Lectures and Events

Zero to One Online Start-up Challenge 2020

Date:
　Saturday, September 26th
　Sunday, September 27th
　Sunday, October 4th

Form of the program
　Zoom、Google Documents (Online)
　*For this program, applicants are required to have their own access to the Internet.
　*Participation as University units is acceptable. (It might be changed depending on the circumstances of COVID-19)

Eligible applicants
　Students in the university of EDGE-NEXT IDEA Consortium (Ministry of Education)
　(Priority Institute, collaborative institute, Cooperative institute)

Capacity
　About 35 people (5 people from each institute)

Outline of the program
　Solicit business plans from university students in the IDEA consortium on our website.

・Day 1, start with ice-breaking time, then make small groups. (In break rooms online)
Each group includes the original proposer of the business plan. They will lead the lively discussion of their idea. After that, we will compose 10 teams consisting of candidates.

・Day 2, Reviewing the outline plan of the initial business idea, UX design, MV (dirty prototype).
Conduct customer feedback (initial feedback) for a week.

・The final day (Sunday, October 4th), Final presentation.
Investors will attend this presentation as an audience.

This is the PBL program in which team members determine the direction of business development. Participants will expand their base idea to include teambuilding and creating an online base leading to the final result.

Application:
①  Original proposer of a business idea
②  Team member (Not proposers of business ideas)

Application period
①Business idea proposer
　*Required to upload the description of the business idea on YouTube)

②Team member (Not proposer)
　*Application form must arrive at the QREC office no later than this day.

Team organizing
We respect students’ intentions.
Each team must consist of at least 4 members with a mix of the following; different nationalities, affiliate universities or different fields of study.

Use of languages
Japanese and English
(Team members will decide which language do they want to use.)
Instruction will be provided in Japanese and English.
(Not yet decided. It depends on the characteristics of the students.)

Necessary information
Fill out the attached Excel sheet with following information.
・Basic information:
　 (Name, school / faculty, contact number / email address and a profile picture.)
・Self-promotion:
　(Self-introduction, skills, specialty, the reason for the application, career path, etc.)
・Form of participation:
　(①Original proposer of a business idea　② Participants (Not proposers of business ideas)

【Finished】

【Conduct】

Kyushu University Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship center (QREC)
744 Motooka Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
　TEL：092-802-6060   FAX：092-802-6065
Program（Igarashi）：　igarashi@qrec.kyushu-u.ac.jp　 ℡090-4220-9992
Office procedure         :     challengeinfo@qrec.kyushu-u.ac.jp  　   ℡092-802-6060