FlyCamp

“Flycamp” will bring together entrepreneurs from multiple countries all around Europe for a series of 7 day camps. Main focus of the project is youth entrepreneurship.

Participants are expected to have a marketable business idea and are looking to develop it further, built a prototype and/or bring it to market. “Flycamp” will allow the participants to
exchange ideas and experience. Participation in “Flycamp” will also provide valuable knowledge on marketing, sales, product development and business operations fundamentals through a series of lectures. Mentors will provide guidance on product specifics, marketing, go-to-market strategies as well as finance, accounting and legal. In addition, “Flycamp” will use various additional methodologies - presentations of good practices from various countries & industries, discussions, workshops, simulated product pitches, practical exercises, case studies, etc. Each individual “Flycamp” will gather together a different group of entrepreneurs (typically up to 10 teams) and will be thematically structured around an industry or idea development stage. A rigorous application procedure and progress tracking methodology will ensure that participant team benefit is maximized. Results, materials, presentations, good practices & case studies will be shared with the general public via a dedicated Web portal as well as a series of lectures in participating countries, thus extending the reach and impact of the project beyond participating teams.

The project’s objectives are:

• Promoting entrepreneurship as a way to address unemployment among the young
• Improving skills and knowledge of entrepreneurs and boosting start-up business success rates
• Promoting entrepreneurial experience exchange across borders and facilitating the communication between the entrepreneurs from different countries
• Creating a network of entrepreneurs in different industries and fields
• Encouraging social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in high growth industries