MaGIC will be organizing a University Startup Challenge (USC) 2020 which is a startup experience and pitching competition where students from Malaysian Higher Institutes of Learning (HILs) to develop ideas into actionable solutions by applying the appropriate entrepreneurship tools and canvases, receive guidance from experts through mentorship and advisory session, as well as network & solicit support from the startup ecosystem.
Participants will have a chance to learn and get guidance from the trainers, facilitators, mentors and panel judges in starting up their idea or solution. There will be a pitching competition on the last day and they might have a chance to win prizes valued up to more than RM 10,000.
(May-Jun)- Register your team members by filling up this application form: mymagic.my/usc and Submit your presentation deck or business plan via application form for us to review your application (upload/ URL link)
(Jun)- Shortlisting process 1: MaGIC will send a confirmation email on both successful and unsuccessful participation
(Jun)- Register and start using USC Mentorship platform powered by FutureLab
(Jun-Jul)- Attend and fully commit in 1 session of 3 days Online Pre-USC Bootcamp (Compulsory and you only can choose to attend 1 session)
- 22nd - 24th June 2020 (Session 1)
- 26th - 28th June 2020 (Session 2)
- 3rd - 5th July 2020 (Session 3)
- 6th - 8th July 2020 (Session 4)
(Jul-Aug)- Pre-USC Challenge (Online submission)
- Demo video of the prototype/ MVP- How to use the product/ service/ solution
- Customer/ partner/ client/ user validation report- What are the feedbacks received from the experiment/ test.
- Must commit at least 3 online mentoring session via USC platform
(Sep)- Shortlisting process 2: Online Pre-USC Challenge submission and requirements:
Submit prototype/MVP/ demonstration video and customer validation/ survey report to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(Sep)- Demo Day- Finalize everything and the pitching battle begin
Web Page: https://mymagic.my/usc/
