The StartUp Cup is designed with a powerful business model coaching approach at its heart. This approach supports entrepreneurs to accelerate building and testing their business models with real customers. The resulting interactions improve the likelihood of generating revenue and building a viable business, of any type, in a shorter period of time.

The Uganda StartUp Cup business model competition is open to all including youth & women-led business ideas. Entrepreneurs who compete in the Uganda StartUp Cup are rewarded for turning their idea into a viable business, going to market quickly, testing assumptions, and modifying their business model as they learn what drives customers and revenue. Entrepreneurs of the Uganda StartUp Cup do not have to be experts at creating polished documents or accounting wizards. Instead, what they lack in experience, they make up for in passion and dedication to achieve their dream.

Some facts about StartUp Cup.

The event organizers of the Uganda StartUp Cup are passionate about seeing regular people realize their dreams by starting and building their own businesses.

The way startups are being built is rapidly changing. Today, entrepreneurs are rewarded for going to market fast, securing customers, and generating revenue as quickly as possible. Our focus is to facilitate this process.

We believe that investing in the business leaders of today and tomorrow is vital for our long-term economic sustainability and that Entrepreneurs are the heroes of our time, fostering an increase in creativity, imagination, and innovation. The Uganda StartUp Cup is a tribute to the dreamers, doers, and visionaries of our community.

What’s your big idea? Go ahead and unleash it today !