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.

August 11 - August 17
Estonia

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€ as Early Bird price until June 30, 1199€ as regular price until July 20, and 1.499€ as a late-comer price, until August 10), 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

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.

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.

August 11 - August 17

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!

September

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

Co-Founder and General Partner at Startup Wise Guys

Razvan Suta

COO at Polisensio and Business Development Manager at Startup Wise Guys

Dan le Man

Pitch Coach, Performer, and Entrepreneur

Stoyan Yankov

Productivity Coach and co-author of PERFORM: The Unsexy Truth about (Startup) Success

Anni Pavlenko

Unicornlegals

Mariia Tintul

Head of Startup Wise Guys Business Development

Davide Coppola

Young Entrepreneurs coordinator

 

 

 

And many more!

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.

Sponsored by

Host partners

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?

Who can join this program? Are there any age or other restrictions?

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).
How much time should I allocate for the program?

 

  • This Onsite program will require you to come to Tallinn between August 11 and August 17.
What is included in the YE Ticket ?

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.

Do you cover travel and accommodation expenses?

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.

Do you cover living costs such as meals?

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.

June 1-July 31, Online
August 8-14, Talinn, Estonia