Impossible Founders Sprint
What is the Impossible Founders Sprint?
The Impossible Founders Sprint is a high-intensity full-weekend event designed to turn raw ideas into viable startup concepts. Participants come with or without an idea, form teams around the best ideas and work on it under the guidance of seasoned founders, startup experts, and other mentors. On Sunday, they present their ideas in front of a jury of investors and startup veterans. The best ideas will be awarded - with real potential to evolve beyond the weekend!
What can I expect?
High intensity exposure to entrepreneurship and a fun weekend with drinks & food included all weekend (including free beer and pizza).
You can find the updated agenda and all our mentors on www.impossible-founders.org(opens in a new tab).
Who should join?
Startup enthusiasts, students, non-students, developers, designers, business developers, marketing gurus, engineers, nutritionists, innovators, investors... In short: anyone who is keen on startups, looking for a challenge, and is motivated and committed to developing a business model from an idea in a short amount of time. Since we provide free beer at the event and we can't provide a 1:1 supervision while you work in your teams, you need to be at least 18 years old to participate in the event.
Do I need to pitch my own idea?
No, you don't have to join with an idea. Everyone who has an idea gets 60 seconds to present it to the audience on Friday. All participants then vote to determine the 10 best ideas - or the 10 that are most fun to work on for an entire weekend. You can then join a team around one of the winning ideas.
Are all ideas allowed?
(Nearly) everything is allowed - even if you think your idea is totally crazy. :) You may also join if you've already put some thought into your idea. Our only condition is that you haven't already formed a startup around the idea - for these we will have different programs in the very near future. In case you're not sure, just reach out to us before the event!
From when to when is the event?
The event starts on December 12th at 16:00 and goes until approximately 20:00 on December 14th. Most of the time inbetween - especially on Saturday -, you'll be working in your teams from early in the morning until the evening, with the support of our mentors and workshop hosts. We don't give you super strict times - you are free to figure out within your team when and how you want to work and which workshops you want to attend.
