The Next Founders

01 Jul 2024 - 23 Jul 2024 RMIT University Vietnam - Saigon South and Hanoi campuses Register now

The Next Founders

01 Jul 2024 - 23 Jul 2024

RMIT University Vietnam - Saigon South and Hanoi campuses

About this challenge

This challenge is designed by The Business School to provide a platform for RMIT Vietnam students to innovate to make a difference, connect with peers who share similar interests, and collaborate to create sustainable business ideas for the future.

Over a span of 10 weeks in Semester 2, students will be given the opportunity to participate in workshops, 2-day Hackathon, mentoring sessions, a Carnival, and the Vietnam Demo Day. These activities are designed to cultivate essential skills such as ideation, prototyping, market testing, and storytelling. The top two finalists from this competition will have the honour of representing RMIT Vietnam in the RMIT Business Global Innovation Challenge (BGIC).

We are committed to providing a meaningful and engaging learning experience. This is more than just a competition - it's an opportunity to understand the entrepreneurial journey and stand a chance to win substantial seed grants and prizes.

Challenge statement

How might startup ideas support Vietnam and global economy in bringing forward innovative solutions to deliver an impact to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs by 2030? 

This year’s challenge invites RMIT students to ignite the future of Vietnam and global economy. This competition is designed to foster innovative business ideas that address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 5, 8, 10, and 16. These goals focus on health and well-being, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequalities, and peace, justice, and strong institutions respectively.

the phrase 3 good health and wellbeing in white on a green background

the phrase 5 gender equality in white on a red background

the phrase 8 decent work and economic growth in white on a burgundy background

the phrase 10 reduced inequalities in white on a pink background

the phrase 16 peace, justice and strong institutions in white on a blue background

We challenge you to identify a specific issue related to at least one of these SDGs and develop a groundbreaking startup idea to address it. Your startup should be innovative, sustainable, and scalable, with the potential to generate positive social and environmental outcomes.

Eligibility

Each team must comprise a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 people

Team members must be 18 years old or over

Participants must be enrolled as Business current students of RMIT University Vietnam

Important dates

Dates	Descriptions
1 July 2024	Registration opens
23 July 2024	Registration closes
24 July 2024	Launch Day
27 July 2024	Workshop 1 & 2. Meet and Greet
9 August 2024	1st Pitch
16 & 17 August 2024	2-day Hackathon
23 August 2024	Mentoring sessions
30 August 2024	2nd Pitch
12 September 2024	Carnival (in collaboration with RMIT Career Fair)
14 September 2024	Vietnam Demo Day
1 December 2024	Business Global Innovation Challenge (BGIC) Carnival @SGS Experience Day
4 December 2024	BGIC Final Pitch