Do you have an innovative idea and would like to found your own start-up? 
Or do you feel like an innovator and would like to work in the start-up ecosystem? 

If you consider yourself an innovator and aspire to make an impact on the world through your work, this is the perfect moment to take action! The Startup Bootcamp will help you explore essential topics to deepen your understanding of the skills and roles of both innovators and startup founders. The program consists of 5 modules of 3 hours each and will be in English.

Students interested in participating in the Startup Bootcamp must first attend an individual meeting, the Innovator Interview, with a Career Advisor from the Career Service. After registering for the Bootcamp, a Career Advisor will contact you to schedule the interview. At the end of the program, each participant with at least 80% attendance will receive the Startup Bootcamp Digital Badge.

FIND BELOW EACH MODULE DETAILS: 

1. Innovation and its complexity
May, 7th, 14:00 - 17:00 – Campus Leonardo
Speaker: Luca Canepa, Startup's Mentor 

• Looking forward starting from today: economy, society, life in 2030
• What does really matter to you
• Make your choiches: what if you want to found a startup? This is the the real life of a startup
• What is the true meaning of the words "Innovation" and "startup"?
• Do's and Dont's in startup world
• The key elements of the echosystem: founders, clients, investors

Deep Talk with Francesco Marino, CEO and Co-Founder at Capsule Corporation

Deep Talk with Leonardo Viola, Head of Development at QuantumSpace 

 

2. Valorisation tools and strategy
May, 11th, 15:00-18:00, online
Speakers: Nicola Soloperto, Raffaele Pio Miceli, Francesco De Vito, from Polimi Technology Transfer Office 

• Introduction on Intellectual Property Rights
• Types of IPRs (patents, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks)
• Patentability requirements Novelty, inventive step, industrial application
• Prior art search exercise
• How to read a patent
• When to read a patent
• Where to read a patent
• Why file a patent

Deep Talk with Nina Bono, CEO & Co-founder at Vectorialis; Gabriele Candiani, Co-founder. President & CTO at Vectorialis 

 

3. Market Strategy and Team Play
May, 20th, 15:00-18:00 - Campus Leonardo
Speaker: Carmelo D'Andrea, Startup's Mentor

• Market Strategy

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• How to build a team

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• Identifying staffing requirements

Deep Talk with Simone Panza, Co-Founder and CEO at Ant-X

 

4. Innovation Value
May, 25th, 15:00 -18:00, online
Speaker: Giacomo Garbagnati, from Studio Garbagbati

• License, Assigment or Startup
• The different types of agreements and negotiations
• Startup and legal issues

Deep Talk with Alessandro Zara, Co-Founder and CEO at Exvirience 

Speaker: Luca Passoni, CDP Venture Capital 

• Financing

 

5. Challenges for a successful Startup
May, 29th, 15:00-18.00 - Campus Leonardo
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• The Mindset of the Innovator

Speaker: Andrea Mondini, Chiara Corona, Junior Analyst at Osservatorio Startup Intelligence

• Startups and sustainability

Deep talk with Alessandro Milozzi, CEO and Co-Founder at Neuronova 

Speaker: Andrea Veca, CEO 

• Management of failure

Workshop “Find your Co-Founder”