Standup,
Startup!
From School to Enterprise
An entrepreneurship education programme to discover that observing a problem, creating value and building a project are skills that can be learned.
Register your school's interestWhy it exists
Looking to the future
with initiative and responsibility.
Life after school brings both possibilities and questions. The programme gives students tools to understand problems, recognise their own skills and turn an insight into a shared project. Entrepreneurship becomes a practical way to exercise choice, responsibility and the ability to work with others.
- Takes partUpper secondary school students
- Enables the journeySchools, teachers and career advisers
- GuidesMentors, entrepreneurs and professionals
How it works
From problem
to Pitch Day.
01 Enterprise OpenLab
- 01
Enterprise OpenLab
Workshops in schools: from problem to idea, startup thinking, the Business Model Canvas and pitching. The tools are applied to situations close to students' lives, so concepts immediately become design choices.
- 02
Team applications
Students form voluntary teams and develop a first proposal to bring into the programme. Each team clarifies the problem it has chosen, who it is for and the value it aims to create.
- 03
Mentoring
Selected teams work with mentors and professionals to strengthen their idea. Questions, tests and reviews help separate promising insights from assumptions that still need testing.
- 04
Pitch Day
Projects are presented to a jury and to the community that supported the programme. The pitch wraps up the journey by showcasing the method, the team's growth and the quality of its decisions, not just the final solution.
What stays with you
Useful skills
even without founding a startup.
- Observing and defining a problem
- Collaboration and responsibility within a team
- Building a value proposition
- Thoughtful use of design tools
- Presenting an idea clearly
A story that continues
A new chapter
after A Scuola di Startup.
The programme builds on TechGarage's experience in introducing students to entrepreneurial culture and to building ideas.
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