Innosuisse Entrepreneurship Semester Course – Spring 2026

The Business Concept course is a semester program designed to help students, researchers, and alumni build a real startup project over weekly evening sessions. Through knowledge sharing and guidance from experienced entrepreneurs, you’ll develop the key skills to build a business and pitch to a professional jury at the end of the program.

What the Course Includes

• Apply with an idea or to join a team: 25 participants per region will be selected. Teams of 5 will be built around the most promising 5 project ideas with the objective to build a concrete startup project throughout the course.
• Bootcamp Day in Lausanne: Kick off with participants from all regions.
• Weekly Evening Sessions (5–9 p.m.): Learn from successful entrepreneurs covering topics from market validation to team building.
• Coaching Sessions per Team: Individual support to help your project move forward.

• Final Pitch: Present your startup project to a jury of key Swiss startup support institutions' representatives.
   

• Refine your idea from market analysis to fundraising strategy
• Build skills in marketing, finance, IP, and sales
• Connect with students and working professionnals with a complementary background
• Receive guidance from experienced founders
• Discover the Swiss startup ecosystem and pitch in front of local startup investment institutions

• Free of charge
• Taught in English
• Open to students, researchers, and alumni interested in entrepreneurship
• Deadline to apply: February 1st 2026

• Day 1: 27.02.2026 (Bootcamp: 9am-4pm)
• Day 2: 02.03.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 3: 09.03.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 4: 16.03.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 5: 23.03.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 6: 30.03.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 7: 13.04.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 8: 20.04.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 9: 27.04.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 10: 04.05.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 11: 20.05.2026 (Pitch Day: 8am-5pm)
• Day 12: 21.05.2026 (5pm-9pm)
• Day 13: 28.05.26 (5pm-9pm)