BuildYourSeat

Overview

BuildYourSeat is an open innovation challenge designed to find talented individuals to join an early-stage startup's founding team. Instead of a traditional hackathon, you'll submit your unique product or startup idea. If shortlisted, you'll build a prototype or deliver a pitch, with the top performers offered founding team roles.

Requirements

This challenge is open to students worldwide who are above the legal age of majority. In Round 1, you need to submit your idea, the problem it solves, target users, and your proposed approach via a Google Form. If shortlisted for Round 2, you will be asked to either build a working prototype and submit its GitHub repository, or record a 5-minute pitch video, or both. A short write-up on Devpost is also required.

Prizes

The top 3 winners will receive a founding team role at the early-stage startup, where they will work directly with the core team. The top 5 runners-up will get one-on-one mentorship sessions with the founding team, a personal LinkedIn recommendation, and priority consideration for future roles.