Discover your inner startupper!
Eager to enter the startups-verse? Join the Young Entrepreneurs program until July 20, 2025
and take a deep dive into the world of entrepreneurship.
Young Entrepreneurs:
The First Step Of Your Startup Journey
What?
Young Entrepreneurs is an intense program designed to equip you with the necessary tools and skills to understand the startup world. From practical strategies and creative exercises to hands-on learnings during lectures and workshops—all the program activities are aimed at preparing you for future professional challenges in the startup world, or elsewhere.
Where?
Onsite in Tallinn, August 11 – August 17
How?
The program – is available to a limited number of best-performing participants in two ways:
a) Full scholarship (read more about eligibility criteria in the FAQ);
b) YE Ticket 990€ , including 7 onsite days of entrepreneurial activities, and 7 nights of accommodation in the given city.
Young Entrepreneurs:
The First Step Of Your Startup Journey
What?
Young Entrepreneurs is an intense program designed to equip you with the necessary tools and skills to understand the startup world. From practical strategies and creative exercises to hands-on learnings during lectures and workshops—all the program activities are aimed at preparing you for future professional challenges in the startup world, or elsewhere.
Where?
Online, April 16th - May 29 Onsite in: Bilbao (Spain), July 17 - July 26 Cluj Napoca (Romania), July 17 - July 26 Tallinn (Estonia), July 31 - August 9 Marbella (Spain), July 31 - August 9
How?
Phase 1 - the online part of the program - is free of charge. Phase 2 - the onsite part of the program - is available to participants in two ways: a) Apply for a scholarship (limited amount); b) Pay the participation fee of 1.000€.
Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Young Entrepreneur?
Young Entrepreneurs is designed for university students eager to learn more about entrepreneurship and what it takes to build a startup.
Passion for learning & self-development
Every minute of the program is filled with knowledge and experience from seasoned startup founders and serial entrepreneurs.
International & open mind
You’ll get to meet fellow young entrepreneurs and mentors from all over the world, for a truly international experience.
Fluency in English
Prepare to put your English to good use and polish up your business vocabulary— your fellow students and mentors come from diverse backgrounds and places—as all the communication is in English.
Passion for learning & self-development
Every minute of the program is filled with knowledge and experience from seasoned startup founders and serial entrepreneurs.
International & open mind
You’ll get to meet fellow young entrepreneurs and mentors from all over the world, for a truly international experience.
Fluency in English
Prepare to put your English to good use and polish up your business vocabulary — your fellow students and mentors come from diverse backgrounds and places—as all the communication is in English.
The Ins & Outs of the Program
This is a onsite presence program.
Prepare for 60+ hours’ worth of learning about all things startups and entrepreneurship.
Trip For Onsite Coaching & Applied Learning
A 7-day onsite program in Tallinn filled with workshops, lectures, founder stories, office visits, pitching exercises, and…a hackathon. The winning team will be rewarded with a boat ride in Tallinn Bay.
Here are just some of the topics you will have to go through:
- Company culture and values
- Business modeling and experimentation
- Sales and pitching
- Creativity and digital marketing
- The basics of legal and financing your startup
In the end, you’ll apply all the learnings in a hackathon event at the end of which your team will prepare a pitch deck and present the final idea. Just like real startups do!
Pre-Accelerator & Alumni Community & Networking
All the participants become a part of the Startup Wise Guys YE alumni community with access to a global network of startups and mentors as well as such perks as quarterly community events, brought by Startup Wise Guys.
The best teams from the Hackathon will also have the opportunity to enter the SWG Pre-Acceleration program if they wish so and continue working on their idea. Or individuals may be interning with SWG’s portfolio startups.
Meet Young Entrepreneurs Mentors & Experts
Herty Tammo
Jevgeni Kabanov
President of Bolt
Dan le Man
Kalev Kärpuk
CEO and Founder of Adact, Director of Gamification in Optimove
Mart Habakuk
Chancellor at Estonian Business School
Martin Rand
Co-Founder of Pactum AI
Davide Coppola
Managing Director of Founders Club at startupwiseguys
Mohamad Salehy
Platform Evangelist
Madis Lehtmets
Managing Director at EstVCA
Priit Uustulnd
COO at Startup Wise Guys, member of the Investment Committee at Spring Capital
Timmu Tõke
Ceo at Ready Player Me
Sandra Reivik
Founder of Aipowerment
Diana Karyan
Head of Legal and Privacy at Startup Wise Guys
Farid Singh
General Partner at Startup Wise Guys
Denys Kovalenko
Engineering Manager at Bolt
More coming!
The fact that we met real founders and could freely ask them any questions we want, was one of the most interesting things of the Program
It was a perfect fit as I got to know more about the startup industry, how everything works. And I met a lot of cool & ambitious people.
This program is a must-attend for starting your entrepreneurial journey. If you want to unleash your growth mindset and be the person you really want to be, then come and join the SWG family.
This program will allow you to learn more about the world of startups and business with amazing people from around the world.
This is the most enjoyable and coolest program I have ever been a part of compared to any other school experience I have had.
Young Entrepreneurs: Powered by Startup Wise Guys & Estonian Business School
Young Entrepreneurs is designed and powered by two of the strongest institutions on all things entrepreneurship within the Nordics region – Startup Wise Guys and Swedbank.
Founded in 2012, SWG is the leading European B2B startup accelerator and early stage investor with 370+ portfolio startups and 80% success rate. In 2021 the Startup Wise Guys Foundation was founded for aspiring entrepreneurs and world-class mentors to accelerate innovation, business growth, and international expansion for youth
Founded in 1988, EBS is one of the oldest business educational institutions in the Baltics. With a particular focus on innovation and sustainability, it’s considered one of the strongest business schools in the region. Students participating in the Young Entrepreneurs program can get an Erasmus Exchange semester in EBS and get ECTS points.
Sponsors
Founded in 2012, Start Wise Guys is the leading European B2B startup accelerator and early stage investor with 370+ portfolio startups and 80% success rate. In 2021 the Startup Wise Guys Foundation was founded for aspiring entrepreneurs and world-class mentors to accelerate innovation, business growth, and international expansion for youth
Founded in 1988, EBS is one of the oldest business educational institutions in the Baltics. With a particular focus on innovation and sustainability, it’s considered one of the strongest business schools in the region. Students participating in the Young Entrepreneurs program can get an Erasmus Exchange semester in EBS and get ECTS points.
Host partners
Community partners
Still Have Some Questions?
We accept any youth between 16 and 22 years old (individuals or teams) regardless of their national, social and academic background. There are some region-specific age restrictions, though:
- If you are an Estonian citizen/resident, you have to be at least 16 years old.
- EU/International students should be at least 18 years old (for travel purposes).
- This Onsite program will require you to come to Tallinn between August 11 and August 17.
The YE Ticket includes access to the onsite week in Tallinn (August 11–17). It covers all educational content such as 12+ workshops and lectures, 3 founder stories, 3 startup office visits, outdoor activities, social mingles, a movie night, and the final hackathon. Accommodation for 7 nights in Tallinn is included. Please note that flights and meals are not covered by the ticket.
Program participants will need to travel to the onsite locations and cover their transportation costs. However, the Startup Wise Guys Foundation will take full care of your accommodation and offer a spot at a hotel/hostel.
The Startup Wise Guys Foundation will NOT cover meals across the program. Thus, each participating student from inside or outside of Estonia will need to cover their own meals while in the onsite locations.