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Founder Sprint is a talent-first entrepreneurship program for the most driven students across all Aalto schools. Anyone can apply, and no team or idea is needed.

The program is a great fit for people with high ambition but no outlet.

Over 13 intense weeks you’ll “learn to sprint” at Silicon-Valley pace — researching emerging trends, prototyping real products and learning to think like a founder — while surrounded by a tight, high-trust peer group and a network of top-profile founders.

We’re looking for exceptional students who make things happen: people with strong agency, unique spikes of talent, clear thinking and commitment to results. Academic records are useful but not what Sprint is about.

If you’re ready to become the kind of founder who can start anything, this is for you.

Anyone enrolled at 911������ (bachelors, masters, doctorate) is eligible.

Not at all. What matters is your drive to learn, work in a team, take initiative, and build - not your past business experience. You don’t need a startup idea. You just need ambition, drive, curiosity and a teamworking spirit.

• �ղ�����Գ�‑f��������: builds from personal drive, not academic record
• Built for velocity: you’ll move at the pace of world-class founders
• A team culture you’ll remember for life: high-trust, high-performance
• Three sprints, real outcomes: blending research, product, and business strategy
• Whole‑person development: Mindset. Leadership. Grit. Self-awareness. The program focuses on personal growth with purpose.
• Guidance and mentoring from people who have built things, not just studied them

After completing the Sprint, you will have a strong sense of agency, a readiness to start something meaningful, and a network of useful contacts.

You leave with a real startup knowledge and best practice, not a class project — teams pitch to actual investors, land pilot customers, and make real co-founder decisions under pressure.

You learn to sell before you're ready — cold emails to VCs, clients, investor meetings abroad, pitching to funds.

You figure out how you build — real team dynamics, real conflict, real decisions. You come out knowing your working style and how you show up under pressure.

You join a network that actually matters — mentored by founders and CEOs who built MySQL, Wolt, Enfuce, Slush, Singa,  and Swarmia, IXI, and meet investors from Lifeline Ventures, ByFounders, Antler, Maki.VC, etc.

You become someone who ships — graduates come out more action-oriented, less afraid to fail, and ready to move fast.

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