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Smart Unibator is more than just
a program; it's a movement.
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What is Smart Unibator
Programme?
The Smart Unibator program, an initiative by the Bangladesh
High-tech Park Authority (BHTPA) and executed by a
consortium led by UPMCS Malaysia.
Designed with precision and backed by the World Bank, our
program is a bridge between raw talent and groundbreaking
success.
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Core Objectives
Discovering Business Prototyping & MVP
Ideas Development
Assisting in Intellectual
Securing Funding
Property Protection
Providing Access to the
Smart Bangladesh
Accelerator
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Vision
Universities produce high quality graduates
with innovations with intellectual properties.
A continuous pipeline of innovators and
entrepreneurs joining the economy to
achieve Smart Bangladesh goals by 2041.
What will you get from this
program?
Access to Access to pre-seed Opportunities to
Support for
Innovation Hub for and seed fund for listen to global and
discovery of
ideation, design, converting your national
innovation or
prototyping and idea into a innovation/startup
business ideas.
proof of concept. prototype or MVP leaders.
Learning and
Access to national and Opportunity to
support of
global corporate and enroll into Smart
intellectual property
startup networks and Bangladesh
rights [IPR]
opportunities of partnership. Accelerator.
protection.
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WHO CAN
APPLY?
A team of 3-5 students, graduates, A team that has a hunger for
alumni, and faculty of any discipline. solving a real-life problem with
innovation and forming a start-up.
HOW TO APPLY?
HOW TO JOIN THE PROGRAM? • APPLICATION DEADLINE
Pitch Deck Evaluation Criterion For details and the application
deadline, scan the QR code or visit:
• Problem Statement and Proposed Solution:
25%
• Business Strategy: 25%
• Value Proposition: 25%
• Technological Strategy: 15%
• Inclusion of Female member in the team:
10%
Video Pitch Guidelines (3 mins)
www.smartunibator.org
• Business Plan (2 min)
• Management Team (0.5 min)
• Technical Achitecture (0.5 min)
Problem Inclusion of
Statement Business Value Technology Female
and Proposed Strategy: Proposition: Strategy: member in
Solution : the team:
25% 25% 25% 15% 10%
Management Technical
Business Plan
Team Architecture
2 Mins (0.5 min)
0.5 min
WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE
PROGRAM?
•Innovation and •Certificate •Product
10 Hours : Lectures
20 Hours : Certificate
Course
80 Hours : Product
Development
entrepreneurship Course on Development at
lecture series: Innovation and Innovation Hub:
Entrepreneurship:
•lectures open to •10-15 teams
all students till •50+ capacity (team size 3-5
the seats are full. (subject to members from
availability) students, alumni,
faculty)
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What about the Curriculum?
Introduction to Introduction to Prototype
Innovation Entrepreneurship development
Financial
Innovation in Financial
Management for
Practice Modelling
Entrepreneurs
MVP
Marketing and
Development
Sales for Startups
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What about the Curriculum? (cont.)
Building
Opportunity
Interdisciplinary Communicating
Identification and
Teams for Innovation
Evaluation
Innovation
Legal and Ethical
Developing an
Company Considerations
Innovative
Valuation for
Business Model
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial
Pitching and
Presentations
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Assessment Methods
• Class participation and engagement in class
discussions (10%).
• Individual and group assignments to demonstrate
understanding and application of concepts (40%).
The assignment will consist of case study
development of their own ideas and presentation
on reading.
• Case study development and presentation. (50%)
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WHO ARE THE MENTORS?
Venture Successful
Start-up Academics
Capitalist
Founders
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Hussein Elius, Philip Kiracofe Maliha M. Quadir
Advisor, and former CEO and co- Led Shohoz’s
CEO at Pathao founder of product and
Startupbootcamp business
Afritech development
Syeda Ambareen Reza
Khalid Quadir Launched foodpanda
Cofounder of Bangladesh
GrameenPhone
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Course Information
• Class Time: On either Friday/Saturday (3-6 hours
per day and depends on the university)
• Modality of Class: Hybrid with majority of them
being in campus.
• Venue: Classroom, Innovation Hub.
• Class size: 25-100, depending on component of the
programme.
• Course materials: Available through LMS
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What is expected from you
• Hunger to learn
• Resilience & Commitment throughout
the course
• Peer vigilance
• Passion towards the solution that you
are proposing
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Deadline To Register For
Cohort 01
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Whom to reach in
need?
• Md. Latiful Khabir,
Coordinator ,University
Innovation Hub
• e-mail: latiful@smartunibator.org
• Mehdi Hasan, Innovation Hub
Manager
• e-mail: mehedi@smartunibator.org
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Contact:
01795681300
project@smartunibator.org
www.smartunibator.org
