SummerUP – Launch your startup from 0 to 1 | One Week of Building & Selling
Sell before you build – Turn your idea into a working MVP with your first paying Customers in just one week! Go from raw idea to a working MVP with real paying customers in a single week, then pitch it live to hundreds of founders & investors on The Delta Stage. SummerUP flips the script on every hackathon you've done. It's built for people who can actually ship - developers, designers, and operators who'd rather validate fast and close their first customers than polish another idea-stage deck. Come solo or bring your crew. We bring the mentors, the campus, and the playbook; you bring the ambition to walk away with traction, not just another prototype. Why You’ll Love It 🛠️ Launch your MVP with first paying customers within just 8 days 🚀 Hands-on deep dives covering every channel you need from 0 to 1: paid, organic, outreach, sales & pitching ⚡ Daily Office Hours - Get real-time feedback from seasoned pros and industry experts. 🤝 Team-Friendly & Deepwork Setup - Build alongside your squad in 5 private office rooms + 2 large open workspaces. 💡 Ideation Insights - Unlock fresh ideas and exclusive hot industry insights with optional brainstorming sessions. 🌐 Epic Networking - Find your co-founder & connect with like-minded makers, potential partners, and investors. 💰 Pitch Day & Prize Money - Pitch your MVP publicly on The Delta Stage - who knows, you might land actual sign-ups, get funding or win 10.000€ of Prize Money! 🏆 Sponsor Perks - Enjoy premium tech resources and yummy goodies from our secret sponsors. 🏦 Founding Investments - Explore real venture opportunities - our partner Venture Studios may jump on top-tier concepts! 🤯 Completely free 📅 The Week Fri, Aug 7 — Kickoff Day: Find your team, sharpen your offer + Deep Dive 1: Go-to-Market with Meta AdsSat, Aug 8 — Deep Dive: Your first 100 users with organic contentSun, Aug 9 — Deep Dive: Cold email & LinkedIn outreach — customers before productMon to Wed — Build & Sell: Execution days with daily mentoringThu, Aug 13 — Deep Dive: How to pitchFri, Aug 14 — Pitch Day on The Delta Stage: pitch to investors & a live audience for a €10,000 prize pool Every deep dive is hands-on: founders who've done it show their real tech stack live. And your team ships the same day. Learn a channel at noon, use it by 3 pm. Not enough FOMO yet? Recap from last year: 🥇 Havoc, our 2025 1st place team, built outbound sales agents using natural language and generated a €127.8k ARR pipeline in 7 days — including 8+ LOIs from companies like Figma, Gartner, Enpal, AWS, Shopify, and more. 🥈 Fertara, our 2025 2nd place team, validated a fertility support platform with 3 couples signed up for a €500 p.p. paid beta, 34 sign-ups, and 2 coaches onboarded — in one week. 🚚 LogBot, which closed its first paying customers & built its MVP at SummerUP, secured six-figure funding through SummerUP — and now offers AI dispatching, phone assistants, email automation, and its own AI-first TMS for the logistics sector. This is what one week of selling before building looks like. This year, we're going bigger. Apply now — rolling admissions, 200 spots capped. The earlier you apply, the better your chances. 🏝️💎 Sponsored by MVP Founders, popcorn, Anthropic, Neo4j, AUXXO, Intershop Stiftung, Project A, FOUNDER MODE, The Delta, FOUNDERS LEAGUE, JUNI Science & hosted by CODE University. More info on https://summerup.berlin 🏝️
