Get ready to take off

Content and learning goals

Whether you have an idea or are still open to inspiration, Bootcamp 2 is about taking your first steps into entrepreneurship. 

Participants learn:

• Develop advanced entrepreneurial skills and mindsets
• Develop ideas, conduct market research, and validate business needs
• Design and execute pilot studies
• Find co-founders, build effective teams, and lead teams
• Apply design thinking to solve problems; create prototypes and develop MVPs
• Understand financial structures and planning
• Develop and execute product marketing strategies
• Apply the business model canvas 
• Enhance presentation skills for presenting ideas
• Understand IP and patenting strategies

This bootcamp follows on from Bootcamp 1. Attending this bootcamp is recommended but not compulsory as preparation for Bootcamp 2.

Upon successful completion of the course, students are awarded 3 ECTS points. The course structure combines asynchronous self-study with classroom teaching, as well as individual and group work, culminating in final presentations and feedback sessions.

Every Tuesday from 8:00-11:00 a.m., on the following dates:
01.04.2025 | 08.04.2025 | 29.04.2025 | 13.05.2025 | 27.05.2025. 

Room: KOL-E-13 EV (subject to change at short notice) 

Registration is possible between January 15^th and 28^th via the UZH course catalogue. 

You can find Bootcamp 2 directly here or in the UZH course catalogue under School for Transdisciplinary Studies / Core Offerings or by entering the code 10SMEBC_2.
Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

The following course is based on this:

Bootcamp 3: ‘Launch it’ – Business plan development (follows in the autumn semester)