Description:

This Entrepreneurship Summer School introduces innovative approaches to entrepreneurship, covering a wide range of topics including ethics, ideation, lean startup methodologies, business model case studies, and competitor analysis. Participants will work in international student teams and prepare for a final pitching session as a core component of the program.

Dates

Monday June 1, 2026 - Friday June 5, 2026

Location

Valencia, Spain

Organizer(s)

University of Valencia

Programme:
Monday, 1st June
9.30 - 11.15:    Welcome - Game for cultural differences - Course overview
11.15 - 11.45:    Coffee break
11.45 - 13.30:    New ways of being an entrepreneur - Ethics - IPR - Outcome (by lunch the students should have a team)
13.30 - 15.00: Lunch
15.00 - 17.30: Ideation (AI assisted) - Idea presentation - Idea evaluation

Tuesday, 2nd June
9.30 - 11.15:    Lean Startup methodologies and practice
11.15 - 11.45:    Coffee break
11.45 - 13.30:    Business model - Examples and possibilities
13.30 - 15.00: Lunch
15.00 - 17.30: Startup tools and practical assignments

Wednesday, 3rd June
9.30 - 11.15:    Customer validation - Sales
11.15 - 11.45:    Coffee break
11.45 - 13.30:    Competitor analysis - Market study and practical assignments
13.30 - 15.00: Lunch
15.00 - 17.30: Real customers

Thursday, 4th June
9.30 - 11.15:    Funding - Financial calculations - Startup capital and projection calculations
11.15 - 11.45:    Coffee break
11.45 - 13.30:    Calculations in practice
13.30 - 15.00: Lunch
15.00 - 17.30: Marketing communications - Preparing pitches

Friday, 5th June
9.30 - 11.15:    Preparing pitches
11.15 - 11.45:    Coffee break
11.45 - 13.30:    Preparing pitches
13.30 - 15.00: Lunch
15.00 - 17.30: FORTHEM Riot (Pitching) - Wrap up and goodbye

All listed times are set to Central European Time (CET).

Application procedure:
To successfully apply, each prospective participant must fill in this application form

The deadline to complete this form is 4 May 2026, 23:59 CET.

Deadline extneded: 8 May 2026

The applications received no later than the date indicated above will be reviewed by the organisers and will rank the applications based on the applicants’ CVs and motivation letters.
Please note that there are up to 5 places for UV students.

Eligibility criteria:

• Registered Master's, PhD and final-year Bachelor's students of all academic areas enrolled at UV
• Motivation letter (in English)
• CV (in English)
• Good English skills (B2 or higher). If your English skills are lower, you won’t be able to follow the course.

Selection procedure:

• Evaluation of the motivation letter (a 50-100 word piece)
• Evaluation of the CV
• In the event of a tie, priority will be given to students who have not previously participated in a FORTHEM mobility.
• If the number of valid applicants is higher than the number of participants that can be accepted, a waiting list will be created. In case of withdrawals, the candidates on the waiting list will be offered participation on a rolling basis.

Note about the motivation letter:
When writing the motivation letter, the applicants may take as a guide the following questions:

• Why would you like to participate in this summer school?
• Why do you think you would be a good candidate?
• What are your business ideas?

We kindly encourage you not to use AI to write your letter, since we would like to hear your own voice.
Please use AI only for grammatical correction, if necessary.

Contact (organisers):
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at: stsforthem@uv.es