DMZ: Basecamp Voyage

Details

• 8-week entrepreneurial journey: A comprehensive program for both high school and university students, designed to deepen your entrepreneurial knowledge and skills
• Expert 1:1 mentoring: Gain invaluable insights through personalized mentoring sessions with DMZ staff, alumni companies, EIRs, partners, and external mentors
• Entrepreneurial connections: Integrate with TMU’s ten entrepreneurial zones for an immersive learning experience
• Customized expert coaching: Receive tailored coaching from DMZ experts in marketing, product development, lean canvas business models, consultations, and financing
• Ecosystem engagement: Explore opportunities to interact with leading startups and experts within Canada and DMZ’s global network
• Exploratory outings: Participate in outings to various regional ecosystems, broadening your understanding of the entrepreneurial landscape
• Pitch Competition on Graduation Day: Compete in a culminating pitch competition for a chance to win one of three grant prizes, with a whopping first-place prize of $20,000!

Program outline

Program Validation & Prototyping

• Week 1:Entrepreneurship 101 & Goal Setting
• Week 2:Design Thinking & Customer Discovery
• Week 3:Mock Ups & Prototyping

Go To Market

• Week 4:Messaging & Marketing
• Week 5:Financing & Legal
• Week 6:Product Launch & Sales

Pitching & Storytelling

• Week 7:Pitching
• Week 8:Basecamp Finals!

Application Criteria

Students interested in the program must:

• Have at least one team member commit to the program in person 3 days a week
• Be returning to school in the fall or have graduated from high school or postsecondary within 8 months of the program start date
• Have an innovative business idea that utilizes technology to solve a compelling industry problem
• Be driven and coachable

Don't have an idea or team, but still interested in Basecamp?
Please specify in your application that you are applying without a business idea or a team. We’ll set you up with a team of other like-minded students, and put you on a path to ideate and build the next greatest tech idea!

Important dates

• Application deadline: May 19
• Interviews: April 10 - May 20
• Final Decision: June 13
• Onboarding meeting: July 2
• Program start: July 7