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No great student idea should go unheard.

The Big Brains is a student entrepreneurship platform that turns ideas into real-world opportunities through ideathons, innovation challenges, mentorship, and direct learning. We connect students with entrepreneurs, mentors, and startup hubs to help them develop their ideas, solve real-world problems, and become innovators.

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[00+] schools and [000+] students
already pitching with Big Brains

From notebook
to opportunity

Most student ideas never leave the notebook. Ours go through six steps, and every step has a real person on the other side.

  1. Step 1: Idea

    Spot a real problem around you and write down how you would fix it.

  2. Step 2: Ideathon

    Pitch it at a Big Brains ideathon with students from other schools.

  3. Step 3: Development

    Shape it into a plan, a model or a first prototype.

  4. Step 4: Mentorship

    Work with mentors and founders who have built things before.

  5. Step 5: Showcase

    Get featured for schools, hubs and investors to see.

  6. Step 6: Opportunity

    Get connected to startup hubs, incubators and real next steps.

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  • winners!
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