
XGrant
Xgrant Entrepreneurship Camps
Learn the skillsets that make the bay area ecosystem unique with your early stage project – with an EPFL XGrant
Possible start dates
- Applications Closed through XGrant. Next Program: July 30 – August 17th 2018.
How to apply
Follow the links below to learn more about the EPFL XGrant program at the website, and apply directly to EPFL XGrant VPI (must be enrolled in EPFL to be eligible).
What you’ll experience
Mondays: Office Hours Weekly peer learning sessions with the swissnex team to exchange solutions and discuss progress
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Wednesdays: Entrepreneurs’ Breakfasts We invite successful community members to share their knowledge. You ask questions and meet.
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Fridays: Toolbox Sessions Expert sessions in US law, fundraising, marketing, growth, pitching, strategy and more. Depends on camp dates.
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Continuous Demo Days Opportunities to practice and gain feedback on your pitch to the community, investors, entrepreneurs and the public at pitching sessions and demo days. |
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Swissnex Viewlab Office Space Freely schedulable Meetups, client meetings and lots of time to work on your project at our office space at Pier17.
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No Cost, No Equity As we’re a public funded program, we take no equity (depending on partner program, we can even pay a small stipend towards your costs).
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Detailed program
Week 1-4: PREPARATIONLocation: EPFL |
1 assignment/ week
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Week 5: ARRIVALLocation: San Francisco |
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Week 5-8: IMMERSIONLocation: San Francisco |
Real Silicon Valley Talks (once per week, 2-3hrs): Series of talks/workshops on themes ex. What is entrepreneurship? What is Silicon Valley (ex. Apple, Amazon), How to pitch my project internationally? Examples of failures, success stories from taking an idea to the market, etc. by a mix of guest speakers:
“Entrepreneurs toolkit courses” (once per week, 2-3hrs): Series of courses ex. pitch training, presentation skills, story telling, business model analysis, etc. “Meet and learn from the Pier 17 residents” (once per week, 2-3hrs): Presentation by company residents of Pier 17, hear about their business development, projects and activities in the Bay area, collaboration with start-ups etc.
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Week 8: CONCLUSIONLocation: San Francisco |
Option to extend to 12 weeks.
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