Q&A - BECOME A HIGH-TECH PIONEER AND START A COMPANY WITH FRAUNHOFER TECHNOLOGY
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Fraunhofer, Europes largest applied research organization, is opening its tech treasure for external entrepreneurs! Team up with our researchers and start your next venture!
FDays© is the Fraunhofer acceleration program and you can become a part of it by teaming up with our researchers. Get to know bright minded people with leading technology! During roughly 12 weeks you will work on aligning the three essentials Team-Technology-Market.
On September 10, 2018 you have the chance to meet and ask questions to the Fraunhofer Venture Team in Berlin before the application deadline on September 14, 2018.
Below some more information about the actual accelerator and co-founder matching workshop.
Looking forward to seeing you there. Best, Founder Institute (fi.co) Berlin.
Okay, but how does it actually work to get in?
The workshop where you can meet our researchers is invite only.
So how do you get invited?
Convince us that you are either an successful or upcoming entrepreneur. Do that by sending us anything you find suitable to speak for you at pioneers@fraunhofer.de, be it your CV, LinkedIn or anything else you deem suitable. If we think there is potential working together with you, we are going to arrange in total two calls with you. That way we can assess if we meet your expectations and you ours. If we decide to go forward with you we are going to invite you to the Workshop.
Who do I need to be, to become part?
A) Entrepreneur: You have a proven track record of startup-building as a founding team member. Ideally you have a huge successful exit on your belt.
B) Intrapreneur: You may not have started your own company yet but you have been proven your entrepreneurial spirit through innovating and building business as an employee. Now you are eager and motivated to finally start your own business.
Okay, but how does it actually work to get in?
The workshop where you can meet our researchers is invite only.
So how do you get invited?
Convince us that you are either an successful or upcoming entrepreneur. Do that by sending us anything you find suitable to speak for you at pioneers@fraunhofer.de, be it your CV, LinkedIn or anything else you deem suitable. If we think there is potential working together with you, we are going to arrange in total two calls with you. That way we can assess if we meet your expectations and you ours. If we decide to go forward with you we are going to invite you to the Workshop.
What will happen at the workshop and after?
So at the workshop you will meet our researchers and get to know the technologies they developed. You are there for three days challenging their initial ideas and then teaming up with them pitching as a team for being part of the accelerator in the next weeks. We from Fraunhofer Venture provide the framework and needed guidance and information once you get accepted. More details about the program can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=17dbl-8AAOs8pY4iFodKIksC3YDjT9v6j
How much time do I need to spend?
So the workshop itself is from 9-11th of October 2018. Those three days we require you to be present. There is also an early bird dinner you can attend on the 8th. During the accelerator there are only four more days that we require you to be there. Which is 6&7th November and 12-13th December (Demo Day).
How about costs?
So if you get invited to come you need to pay travel expenses yourself. We blocked quite a number of rooms at a hotel which you can book. The workshop expenses, like location, food and coaches are covered by us.
Our Website: https://www.fraunhoferventure.de/en/services/projects/high-tech-pioneers.html