Student Startup Weekend 2025

Live like an entrepreneur for 54-hours!
4 - 6 April 2025 | Entrepreneurs Hub, Curtin University Bentley

From startups disrupting industries, to student founders making waves, the future of business is being built right now. Student Startup Weekend is your chance to dive in, test your ideas, and turn them into reality. Over three action-packed days, you'll connect with top mentors, investors, and like-minded peers to bring your vision to life. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or just curious about the startup world, this is your opportunity to learn, build, and compete for amazing prizes whilst having fun along the way!

Supported by leading entrepreneur development organisations Curtin University and Bloom, this event will guide you through the process of developing an idea for a new business venture. At the end of the weekend, you will have learned how to test your idea, form a team, conduct user research, prototype your product or service, and how to pitch to investors.

Prizes

1. 1st prize - $400 Varsity voucher, free co-working space for a year at either Curtin's Bentley Campus or Bloom's Crawley office, and a one-on-one mentoring session with a member of the Curtin Entrepreneurship team
2. 2nd prize - $200 Varsity voucher plus free co-working space for a year.
3. 3rd prize - $100 Varsity voucher
   

Weekend Schedule

• Friday 4th of April- 4:30pm to 7:00pm - pitches take place and teams are formed
• Saturday 5th of April  - 9:00am - 6:00pm - teams work on their business ideas
• Sunday 6th of April - 9:00am - 7:45pm - teams finalise their ideas with the final pitch competition held at the end of the day

What does the 54 hours look like?
Networking, 60 second idea pitching
Dream team formation with innovators, marketers, designers and developers
Idea sharing and brainstorming
Market research and idea validation
Product prototyping
Business model planning
Pitch Presentation
Team fighting, idea changing, business redirecting... eating, drinking, dancing and having lots of fun!

What is included in my ticket?
- Access to the full event across the weekend
- Opportunity to pitch your idea on Friday night
- Mentoring by top entrepreneurs from the local tech and startup community
- Tasty meals all weekend
- Collaboration with awesome tech and innovation professionals from Western Australia
- Expert judge's panel lead by startup and tech innovation leaders
- Lifetime membership in the Curtin Community
- A process for taking any idea from concept to creation in a matter of days

Who can attend?

This event is for anyone above the age of 18+ who is a current high school or university student. You can be studying any discipline – teams need a variety of thinkers from marketing to engineering to health sciences and more!

What are you waiting for? Sign up today!