After the four successful editions of the international workshop Code App Level Up, EESTEC LC Skopje organized the first local edition of the workshop – Code App Level Up 5: Startup Edition Powered by Vip. The workshop lasted one week, from the 15th to the 21st of April 2019.
The theme of the event was entrepreneurship and it was attended by 8 teams of 3-4 participants whose goal was to develop their business idea. Each team had its own mentor, and 3 parallel lectures were held daily, one for each of the three tracks: Hipster (design), Hustler (entrepreneurship) and Hacker (programming). Each team had at least one member in each of the three tracks, so they could combine the knowledge gained from the three areas to more effectively develop their business idea.
On the penultimate day of the event, participants attended pitching training where they learned how to promote their business plan in minutes, and on the last day had the opportunity to have short conversations with potential investors (so-called “speed dating”), which was followed by the grand finale when the teams presented their business ideas to judges as part of the local version of the globally renowned Entrepreneurship Competition “Get in the Ring”.
The best teams as a prize participated with paid accommodation and travel to the following conferences:
- First place – Get in the Ring global round in Berlin, Germany
- Second place – DigitalK conference in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Third place – Spark.me conference in Tivat, Montenegro.
In addition, all teams received 6 months of free office space. After the final, Vip Winetworking Night was held, a networking event in which, in addition to the participants and members of EESTEC LC Skopje, there were representatives from companies and faculties.