NextGen Entrepreneurs
3 ECTS granted
BIP Code: 2025-1-PT01-KA131-HED-000338460-6
Participants: Bachelor and Master degree students .
Working language: English (minimum B1 level)
Number of Participants: 20
Organizer: Marco Lamas, Business Innovation Lab (BIL) Head | Director of the Master's in Management, marco.lamas@islagaia.pt
The programme equips students with entrepreneurial skills through interactive workshops, personalized mentorship, and international collaborative projects — fostering innovation, creativity, and sustainable development in line with the EU Green Deal.
Digital competence is enhanced through online learning modules. Inclusivity is a core value, actively targeting underrepresented groups to build a diverse and equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Participants develop practical skills in strategic thinking, teamwork, digital literacy, and business planning through real-world challenges and pitch competitions.
The programme is designed around three fundamental objectives:
Pedagogical & Educational Excellence
Structured learning with real-world entrepreneurial application
Business Strategy & Planning
Build inclusive, scalable, investor-ready business models
Financial Mastery
Understand financial statements, evaluate investments, negotiate effectively
A transformative experience that equips participants with the skills to ensure startup survival and achieve rapid, scalable growth in global markets.
Methods & Outcomes
Interactive sessions combining theory and practice, learning-by-doing, real business challenges, guest entrepreneurs, and project-based work. All materials are shared via Google Drive.
Why You Should Join
- Collaborate across Europe with international teams
- Compete with real innovative ideas
- Develop a global entrepreneurial mindset
- Pitch in an international Dragons' Den format
We Welcome
Separate pitching tracks for different stages:
- Students with validated ideas (past problem-solution fit)
- Early-stage startups
- Scaleups ready for global growth
Coordinating & Host Institution
Full Partners
Schedule
1st Online Session (3pm GMT)
Networking
Dinner and Networking
Continued Networking
Check-in
Official Kick Off
Weekly Assignment Presentation & Discussion
Cook pressure setup working session with mentors
Lunch Break
Street Entrepreneurial Challenge
Company Visits & Workshops
Lunch Break
Social Visits
Workshop: To be Defined
Lunch Break
Working session with mentors
Coffee Break
Project Pitching Sessions with Toastmasters with Sergio Aguia
Project Development, Finalization and Preparation
Lunch Break
Dragon's Den (startups & Scaleups)
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Dragon's Den (startups & Scaleups)
Awarding Ceremony & Closing speech : Overview of key takeaways and highlights from the competition
Farewell Dinner
2nd Online Session (3pm GMT)
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