Blended Intensive Programme ID
ECTS: 3 ECTS
Working language: English, minimum B1 level
Empowering Future Entrepreneurs
The Program aims to equip students with enterpreneurial skills through workshops, mentorship, and collaborative projects, fostering innovation and creativity. It promotes international collaboration and sustainable development, aligning with EU´s Green Deal.
Digital competence is enhanced through online learning modules, preparing students for the global job market. Inclusivity is a key focus, targeting underrepresented groups to create a diverse entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Methods include interactive workshops, personalized mentorship, team projects, online courses, and pitch competitions, leading to practical skills development, strategic thinking, teamwork, digital literacy, and improved business.
This project will provide several interactive learning opportunities, enabling students to access digital materials, embedded tools, evaluation tasks, and more. It is meticulously designed to achieve three fundamental global objectives:
Pedagogical and Educational Excellence
Establishing a structured learning environment and applying entrepreneurial concepts.
Business Strategy and Planning
Learn how to create a solid business plan that works for everyone involved.
Financial Analysis
Get good at reading financial statements, checking if investment projects make sense, and understanding the money side of different negotiation options.
This programme promises to be a transformative experience, equipping participants with the essential competencies to guarantee their startup´s survival and achieve the necessary scalability to grow rapidly across new markets acting globally.
Methods and outcomes
Interactive theoretical-practical sessions focused on students and project development (Business model design). Methodologies such as learning-by-doing, and experiential learning with real business challenges resolution, and sessions with entrepreneurs and guests will be promoted. The learning objectives, pedagogical materials to consult and practical activities to be developed will be available in a Google Drive shared folder.
Students will develop the following skills:
Why You Should Join
This international competition offers students the opportunity to:
- Collaborate across borders
- Compete with innovative ideas
- Develop their entrepreneurial mindset
- Pitch their ideas in a unique international Dragons’ Den format
We welcome
We’ve designed the program so that startups and scaleups will collaborate but have separate pitching tracks.
- Students with validated ideas (past the problem–solution fit)
- Early-stage startups
- Scaleups
Coordinating & Host Institution
Full Partners
Official Schedule (GMT)
Online Session 1 - September 26th (3pm GMT)
03:00 pm – 03:45 pm
Kick-off meeting. General introduction to the program, contents, and assessment. Practical information
03:45 pm – 04:30 pm
Group presentation and Icebreak activities
October 26th
Day 1 – Sunday, October 26th (Welcome Dinner & Networking)
08:00 pm – 08:30 pm Arrival and Mingling
08:30 pm – 10:00 pm Dinner and Networking
10:00 pm – 12:00 am Continued Networking
October 27th
Day 2 – Monday, October 27th (Official Kickoff at ISLA Gaia)
09:45 am – 10:00 am Check-in
10:00 am – 10:15 am Official Kick Off
10:15 am – 10:30 am Weekly Assignment Presentation & Discussion
10:30 am – 12:00 am Workshop: To be Defined
12:00 am – 01:30 pm Lunch Break
01:30 pm – 02:30 pm Cook pressure setup working session with mentors
02:30 pm – 04:00 pm Workshop: To be Defined
October 28th
Day 3 – Tuesday, October 28th (Company Visits & Social Visits)
10:00 am – 01:00 pm Company Visits & Workshops
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm Lunch Break
02:00 pm – 06:00 pm Social Visits
October 29th
Day 4 – Wednesday, October 29th (Collaborative Work Sessions & Workshops)
10:00 am – 12:00 am Workshop: To be Defined
02:00 pm – 01:00 pm Lunch Break
01:00 pm – 02:30 pm Working session with mentors
02:30 pm – 02:35 pm Coffee Break
02:35 pm – 04:00 pm Project Pitching Sessions with Toastmasters with Sergio Aguia
October 30th
10:00 am – 12:00 am Project Development, Finalization and Preparation
12:00 am – 01:00 pm Lunch Break
01:00 pm – 03:15 pm Dragon’s Den (startups & Scaleups)
03:15 pm – 03:30 pm Coffee Break
03:30 pm – 04:45 pm Dragon’s Den (startups & Scaleups)
04:45 pm – 04:50 pm Break
04:50 pm – 05:15 pm Awarding Ceremony & Closing speech: Overview of key takeaways and highlights from the competition
08:00 pm onwards Farewell Dinner
Online Session 2 - November 6th (3pm GMT)
Feedback session
Application Deadline: September 13th
October BIP Program applications are carried out online and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis!
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