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Winter Startup Week - Profile Building Programme for Grades 8-12 Students 2025 | Masters’ Union

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About Us

 

Masters' Union is a private business school in Gurgaon, India, known for its tech-centric and hands-on approach to business education, aiming to revolutionize how business is taught through practical, industry-driven programs.

It offers both an undergraduate program and a Post Graduate Programme in Technology & Business Management, with a focus on experiential learning like running student-led investment funds, consulting on live projects for companies, and building startups from scratch.

 

 

About Winter Start Up Week

 

Masters’ Union’s Winter Startup Week is a high-intense profile enhancing programme for young entrepreneurs in Grades 8-12. Participants learn to ideate a business concept, build early-stage prototypes, and pitch their startup to real VCs.

 

 

Eligibility Criteria

 

This programme is designed for students in Grades 8–12 who are curious about skill building. No prior experience is required—just curiosity and drive.

 

 

5 Days, 5 Milestones for Students to Learn

 

  1. Business Ideation & Customer Research
    Brainstorm on worthy business problem & build strategic solutions for customers.

  2. MVP Development & Prototyping
    Learn to build your minimum Viable Product (MVP) and create a working Prototype using Figma.

  3. Finance & Startup
    Master basics of budgeting, strategic pricing & effective cash flow management.

  4. Growth Hacking with Marketing
    Leverage AI tools like Lovable & more to build app & website of your startup.

  5. Storytelling & Pitching Skills
    Pitch your early – stage startup to real – world VCs with a persuasive storytelling.

 

 

What to Expect from Winter Startup Week ?

 

  • Increase college selection chances with LOR and industry-recognized certification.

  • Build Early – Stage Startup -- Stay ahead of your peers by learning business ideation, prototyping and build businesses successfully like a founder.

  • Get Future-Ready with AI - Leverage next-gen tools to future-proof your innovative startups.

  • Pitch to VCs - Connect with real VCs and get early access to Masters’ Union’s Incubator.

  • Participants will walk away with a real early-stage business prototype, hands-on experience with business tools, AI skills for startups, and certificates & Letters of Recommendation (LOR) to strengthen college applications.

  • Unlike standard school workshops, Winter Startup Week is hands-on, startup-focused, and aligned with NEP principles. Students ideate, prototype, market, and pitch their business ideas, guided by CXOs and industry experts.

  • Students gain hands-on experience with tools like Meta Ads, Figma, PowerBI, and explore practical AI applications to make smarter business decisions.

NOTE - On the final day, students create a pitch deck and present their ideas to real investors and founders, gaining feedback and experience in persuasive storytelling.

 

 

How to Apply

 

Click Here to APPLY!

 

  • The candidate must register themselves on the respective website.

  • The candidate must read all the instructions carefully before applying.

  • The candidate must pay the Program fees as follows -

Programme Fee

  • Individual Registration: INR 44,999

  • Team Registration: INR 34,999 per person (a team of min. 4 members)

NOTE

  • Lunch costs are included in the fee.

  • Students will be required to be on campus from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM all days.

 

 

Click here to know more - https://mastersunion.org/events/winter-startup-week-2026

 

 

Venue

 

Masters’ Union Campus, Gurugram, India

NOTE - Accommodation can be provided on request at INR 3000/- per night.

 

 

Program Dates

 

7th Jan 2026 – 11th Jan 2026 (Apply at the earliest).

 

 

For queries, call us at  +91 9355926490 or email us at: challenge@mastersunion.org