who wants to do something meaningful, this might be for you:

What is Startup Journey?

Startup Journey is a ten-week program for teams with kick-ass attitude who want to make their idea a reality. We are looking for teams with a potent business idea, skills to execute and willingness to commit to the program.

What do we expect from you?

Team: Awesome, highly motivated bunch of people who are willing to break through walls to get their idea going and who work well together.

Business idea: You don't need to have company or a ready set of products yet, but scalable idea that can potentially reach audiences abroad

Commitment: During the program we expect you to take part in the arranged program, help others and most of all have fun!

What is it about?

Startup Journey is an accelerator program. It means that during the 10 weeks you will meet dozens of coaches from different fields: product development, business plans, team building, marketing, pitching and more. You get an once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet one-on-one all these coaches during the summer and learn from them and build connections.

During a regular week, we have two coaching sessions during Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday afternoons. They are either keynotes followed by 1on1 meetings or hands-on workshops. Every Thursday we sit down to take a look at the previous week and teams’ progression. In the Thursday evening we gather the entire community together for a BBQ organized by one of the teams each week. On Fridays we practice the startup art of pitching.

Also during the summer, we have two or three weekend-long Boostcamps where we spend the weekend working intensively, having multiple coaching sessions a day and have fun together. In August we take the bus to *ship festival in Kotka to meet the teams from other summer accelerators in Finland and show them what we are made of.

The highlight of the summer is Demo Day. In Demo Day all the teams pitch to the jury and the audience and make their mark in the startup world in Turku. Demo Day is the event where the whole community sees the hard work you’ve done during the summer.

Apply now!

Once you submit your application, you will receive a link in your email to update your application. You can do that until the end of application period.

STARTUP JOURNEY APPLICATION!

GAME TEAM APPLICATION

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