UpStart
UpStart Program exposes students to the entrepreneurial eco-system and provides practical tools and experiential learning in the local startup environment.
Dr. Gali Einav
Head of International BA and UpStart Program
Sharon Zahavi
Project and Administration Coordinator, International.
Mr. Ofir Richman
Lecturer, Academic Faculty member
The UpStart program works to instill an entrepreneurial mindset in students, endowing them with valuable knowledge, tools and skills necessary to take a leadership role in an entrepreneurial startup or business venture.
The program includes fundamental courses in entrepreneurial strategic thinking, user design, legal and financial aspects of startup ventures and behavioral and psychological aspects of creativity and innovation.
Students in this specialization will work on a final project in teams, creating the building blocks for an entrepreneurial venture. Throughout the year, students work closely with industry mentors on all stages of building their venture idea. By end of the program students pitch their ventures to accelerators and potential investors.
The program offers field visits to Israeli companies, networking opportunities and guest lectures by leading figures in the Startup eco-system.
*For further information please email: Sharon.zahavi@idc.ac.il
I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Upstart program. The program gave me practical tools and exposed me to the entrepreneurial eco-system. It is unique among all academia's courses, had amazing teamwork alongside professional mentors!