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The UT Challenge is a perfect platform to pitch your entrepreneurial ideas for the Univeristy of Twente and numoures partnercompanies. But there is more at the UT for entrepreneurs! In this article you can find more information about interesting upcoming events for (starting) entrepreneurs. Don't forget to reserve the 13th of June in your agenda; the first edition of the UT Entrepreneurial Day with lots of great pitches by students, interesting guest speakers and more! More information will follow soon on our website. Too curious? You can have a first look at this page.

The StartupLaunch: 12-14 May, 2017! 
We challenge students and PhD’s to pitch their ideas, write it out in a business plan and further develop this within the network of the partners of The StartupLaunch. The StartupLaunch is a 54-hour event where ideas can be transformed into real companies under guidance of coaches, workshops, inspiring speakers and an expert jury. Learn everything about business models, identify the market, your competitors and your target group. Discover where and how to find your customers and find out what they are willing to pay for your product. Learn how to sell your idea and your product. 

Great news: discount for UT Challenge participants
As a participant of the UT Challenge, you can use The StartupLaunch to accelerate the timeline of your startup! Meet like-minded people, share your knowledge & experience and be part of an amazing weekend full of entrepreneurship!
Participants of the UT Challenge will receive a 50% discount on tickets fort this amazing event! It’s a great opportunity to test your concept and business case. All UT Challenge participant can find a special link to buy their tickets with discount via the menu of the UT Challenge website (once you are logged in) under the button ‘Tickets StartupLaunch’

We’ll hope to see many of you at the 12th of May in the Gallery (Designlab)!

Novel-T
Throughout the whole year, Novel-T is there for you and all your questions and ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship. Would you like to start a business? Maybe need some legal advice? Do you want to pitch your idea in front of our business developers? Or would you just like to drink a cup of coffee and brainstorm about your ideas? Drop by or send an e-mail to our startup ambassadors Mike and Remon
m.verkouter@novelt.com / r.vanderwoude@novelt.com.



Hardstart
Hardstart is an self-managing incubator office space of student-founded companies, a community of doers and an organizer of events that offer student entrepreneurs real value. We believe that by putting promising ideas in a stimulating environment we allow students to build big companies in the leanest possible way. Come find us in the Bastille or contact us at hello@hardstart.nl

Our next event is Pitch that B*tch on the 2nd of May; do you have a business idea and want to get feedback about it from an audience full of entrepreneurs? This is the event for you! Or do you feel like you don't have a great idea to work on? This is the event for you as well! Listen to others sharing their ideas, ask questions and, most importantly, get inspired! More information you can find at our Facebook page