Trip to San Francisco for young Scottish based founders

This summer We Are The Future are taking  5 young entrepreneurs to San Francisco from 21st to 27th July. The aim being to inspire, educate and accelerate the entrepreneurs taking part in the trip.

The 7 day trip includes the flights and accommodation paid for and an opportunity to meet some of the best known Silicon Valley companies such as Apple, HP and Ebay. The 5 entrepreneurs will be staying at Startup Basecamp in the centre of San Francisco.

The full itinerary planned by We Are The Future is:

• Day 1: Arrive, rest and acclimatisation. Attendance at reception event including dinner with UKTI and SDI.
• Day 2: US and Scottish Start-Ups. Meetings and tours are planned with US entrepreneurs and Scottish entrepreneurs based in San Francisco.
• Day 3: What’s it like to be a Start Up. Visits are planned to leading incubators to provide a flavour of what it is like to be a US Start-Up, as well as exclusive access to the CEO of Bebo in an open questions session at their HQ.
• Day 4: It’s all about the Pitch. Meetings with VC’s to get tips and advice about what US investors look for in a start-up
• Day 5: Silicon Valley. We have organised visits to some of the worlds largest organisations, including Apple and Hewlett Packard.
• Day 6: Scottish Start-Up Summit in San Francisco. Pulling the week together with the Start-Up Summit in the heart of San Francisco.
• Day 7: Fly Home

The competition closes on 28th April at 1pm and the only criteria to enter the competition is:

• Under 30 years old (by 26th July 2014)
• Trading for less than 18 months (by 26th July 2014)
• Business Registered in Scotland (by 26th July 2014)
• One applicant per business (not necessarily the founder, but preferable)

To enter you simply need to record a 30 second video for consideration. This video should answer “How would you benefit from attending the “Scottish Start-Up Summit in San Francisco?”.

Will you be entering? If so, best of luck.