Startup Boot Camp

Experience startup life, participate in Startup Boot Camp

Start your academic year off right, join us at Startup Boot Camp! Embrace your inner entrepreneurial spirit in this 3-day experience — meet and expand your network, explore the Buffalo Startup scene, learn to avoid the mistakes that stop so many founders short, and ask for help in a way that gets you the access you need. Win prizes!

Apply Now! Fall 2022 Boot Camp is September 16th through 18th, hosted at UB and in downtown Buffalo (transportation provided) Seats are limited – students accepted on a rolling basis. Open to all undergrad/grad students of any academic disciplines. No business experience required.

Apply at: https://bit.ly/StartupBootCampFall22

Questions? Get in touch at launchpadub@buffalo.edu or (716) 645-8111.

Watch a video about the Startup Boot Camp experience: https://youtu.be/G_5nQSwN0YY

Startup Boot Camp benefits:

  • Realize the value in making mistakes.
  • Earn your first co-founders – it’s the biggest sale you’ll ever make.
  • Validate market need by prototyping a one page web site, sales video, and a way to take pre-orders.
  • Get firsthand experience selling your product in an innovation bazaar, and get one-on-one advice from our mentor community.
  • Decide whether you’re an inventor or an entrepreneur.
  • Identify the gaps between your idea and a sustainable business – do you have a working product? If not, prioritize those gaps and form them into a coherent ask for help.
  • Meet key stakeholders in the UB and WNY startup ecosystem who can help you cross those gaps.
  • Leave knowing how to validate the next step in your own business.
  • $10 Campus cash provided to those that fully participate.