THE GRAND PRIZE
The winning startup team will win cash to split among the 5 members
4 days of brainstorming ideas, researching markets, creating a startup, and pitching in a competition for prize money!
All college students (of any major or any college/university) who identify as BIPOC can apply!
Come be a part of a truly diverse community of future startup founders and BIPOC changemakers. Find your future co-founder, mentor, and million dollar startup idea.
DAY 1
Team Formation
Research
Ideation
DAY 2
Public Speaking
Mentorship
Business Model
DAY 3
Development
Slide Deck
Pitch Practice
DAY 4
Semi-Final Pitch
Final Pitch
Award Ceremony
“[4DF] brought to life the dream of creating an event for women and the BIPOC community that married innovation and entrepreneurship.”
Dave Cook, Director of the Wolff Center
4 Day Founder was created to inspire a community of future founders to solve problems they're passionate about and make their mark. Whether you're majoring in Engineering, Creative Writing, Biology, Architecture, or Accounting, every industry has its problems. As entrepreneurs, your role is to create the solutions.
During 4 Day Founder you'll get to play Founder for a weekend. Learn how to pick a viable startup idea, how to build a business model, and how to create a persuasive pitch. In just 4 days, your team will bring an idea to life.
We want to build a startup ecosystem of future BIPOC founders. Our mission is to support racial equity in entrepreneurship by sharing resources from the #1 undergrad entrepreneurship program, the UH Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship, with BIPOC college students across the nation and beyond.
Read more about 4DF 2021 on Medium.
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2021 Sponsors
Thank you to our 2021 Sponsors for supporting the event and our future entrepreneurs!