The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
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September 15-22 & 26
2025
2025 Theme - AI
This year’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp is themed around Artificial Intelligence. As part of this theme, the Bootcamp will feature a special session titled the AI Revolution in Context. Our goal is to encourage the next generation of entrepreneurs to harness AI to create scalable solutions that drive both profit and positive impact.
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What Is The Bootcamp?
The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp by Professors Without Borders is a virtual training programme made for university students or those about to enter university. It includes interactive and useful workshops led by business professionals and academic experts. These sessions help students come up with smart business ideas and turn them into full business plans.
As they go through the Bootcamp, students team up with others from different backgrounds. Together, they apply what they’ve learned and build strong business proposals. A big part of this programme is teaching the importance of corporate social responsibility—how businesses can be successful while also doing good for people and the planet.
The Bootcamp ends with a Dragons’ Den event. Here, student teams present their business ideas to a group of senior professionals—our “Dragons”—from companies that support the programme. This gives companies a great way to support education and show their own commitment to corporate social responsibility by helping young entrepreneurs grow.
What will you learn?
Builds foundational AI literacy, inspires confidence in local innovation potential, and helps students identify realistic AI opportunities within their own contexts. Provides a framework for creating purpose-driven businesses that generate both profit and positive social impact, essential for attracting impact investors and building sustainable ventures.
Prevents common startup failure by ensuring students build solutions for real problems, teaches systematic approaches to market research, and develops empathy-driven problem-solving skills. Provides clarity and focus for the development process, ensures alignment between business goals and social impact, and creates a solid foundation for investor pitches.
Democratizes AI technology for non-technical entrepreneurs, builds confidence in working with AI tools, and enables rapid prototyping to test concepts quickly and cost-effectively. Transforms abstract ideas into tangible demonstrations, provides experience in iterative development, and creates compelling materials for investor presentations.
Provides a structured approach to business planning, helps students understand how to monetize AI solutions sustainably, and prepares them for investor discussions about business viability. Develops essential financial literacy for entrepreneurs, provides realistic understanding of the funding landscape, and prepares students for investor conversations about financial projections and funding needs.
Builds essential communication skills for entrepreneurial success, teaches persuasive presentation techniques, and prepares students for investor meetings and customer acquisition. Provides safe practice environment before CEO panel, improves presentation quality through peer feedback, and builds confidence in public speaking.
Develops strategic thinking abilities, prepares students for investor questions about scalability and long-term vision, and helps build sustainable business strategies.
Provides real-world investor experience, creates networking opportunities with industry leaders, offers potential funding and mentorship connections, and rewards excellence with capital to advance their venture.
What Will You Gain?
Our Success With Students
Hear from our students
“It gave me practical skills essential for my entrepreneurial journey.”
“Every day brought a lesson I can use for life. That’s been the most enjoyable part.”
“Thank you for giving opportunities to learn and upgrade our skills.”
Students from our Pilot Bootcamp
Our Pilot
Our first Bootcamp, created with support from Ford Credit Europe (FCE Bank plc), focused on sustainability and was a big success. Students said they found it exciting, helpful, and inspiring. We’re proud to have Ford return as our partner this year.
The initial programme ran between 20-29th September, 2023 with 80 students and now serves as the foundational model for our current programme.
In the pilot programme, students developed business proposals that addressed issues related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
At the Dragons’ Den these were presented to two panels of judges composed of executives from Ford Credit. Students who attended 80% of the program were awarded a Certificate of Achievement.
Professors Without Borders invites more companies to join us. By supporting the Bootcamp, you’re helping young people succeed while also meeting your CSR goals in a powerful, meaningful way.
