2022 Global Entrepreneurship Summer Camp (GESC)

The Center for Global Strategies and Planning at KAIST in partnership with Startup KAIST is
offering a special two-weeks summer program (in Korea and US) for students who wish to
experience and learn global entrepreneurship and startup mindset. The first week of the program is
offered by Startup KAIST at KAIST and the second week program is organized at Silicon Valley in
collaboration with Stanford University (Stanford Technology Venture Program), KAIST alumni at
Silicon Valley, and KOTRA at Silicon Valley.

Aims and Objective of 2022 GESC

To learn about global entrepreneurship through lectures, mentoring, team business model
development, company visits, and team pitching experiences in Silicon Valley to become future
global business leader.

Participants
KAIST students including pre-startup entrepreneurs and students who are interested in global
entrepreneurship with less than one year of incorporation experience (20 students to be selected)

Eligibility
Full-time KAIST (graduate and undergraduate) students who are enrolled in 2022 Spring
semester and eligible to travel to the US during Week 2 (6/26~7/3)

Place
KAIST and Silicon Valley, U.S.

Period
Tuesday, June 21st ~ Sunday, July 3rd, 2022

Documents to be submitted for application

Application Form, Personal Essay (1~2 pages, double spaced) and Personal Business Plan (PPT
Slides), Academic Transcripts, English Score (if any, TOEIC, TEPS, TOEFL, IELTS, etc.)

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 Language
English

Application Process (Individual application only)

- Application Period: May 11th (Wed) ~ May 25th (Wed), 2022
* GSP will individually contact successful candidates who will proceed to the next step of
selection process (interview).
- In-person Interview: May 30th (Mon) ~ May 31 st (Tue)
- Final announcement of successful applicant: June 2nd (Thur)
- Orientation: June 7th (Tue)

 Schedule and Contents

Week Place Contents

Week 1 Orientation, Team Building, Business Model, Customer,

KAIST
(6/21~6/24) Mentoring, Pitching
Knowing Your Values and Principles, Understanding Silicon
Week 2 Valley, Capitals and Networks, Learning from Failures,
Silicon Valley
(6/26~7/3) Company Visits, Alumni Meeting, Final Pitching
Presentations

 Program fee, Airfare, Housing, Visa application fee, PCR Test fee (if required) are supported by
KAIST (Other expenses must be self-funded)
 Please refer to the attachment for the details and the application form.

 Inquiries:
Ms. Yeseon Kim, Center for Global Strategies and Planning, KAIST
Email: yeseon@kaist.ac.kr (Only email inquiries are accepted)

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 KAIST 2022 Global Entrepreneurship Summer Camp Tentative Schedule

Schedule for Week 1: @KAIST

Tuesday, June 21 Friday, June 24

Wednesday, June 22 Thursday, June 23
Developing Business Preparing for Silicon
Defining Customer Pitch
Model Valley

10:00~10:30 Entrepreneurship
Pitch Deck
10:30~11:00 Orientation for
Workshop I
BOSI Workshop Silicon Valley
Presentation
11:00~12:00
Mentoring
12:00~13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

Lecture
13:00~14:00
(Business Model)
Presentation
Workshop II
Mentoring
Business model Workshop III
14:00~17:00
mentoring

17:00~ - Dinner and Networking Presentation

Schedule for Week 2: @Silicon Valley

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Monday,
June 28 June 29 June 30 Friday,
June 27
Understanding Capitals and Perceptional July 1
Knowing You
SV Networks Reality
9:00~10:00 - - Lecture -
Workshop I & II by
Stanford STVP Team Pitch
10:00~12:00 Alumni Talk 1 Alumni Talk 2 Alumni Talk 3
with VCs

Group Introduction and

12:00~13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
Lunch
Lunch and
Networking
13:00~15:00 Company Visit Company Visit Company Visit

Stanford Campus or
Company Visit Group Group
Mentoring Mentoring
15:00~16:00 Workshop III Wrap Up
(Business (Business
Trends) Trends)

Team Dinner & Team Team

17:00~ -
Discussions Networking Discussions Discussions

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