Join us for an engaging networking event designed to bring together participants from all cohorts of the Community Challenge on Alumniportal Deutschland. This is an opportunity to reconnect, exchange insights, and explore new avenues for collaboration.

Date: 3 April 2025 
Time: 3:00 PM (CEST)
Location: Online (Zoom)

Why Attend?

• Connect with fellow innovators and changemakers from different cohorts.
• Gain inspiration from expert speakers and past participants.
• Engage in focused discussions on customer development, team building, and funding.
• Discover opportunities to further develop your projects and ideas.

The 90 minutes agenda includes:

Welcome & Introduction

Keynote Speech by Vidar Andersen

Vidar will share insights on validating early-stage startups and securing initial funding, drawing from his diverse background and entrepreneurial endeavors.

Lessons Learned – Past participants share key takeaways from their experiences.

Breakout Sessions – Choose a topic and dive deeper into:

• Customer Development: creating value for your first 100 customers: covering topics around validation of product-market fit, prototyping, customer acquisition and retention. - Facilitated by Raju Gurung
• Team: building your super team: covering topics around building great teams, gathering key stakeholders and partners. - Facilitator TBD
• Funding: securing your first startup funding round: Covering topics around securing startup grants and seed funding. - Facilitated by Alex Felman

Closing & Next Steps  – Key takeaways and future opportunities.

Speakers and facilitators