Young Founders Meetup - entrepreneurship forum at Gdańsk Tech
Do you have an idea but don’t know where to start? Are you looking for inspiration and want to see how others create something of their own? Join us at the Young Founders Meetup on October 27th!
Do you have an idea but don’t know where to start? Are you looking for inspiration and want to see how others create something of their own? Join us at the Young Founders Meetup on October 27th!
This event is for students and PhD candidates who want to explore opportunities, develop ideas, and find their own path. You will meet founders, learn their stories, and discuss what helps take the first step. You will also find out where to seek support and what to pay attention to when starting your own project. Participants from the first edition of Young Founders Camp will also appear on stage with ideas developed during the camp.
During the event, you will get to know the Startup School One program, which helps validate an idea and prepare it for further development. You will learn how to work on understanding customer needs, the business model, and project presentation through workshops and consultations. We will provide information about enrollment and how to join the program.
We also invite Science Clubs from across Poland. For their representatives, we have prepared a panel and a workshop on intercollegiate cooperation – a space for exchanging experiences, networking, and planning joint initiatives.
You do not need to have your own project, team, or business experience. Come with curiosity and openness to new opportunities!
- When: October 27, 2026, from 9:00 AM
- Where: Main Building of Gdańsk Tech, 3rd floor lobby
- Registration: until October 22, 2026
- For whom: students, PhD candidates, alumni
Register for the event:
Young Founders Meetup - registration form – Fill out the form
Gdańsk Tech students participating in the event will receive an excused absence from classes scheduled during their participation in Young Founders Meetup.
Young Founders Meetup Program
9:00–9:40 Registration, morning coffee, networking
9:40–10:00 Event opening: “Where does entrepreneurship begin?”
Welcome to participants, exchanging associations with entrepreneurship, and integration.
10:00–11:15 Lecture block I: “Different paths to your own project”
- “From student to own company — how to start before you feel ready?” - Matt Kurleto
- “From hobby to product — when does passion start solving others’ problems?” - Kacper Goliński
- “From Gdańsk to Silicon Valley — how to open doors to bigger opportunities?” - Mateusz Serdyński
11:15–12:00 Coffee break
12:00–12:45 Panel discussion: “Can anyone be a founder? The character you need or the skills you can learn?”
Do you have to be born an entrepreneur? We will talk about motivation, predispositions, and courage to act. We will look at different paths to your own company, experiences working for someone else, and skills that can be developed even during studies.
12:45–13:05 “What can you do right now?” — support and development opportunities
Presentation of programs and initiatives that help take the first step: from meeting people and validating the idea to further work on the project. Information about enrollment in Startup School One.
13:05–13:30 “Current labor market — how change chases change” - Karolina Kołosłowska
How to find your place in a labor market where change is a daily reality? We will examine the BANI world — fragile, anxious, and hard to understand — and what it means for people starting their careers. The speaker will share insights about the labor market and her own story of career change, showing how to leverage previous experiences in a new role.
13:30–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:55 Lecture block II: “I have an idea. How to take the next step?”
- “Legal mistakes student founders can avoid” - Aleksandra Hinz
- “Founder and investor – what both sides of the table teach” - Jan Wyrwiński
- “5 facts and myths about startups” - Kamil Homernik
- “I have an idea. What to verify before building it?” - Arek Kwoska
15:55–16:30 Panel discussion: “Do founders start here? How do Science Clubs foster entrepreneurship?”
How does involvement in a Science Club prepare you to create your own ventures? We will talk about teamwork, taking initiative, collaborating with the environment, and developing projects beyond the university.
16:30–17:00 “The first step behind us” — presentations of projects from Young Founders Camp
Participants of the entrepreneurship camp will present their ideas, insights from working on them, and plans for next steps.
17:00 End of the conference part
17:15–18:30 “Between universities, around common ideas” - intercollegiate joint initiatives workshop
A workshop for representatives of Science Clubs from all over Poland. We will exchange experiences, identify common needs and collaboration opportunities, and plan initiatives connecting clubs from different universities.