Burda Bootcamp 09/12/2016

Burda Summer School

A shady spot in a beer garden or a refreshing dip in the Isar river: While the residents ofMunich enjoyed summer 2016 to the full, four teams at the Burda Bootcamp “SummerSchool” developed digital business ideas.

Digital prototypes

12 IT and design students refined their own business ideas and digital prototypes for tech,fashion & lifestyle, and health & fitness. They received plenty of support from more than 20mentors from Burda Digital, Cliqz, Cyberport and Burda Studios, as well as Google,UniCredit Bank and ACXIT Capital Partners.

And the Oscar goes to…

At the end of the two-week intensive programme, the project groups presented their workto an expert jury, who were ultimately won over by the Code Connect team. This three-person team developed a platform that brings together experienced programmers fromthe companies with programming newcomers to encourage exchange and mentoring.

12 IT and design students refined their own business ideas and digital prototypes for tech,fashion & lifestyle, and health & fitness

The audience award went to Sofal – an e-commerce platform for fairly produced fashion.During the Summer School, the team put 3,000 items of clothing online and made their firstsales. “I’m really proud of the team”, says Natalia Karbasova. “You can see how quickly newproducts can be tested by lean start-ups.”

Another Burda Bootcamp start-up event will be held in October, when several teams willpitch to a jury and audience. To register, visit this page.

by Saki Athanassios Danoglidis

Senior Editor - Corporate Communications

Athanassios.Danoglidis@burda.com

Category Company, Tech, Events, Careers Tags Bootcamp, Summer School URL https://www.burda.com/en/news/burda-summer-school/