The biggest student-entrepreneurship award in The Netherlands.

During this stage you have the opportunity to validate your business idea by handing in your executive summary and receive feedback from our partner Graduate Entrepreneur. The best 5 ideas will win €500, €400, €300, €200 and €100 respectively!

During this stage the applications for the trajectory will open. By handing in your business plan, with the help of our guidelines, you will enroll for the trajectory. The business plans will be reviewed by our Business Panel. The top thirty business plans will continue to the semi-final.

During this stage the thirty semi finalists will be prepared for the semi-final. The startups will be able to attend workshops by Wearereasonablepeople, learn more about investor readiness from our four investor partners and create diverse founding teams on the Find Your Co-Founder Day. During the semi-final, each startup will pitch for our jury.  The eight best startups go through to the Grand Final.

This is the stage in which the Grand Final will take place. To prepare for this day, the eight final contestants will receive coaching from all of our platinum partners and a pitch training by Debatrix. There will be two winners, one Innovator and one Rough Diamond, who receive a price worth €50.000 and €10.000 respectively.