Tilburg University Challenge: Grand Finale
Attend the Grand Finale of the Tilburg University Challenge! The Tilburg University Challenge is a competition for entrepreneurial thinkers with the ambition to make a real impact on society, hosted by Renze Klamer. The participants are introduced to successful entrepreneurs and leading international companies that help them on the road from idea to demo to global market. There will also be an interview with Floortje Dessing about her take on entrepreneurship.
Over the past few months, more than 50 teams have worked to develop from an idea to a business idea and perhaps even a start-up. Only the 14 selected finalists will advance to the Grand Finale! In the beginning of the event, all attendees can join the Network Market to get to know the participating partners and finalists better.
It offers students the opportunity to participate with their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. During the challenge, these ideas are developed into a feasible and profitable business plan, in co-creation and with the guidance of coaches from the business community.
During the show, the teams will have the opportunity to pitch their idea in front of an expert jury and online audience. After the pitches, three teams per category will be selected to participate in the final battle and answer a number of questions that the jury still has. Two categories are available: Ideation and Business Ready. The team with the most votes from the audience during the Network Market and show will receive the Audience Award. In each category, one team is selected by the expert jury to win the Ideation or Business Ready Award. Hereby you are invited to join this special day!
Interview Floortje Dessing
Besides the pitches from the finalist teams of the TiU Challenge, there will also be an interview with none other than Floortje Dessing. Through all her world travels, she has gained a lot of knowledge, but has also become an social entrepreneur herself. In the interview, questions will delve deeper into what seeing the world does to your view of entrepreneurship and whether this has also impacted Floortje's way of doing business. There will also be time for questions from the students in the audience as well, so start thinking what you would like to know about Floortje and register for the Finale!
Photo taken by: Jacqueline Haas
