Startup Challenge Announcement (Who will take the stage?)
Selected startups will have a place on stage at the Startup Istanbul event on 30th of September to all Venture Capitals and Angel Investors. Get Your Tickets Now.
Startup Istanbul offers a great chance for startups to get guidance, advice and assistance from the top mentors who have a real world point-of-view. We have received a high number of applications and there are really many promising startups and entrepreneurs at this year. Mentorship & Training is an exciting program that helps entrepreneurs through the transition of their companies from a startup to a big company. The program will ensure startups have a network of mentors and inspire them to become a successful companies in their business fields. They will participate many trainings and get a realistic preview of what to expect, and a set of strategies to help them succeed.
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Startup Challenge at Microsoft Istanbul Office Selected 100 startups will gather in Istanbul and meet the best mentors from US and Europe. On 29th of September all startups will pitch to the jury and 20 of them will have a place on stage at the Startup Istanbul. Mentorship & Training program will start on the 27th of September with a 2-day intensive training for the selected startups. The trainings will be held in the Microsoft Office Istanbul. After the trainings the startups will pitch to the jury on the 29th of September to get the pitching spots at Startup Istanbul, will be located at Lutfi Kirdar Congress Center.
Only the startups who have attended to the trainings and selected by the jury will be able to pitch on stage at Startup Istanbul
Here is the program:
27 September Saturday
09:00 Welcome & Networking + Coffee 09:45 Burak Buyukdemir - Etohum 10:00 Marvin Liao - 500Startups 10:30 Vitaly Golomb 11:00 Networking Break 11:15 Bas Van den Beld 11:45 Eren Bali - Udemy 12:30 Lunch 1 Paralel Session 2 Paralel Session 14:00 7 Startups Pitch - Mentoring 7 Startups Pitch - Mentoring 15:30 Networking Break 16:00 7 Startups Pitch - Mentoring 7 Startups Pitch - Mentoring 17:30 Networking & Closing 20:00 Mentors Dinner - Invitation only
28 September Sunday
09:30 Welcome & Networking + Coffee 10:00 Ozan Sonmez 10:30 Adam Berk 11:00 Networking Break 11:15 Mike Reiner 11:45 Gary Stewart 12:30 Lunch 1 Paralel Session 2 Paralel Session 14:00 7 Startups Pitch - Mentoring 7 Startups Pitch - Mentoring 15:30 Networking Break 16:00 7 Startups Pitch - Mentoring 7 Startups Pitch - Mentoring 17:30 Networking & Closing 20:00 Mentors Dinner - Invitation only
29 September Monday
09:00 Welcome & Networking + Coffee 1 Paralel Session 2 Paralel Session 09:30 15 Startups Pitch 15 Startups Pitch 11:00 Networking Break 11:30 15 Startups Pitch 15 Startups Pitch 13:00 Lunch 1 Paralel Session 2 Paralel Session 14:30 10 Startups Pitch 10 Startups Pitch 15:30 Networking Break 16:00 10 Startups Pitch 10 Startups Pitch 17:30 Final Startups Announced 20:00 VIP Dinner - Invitation only