Invitation to participate in the START FOR FUTURE - START program

Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Munich invites all students of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek to participate in the project Start for the Future – Start which strengthen the capacities and entrepreneurial skills of students.

If you are a start-up, spin-off, team, or solo founder looking to develop your start-up idea into a business concept ready for incubation, this open call for the SFF START program (Completely online) is designed especially for you!

Over 9 weeks (and 9 online meetings), you will be connected with start-up coaches and industry experts who will support you in developing your project into a business concept ready for incubation.

Your advantages? By the end of the program, you will be proficient in:

• Clearly defined responsibilities among team members,
• a well-identified target customer,
• validated business concept,
• of the initial prototypes of your product or service,
• clear goals for the continuation of the incubation program.

The workshops will be held according to the following schedule:

• Session 1: Kick off + The ABCs of Start-ups & Team DevelopmentApril 21, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET
• Session 2: Startup Success Stories & LearningsApril 28, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET)
• Session 3: Customer Discovery 1 - Customer & Testing and Validating your IdeasMay 5, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET)
• Session 4: Customer Discovery 2 - Pivot or Proceed?May 12, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET)
• Session 5: Customer Discovery 3 - Prototyping and ExperimentingMay 19, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET)
• Session 6: Selling Yourself & Your IdeaMay 26, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET)
• Session 7: Pitch Rehearsals (June 2, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET
• Session 8: Final Presentations (June 16, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET)

Link for applications: https://scefreiraum.typeform.com/to/gQzYjo7w

The application deadline is March 25, 2026, at 4:00 PM.