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Two stories about what 3 weeks can change.
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The people in these stories are composites. Every number is real, with its source.
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The professor · 1 of 7
You teach entrepreneurship well. Great cases, sharp frameworks, strong final pitches. Then the semester ends, and the startups end with it.
Learning by doing: 22 of 100 students fail, against 34 in lecture courses.
Source: Freeman et al., PNAS 2014
The professor · 2 of 7
A colleague sends a photo: one hall, 80+ startups founded in 3 weeks. UC Berkeley has sent students every summer since 2013.
World record: most startups founded in 3 weeks.
Source: EIA Education
The professor · 3 of 7
Picture your students in that hall, in mixed teams from 65+ countries. 50+ mentors coach them daily. You still hold the grade.
6 ECTS, usually 3 US credits. You grade your own students.
Source: US faculty page
The professor · 4 of 7
The committee asks about credit. The risk office asks about safety. Finance asks about cost. Every question is fair.
Syllabus, rubrics, risk plan, USD billing and W-9, in one Faculty Pack.
Source: US faculty page
The professor · 5 of 7
February. The approval stalls between two offices. Someone kindly asks if it can wait a year. For one night, you consider it.
US programs approve summer courses a year out.
Source: EIA home
The professor · 6 of 7
July. From the back of a full hall, you watch your quietest student pitch. She defends every decision. You brought her here.
"My students came home able to defend every decision they made." Dr. Harold Wright, University of Alabama.
Source: US faculty page
The professor · 7 of 7
Some of them won't stop building. You used to teach the cases. Now your students are the case. You make founders.
40% of alumni become founders. 44% credit EIA with a job or promotion.
Source: EIA Alumni Survey 2024
Discuss a faculty-led cohortThe student · 1 of 7
1 a.m. Another headline about the world breaking. You care, a lot. A quiet voice says: people like me don't start companies.
97% of surveyed alumni startups address a UN Sustainable Development Goal.
Source: EIA Alumni Survey 2024
The student · 2 of 7
Then you learn: Bolt, on EIA's alumni list, started with €5,000. What if the problem you can't unsee is your company?
Bolt: a €5,000 first budget, now in 50+ countries.
Source: EIA home
The student · 3 of 7
Before you land, you have co-founders from four countries, mentors from NVIDIA, Google and Amazon, and a teammate who never sleeps: AI.
Teams match across 4+ countries. 50+ mentors from NVIDIA, Google and Amazon.
Source: Lisbon 2027
The student · 4 of 7
Week one. AI drafts the questions. You make the calls. Most say no. Then one stranger says: I'd pay for that.
Every team gets three weeks to reach 10,000 in revenue.
Source: EIA Education
The student · 5 of 7
Day ten. Your prototype breaks in front of a real user. The team goes silent. The old voice comes back.
EIA students' resilience rose 1.6 points on a −3 to +3 scale.
Source: Brandt, 2023
The student · 6 of 7
Pitch night. Your climate resilience slide. You say it: a billion-dollar company is a problem solved for a billion people.
$100K investment prizes across 3 programs
Conditions applyFinish EIA Ventures, incorporate, get a 1:1 co-investor.
Source: EIA Education
The student · 7 of 7
You fly home with a company nobody knows yet. People like you don't start companies? You just did.
Founding intent among students with no startup experience: 0% before, 58% after.
Source: Taggar, Domurath & Coviello, 2019
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