What is Innovation Labs?
Frequently asked questions
a 10-week mentoring & development program for young entrepreneurs and startup teams present in 5 cities: Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi, Sibiu and Timisoara
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dedicated to students and graduates from technical universities and from communication, business and creative fields
24 hours Hackathon March
3 months Mentoring
final pitch DemoDay May
Opportunities If you are just curious about tech startups, or if you want to push the limits of your vision join us to take an eye-opening journey from idea to product strengthen your reputation as out-of-the box thinker and real team player fine-tune your user experience and customer discovery skills meet top mentors from deep tech startups and the IT industry explore the startup ecosystem and the global tech entrepreneurship networks be part of a vibrant community with lots of stories to share
What’s in it for me? Innovation Labs is a national known program with strong connections in the university and corporate environments. The experience will help you enhance you team-work and business skills that you will further use in your career. Also, it looks good in your resume!
How much time do I need to invest in Innovation Labs? Weekly during the 3-month mentoring program you and your team will need to attend a workshop and a curse that will take about 4 hours of your time. In addition, is your team’s choice how much time you dedicate to developing your product
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Will Innovation Labs affect my faculty studies? Since Innovation Labs is program supported by local universities and all activities are scheduled outside of school hours, it should not affect your studies in any way. Still, the program is an extracurricular activity so you should take this into account.
Do I need to have specific skills to apply to Innovation Labs? No. You just need a cool tech startup idea and a team on minimum 2 people to attend the hackathon. You do not need to have any prior business or entrepreneurial experience, just a spark o madness and a lot of enthusiasm.
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