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
April, 13th, 14:00 - 17:00 – Career Lab, Building 2, 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 Federico Ognibene, Co-founder at SunCubes 

Speaker: Giovanni Giacomozzi, VC Investor at 360 Capital 

• Investments
  
  

2. Valorisation tools and strategy
April, 20th, 15:00-18:00, online
Speakers: Nicola Soloperto, Francesco De Vito, Raffaele Pio Miceli from Polimi TTO

• 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 Anna Ramella, AllStent Co-Founder

3. Team Play
April, 23rd, 15:00-18:00, Career Lab, Building 2, Campus Leonardo
Workshop “Find your Co-Founder”, with Career Service 

Speaker: Del Favero Chiara, Rossetti Federica, Pomini

• How to build a team

Speaker: Andrea Cadelli, Innovation Manager 

• Identifying staffing requirements

Deep Talk with Andrea Codini, CEO & Co-fouder at Sintropy AI

4. Innovation Value
April, 27th, 15:00 -18:00, online
Speaker: Avvocato  Emanuele Inturrisi, from Studio Garbagnati

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

Deep Talk with Giulio Coccia, CEO & Co-Founder at Lumnora

Speaker: Alberto Potycki, Technology Transfer Fund at CDP Venture Capital  

• Financing
  
  

5. Challenges for a successful Startup and Market Strategy
April, 30th, 15:00-18.00, Career Lab, Building 2, Campus Leonardo
Speaker: Vittorio Piccinini Director, CTO and Leader of Innovation of Offering & Sales, Lutech

• The Mindset of the Innovator

Speaker: Nicolò Saidelli, Head of Ardian Italy

• Startups and sustainability

Deep talk with Amsaa Mamdouh Ahmed Aboudief,  MSc student at Polimi and TEF Ignition 2025 First Prize winner

Speaker: Paolo Colombo, Senior Advisor 

• Market Strategy