Winter startup school SumIT



    SumIT is the first step towards creating your startup. From February 18 to March 14 in St. Petersburg,

    SumIT will provide for free:
    1. fully equipped coworking
    2. help from iDealMachine startup accelerator experts
    3. daily seminars and workshops
    4. the opportunity to present your project to investors

    During the work of the SumIT site in the summer of 2011 , 2000 people managed to visit us, as well as:
    • 200 ideas were suggested;
    • 100 applications were received from projects at the investment session;
    • 30 useful lectures, seminars and master classes were held;
    • we gave 3 iPad2, 2 tablets and one iPhone4 to the contest winners.

    This winter, the second SumIT startup school will be held in St. Petersburg.

    School opening. SumIT Weekend. February 18 and 19.

    Over the weekend, project authors will work out their idea with experts and successful businessmen, and will also be able to find specialists in the team. All the rest are waiting for speeches by industry leaders, informal communication with like-minded people and the opportunity to join an interesting project.

    Sign up for SumIT Weekend >>

    According to the results of work over the weekend, 10 teams will be selected that will get to SumIT. IDealMachine startup accelerator managers will offer $ 20,000 to the best projects.

    Free coworking and expert assistance. February 20 - March 9

    The teams will be provided with fully equipped coworking in the building of the NRU ITMO at Birzhevaya Liniya 14. The experts of the startup accelerator iDealMachine and the SumIT team will assist the participants throughout the work .

    Open University and Hackathons

    Every evening, seminars and master classes will be held for marathon participants and everyone. Leading experts in their fields will talk about project management, technology, design, legal aspects, interaction with investment funds and much more.

    We will hold open hackathons that have become traditional for our event. Anyone can compete for the prize by creating an application on a given topic over the weekend.

    Competition of ideas. Application deadline is February 16

    Like the summer SumIT, we are announcing a business idea contest. Winners will be determined by the number of reposts on social networks and based on expert assessment. The main prize, the Apple iPad, will be awarded at SumIT Weekend.

    Add ideas to participate in the competition >>

    Investment session and the main prize - a place in the iDealMachine startup accelerator. March 14 The

    event will end with a closed investment session, where teams will present their projects to representatives of investment funds. At the closing ceremony, the school’s best project will be announced, which will receive a place in the iDealMachine startup accelerator.

    Apply for SumIT >>

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