Win a trip to San Francisco with the Silicon Valley Startup Camp
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With the Silicon Valley Startup Camp, you’ll leave home a student and come back an entrepreneur! From 7-14 September 2014, immerse yourself in Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation, where all you need to make it big is the right attitude and a great idea.
To apply : If you are a Swiss resident 18-25 studying in a university or haute école in Vaud Canton, simply fill in the online form on the Silicon Valley Startup Camp Facebook page and attach a one-page personal statement in English, along with two references, by 18 April 2014. www.facebook.com/BCVsvsc
Young innovators in Vaud will once again be given the chance to kindle their entrepreneurial spirit at the Silicon Valley Startup Camp, which will take place from 7 to 14 September 2014. A new mentoring system has been set up for this year’s Camp. The application deadline for this second edition of the Startup Camp is 18 April, via the Camp’s Facebook page.
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. Like last time, Startup Camp attendees will have a packed schedule of tailor-made workshops, visits to universities such as Berkeley and Stanford, meetings with venture capitalists, and “insider” tours of companies such as AirBnB, Square and Twitter. In addition, a new mentoring system has been put in place for companies, institutions and other organizations that would like to support Camp participants both during their stay in California and going forward in their careers.
The Startup Camp is being organized in collaboration with Swissnex San Francisco, a Swiss organization whose mandate is 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 higher education institutions concerned (i.e., EPFL, UNIL and the Haute Ecoles Spécialisées). Students are invited to apply by 18 April via the Silicon Valley Startup Camp Facebook page (in English, one page maximum). Up to ten budding entrepreneurs will be selected by a jury made up of representatives from each of the project partners. The 2014 edition of the Camp will take place from 7 to 14 September.
The Silicon Valley Startup Camp is being run by BCV, which initiated the project, in collaboration with UNIL, EPFL, the Haute Ecoles Spécialisées, the Vaud Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CVCI), the Fondation pour l’Innovation Technologique, Swissnex and Philias.
Lausanne, Switzerland, 18 March 2014
Contact information Christian Jacot-Descombes, Press Officer Tel.: + 41 21 212 28 61 Email: christian.jacot-descombes@bcv.ch