Kickstart business idea competition 2024 – Save the dates!
Your team can win up to 1500€ + 1000€ just by pitching your business idea!
In the Kickstart business idea competition, the brightest students of the University of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, and OSAO compete against each other to win the grand prize of up to 2500 €!
Participate in the competition by sending a max 5-minute video pitch showing your business idea. The idea must provide a solution to a real challenge or a problem. If your pitch makes the cut, you will move on to the semi-finals of your educational institution.
The three best teams are chosen from each learning institution for the Grand Finals, where you will pitch your idea to a live audience, and the jury of entrepreneurship experts will decide the winning teams and give their valuable feedback on the business idea.
The university semi-finals will award 1000/500/300 euros for the top 3 teams, and the prizes in the Grand Finals will be 1500/1000/500 euros.
Timeline:
16.9. Application period starts
30.10. Application period closes
13.11. (latest) Semi-finals
27.11. Grand finals
More information, instructions, and registration: https://www.kickstartoulu.fi/
If you have questions or would like to hear more details, please email ville.saarenpaa@oulu.fi