This document provides information for becoming a 3 Day Startup (3DS) Lead Organizer. 3DS is an entrepreneurship program where students learn business skills over 3 days to create a startup pitch and demo. As Lead Organizer, responsibilities include organizing a team to recruit 30-50 student participants, 3-6 mentors, and 3-4 panelists. The organizing process takes 2-3 months and involves increasing awareness, promotions, applicant selection, and bootcamp preparation with support from 3DS Global program managers and onsite facilitators during the 3 day event.

1. Be a 3DS Lead Organizer

2. Overview
• 3 Day Startup
• Lead Organizer
• Benefits
• Major Roles
• Organizing Process
• 3DS Program Summary

3. 3 Day Startup is an entrepreneurship education program
where university students learn by doing.

5. Goals of the Program:
• Gain entrepreneurship skills and
capabilities through concepts such as
learning-by-doing, customer feedback,
rapid prototyping, and fast failure
• Outputs: pitch + demo
• 3 months of progress in 3 days
• Connections to cofounders, mentors,
investors, and other champions

6. Who should be a
3DS Lead Organizer?

7. Types of Lead Organizers
• Short answer: anyone who is a student (or
recent grad) and enthusiastic about
entrepreneurship
• Past organizers have included:
– Undergraduates
– Graduates
– PhDs
– Non-business, non-computer science students
– Alumni

8. Why should you be a
3DS Lead Organizer?

9. As an organizer you become:
• A Founder/Lead Organizer of 3DS at your
university
• The liaison between your college and local
startup community
• A future 3DS facilitator where we fly you to
another 3DS program
• Invited to 3DS Austin
• Connected to the 3DS Global Community
of participants, mentors, and investors

10. Major Roles

11. Your University’s Roles
Organizing Team (5-10 hrs/wk): 1 lead
organizer, 1 faculty advisor, 3+ support roles;
expected to help during the weekend
• Participants (3 full days): 30-50 students
selected to attend the 3DS program
• Mentors (5-10 hours): 3-6 individuals passionate
about helping students start companies
• Panelists (2 hours): 3-4 local entrepreneurs,
angel/VC investors, and distinguished professors

12. Remote 3DS Global Roles
Program Manager (2-3
months): sets up
infrastructure and guides the
Organizing Team before the
three days through:
• Increasing awareness of startup
ecosystem
• Promotions
• Talent identification
• Applicant selection
• Bootcamp preparation
• Panel/mentor curation
Onsite Facilitator (3 full
days): implements the 3DS
model alongside the
Organizing Team to lead the
following:
• Student company creation
• Investor/mentor connections,
cofounder matching
• Learning outcomes tied to team
building
• Product development
• Pitching

13. Snapshot of
Organizing Process
2-3 month outline

14. Planning Your 3DS

16. 3DS Program
Sample schedule and modules

17. 3 Day Startup Sample Schedule
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
4:00 PM
• Check in
4:30 PM
• Opening Session
5:00 PM
• Module: Ideation
6:00 PM
• Preliminary
Pitch/Feedback
• Idea voting
• Team Formation
7:00 PM
• Dinner
8:00 PM
• Lean Canvas workshop
8:30 PM
• Execution
9:00 AM
• Breakfast
9:30 AM
• Customer Discovery
workshop
1:00 PM
• Lunch
2:00-5:00 PM
• Mentor sessions
(2PM OPTIONAL)
• Cross-pollination
5:00 PM
• Intermediate
Pitch/Feedback
6:00 PM
• Dinner
• Execution
9:00 AM
• Breakfast
10:00 AM
• Pitch preparation and
flow workshop
• Pitch Teardowns
• Module: Investor 101
11:00 AM
• Pitch refinement
12:00 PM
• Lunch
• Office Hours with
Facilitator
(5:00 PM)
• Submit final pitch decks
7:00 PM
• Final pitch/demos
• Awards

19. We are excited to work with
you!
The next step is
to fill out the form below.