Free Startup Project
120 startupers students, 30 mentors, 54 hours, 18 conferences. How many startups in the end ? #entreprendre #HackTheRules
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Free Startup Project
The project
The Free Startup Project is an initiation to entrepreneurship which gathers many students from friday, april 17th to Sunday, april 19th, 2015 at the Ecole 42 in order to develop disruptive start-up projects which will be submitted to a jury of professionals at the end of the event.
Gathered in teams of 6, the 120 aspiring entrepreneurs will have to design disruptive solutions in settled domains, in which digital innovation can be a deciding factor. The Free Startup Project intends to promote the occurring of non-traditional solutions to upset the established order, such as Uber in the transportation industry, AirBnB in the hotel industry, Netflix in the audiovisual industry or the alternative payment systems (such as BitCoin) in the financial sector. The aspiring entrepreneurs, gathered in several categories – salesmen, software developers, designers -, or from various horizons, will be helped by mentors during their journey, with daily coaching sessions.
As this entrepreneurship event takes place, public meetings will be scheduled to discuss the influence of the digital revolution and its influence on entrepreneurship, the obstacles to creation in France, or even the driving force for society that is collaborative economy.
VIDEO with english subtitles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkZKshUEAAU
Our goal
Through Free Startup Project, we intend to encourage entrepreneurship within society, especially amongst young people. We are deeply convinced that entrepreneurship which fosters individual liberty and creativity is a good way to build the free and thriving society of tomorrow.
We also seize the occasion to show to the public that free initiative, without government intervention, can initiate collaborative movements to favor the appearance of spontaneous solutions.
The organizers
The Free Startup Project is carried by a group of students from Paris and surroundings and federated by Students For Liberty – Paris and LThink Libéral SciencesPo which both work towards a freer society. Both a symbol of liberty and responsibility, entrepreneurship is a formidable opportunity for our generation.
We refuse public funding and political support to favor strong ties with civil society instead, especially young and innovative start-ups. The ideals of liberty, creativity and independence, are, for us, moral values that can thrive without political support or the standardized environment of the academic circle..
Students for Liberty – Paris
http://studentsforliberty-paris.fr/
https://www.facebook.com/SFL.Paris?fref=ts
@SFL_Paris
Think Libéral Sciences Po
https://www.facebook.com/lthink.liberal?fref=ts
@L_ThinkLiberal
The event
An accelerated immersion for 120 students
Week-end timestamp
Friday
➢ 6 p.m. : Opening brunch
➢ 6:30 p.m. : Introduction speech and « ice breaking »
➢ 7:30 p.m. : Pitch
➢ 9 p.m. : Dinner
➢ 9:30 p.m. : Best ideas selection
➢ 9:45 p.m. : Team building and project formalization
➢ 10 p.m. : Beginning of the journey
Saturday
Mentors organize coaching sessions
Short lectures are scheduled during the entire day for those who need advice
➢ 5:30 – 10 a.m. : Breakfast
➢ 2:00 p.m. : Lunch
➢ 8:30 p.m. : Plenum - Checkpoint
➢ 9:00 p.m. : Dinner
Sunday
Mentors prepare the “start-upers” for the oral presentation
➢ 5:30 -10 a.m. : Breakfast
➢ 2:00 p.m. : Lunch
➢ 6 p.m. : Jury introduction and start-up presentations
➢ 20:00 : Jury deliberation, selection of the three best projects and awards ceremony
➢ 20:30 : Closing brunch
An event opened to the public and the media
Eighteen general public lectures will be scheduled Saturday (9:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. / 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.) and Sunday morning (9:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.). Speakers will do 10 minutes dynamic presentations followed by a 20 minutes question session. The purpose of this presentation pattern (inspired by the BarCamp model) is to arouse the debating of the most ideas and projects possible.
The goal is to acknowledge companies and free projects in various sectors. Some will have the opportunity to visit the school and take a look at the work of the Free Startup Project teams.
Project building
Planning
From now on up until mid-January, we will work on fundraising tools, such as a website and a video campaign. We will also put the fundraising sources in order (crowdfunding, standard sponsoring).
By the end of January, we will begin to recruit the future coaches who will work with the students as well as the speakers who will take part of the event. In the meantime, we will launch a big media campaign.
By the end of February, we will begin to communicate around the event. The student recruitment will start in March following strict rules. The inscriptions to attend the lectures will also begin during this period.
Furthermore, we will extend the Free Startup Project by communicating about the projects that have come to fruition and the newly created opportunities. We will plan on reproducing the event pattern all around the country during next year by using our association network.
Provisional budget : 12.4k €
We are looking for supports!
Supports
You believe in our project and you want to help us achieve it (crowdfunding) and spread it (thunderclap).
Sponsors
Your company promotes innovation, creativity, risk-taking : don’t hesitate ! We will be pleased to do a partnership with you.
Mentors
We are looking for volunteers : entrepreneurs/startupers, teachers and consultants to teach the teams and be part of the panel of judges.
Face new challenges, meet young talents, and share your experience!
Business angels/recruiters
Find non-typical profiles, original projects and investment perspectives.
Media / Partners
Help the great public discover the driving forces that are innovating start-ups within the sharing economy and to the benefit of the masses by having a privileged access to the event!
Christophe Seltzer
Project manager
President - Students for Liberty – Paris
cseltzer@studentsforliberty.org
06 67 35 12 83
Thomas Rockenstrocly
Project manager
Président - Think Libéral Sciences Po
06 43 65 50 86
Allocation of funds
The core idea of the Free Start-up Project is that acting as an entrepreneur today is in many ways more powerful and more significant than acting politically.
New technologies are reshaping businesses and non-profits. The start-ups emerging from these changes are not only cost-effective; they are also pushing the boundaries of the State and its irrelevant regulations. Think about Uber, AirBnb, Blablacar. They are creating a new environment, solving problems in a collaborative and disruptive way. These startups carry the values of tomorrow’s free society in which we believe strongly.
The Free Start-up project is an independent start-up week-end that aims to instill this mindset into student. We want to provide the students with an understanding that they can be entrepreneurs and thereby they can lead the free society. It will take place from April 17th to 19th at the tech school 42 in Paris.
Because we believe in the free society and in entrepreneurship values, we will refuse any government funded grant. We therefore need your support for the Free Start-up Project to become reality. We need you to spread entrepreneurship for a better tomorrow. If you share our values, please support us at:
www.freestartuproject.fr Free Startup Project @FreeStartupProject http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/free-startup-project
Thank you very much,
The Free Start-up Project team.