Pre-Incubation Club by Science & Startups — Kickoff: Take Your Startup Idea Apart

Free kickoff for people with an early startup idea who aren't in an incubation programme yet. Science & Startups, the founding service of the Berlin University Alliance, runs it at the Fraunhofer HHI Lanolinfabrik, 18:00 to 20:00, doors 17:30. No prototype, team or deck needed.

Hosts Philipp Heinicke and Felix Willems open with an input on what makes a problem worth solving and how to test demand. Then a founder panel (no pitches, no success stories) and an advisor panel with reps from the Berliner Startup Stipendium, EXIST, AI NATION and xG Incubator on how they select. Name tags show who wants a co-founder. Registration is required and spots are limited.

Why go: you hear the funding programmes' selection criteria from the people applying them, before you apply. Best for pre-team founders.