Create.
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When innovation meets collaboration, impact follows. Together Mission 6.0 united student founders from India and Canada for a global pitch championship — featuring bold ideas, inspiring keynotes, and the first-ever Thomas Bata Future Vision Award. A celebration of courage, creativity, and cross-border entrepreneurship.

A powerful conversation on courage, responsibility, and failure with Thomas A. Bata at AAU. Speaking to business students and future founders, he shared lessons from his global journey — from legacy to leadership — inspiring the next generation to build with purpose and humanity.

Our latest university collaboration brought Vincent Borel, CEO of Equip Sport, together with business students from Tomas Bata University for a deep dive into real-world entrepreneurship. From Nestlé to Logitech to leading a purpose-driven sports tech venture, Vincent shared raw lessons on what it really takes to build a business with impact.

Our first collaboration with AticcoLab, bringing Friends of Bata inside Barcelona’s boldest founder arena. Across three high-energy days, early-stage startups pitched, iterated, and learned how to turn ideas into investable stories. From AI to wellness to sustainability, it was pure startup electricity — and a masterclass in how to pitch with purpose.

Our bold new podcast-meets-pitch series where Gen Z founders bring their ideas to the table — and Millennial entrepreneurs bring the real talk. Recorded live in Barcelona and online, it’s all about raw pitches, unfiltered feedback, and startup stories you can’t Google.

One of our standout young founders from Switzerland, Valéry, joined the Summer School hosted by our amazing partners at Unknown University of Applied Sciences — spending a full week immersed in workshops, pitch sessions, and hands-on learning with fellow student entrepreneurs from around the world.

We had 11 super-talented students from California, United States, assist one of our top-notch founding teams at Flamaid by proposing and pitching ideas to help solve their most urgent challenges as they work to scale into new markets.

In partnership with Junior Achievement Slovensko, we launched "Stories That Inspire", a nationwide competition connecting high school students with real founders to explore their entrepreneurial journeys.

In our Entrepreneurial Series with H-FARM College, student founders got sharp, no-fluff finance tips from two of our key finance mentors!

On March 27th, 40 students pitched creative, sustainability-driven ideas in Rome, from fungi packaging to smart shoes. Entrepreneurship and sustainability united! 🌱🎉

40 student startups pitched their ideas in 60 seconds at the JA Czech Student Expo. From smart hydration bottles to eco-friendly dog toys, the next generation of entrepreneurs is here! 🌟

Students from California Lutheran University joined us in Barcelona for an “experienceship” with FlamAid. Guided by its founder, they brainstormed solutions for real-world challenges.

On March 25th, 50+ students pitched their ideas at the Youngpreneurs grand finale. She Balance won with innovative soccer shoe soles for women.

From gaining investor trust to understanding the emotions behind financial decisions, the session offered a deep dive into the realities of scaling a fintech startup.

From embracing failure to understanding customers and acknowledging the role of luck, the session highlighted key lessons that every entrepreneur should consider.

We hosted a workshop with 20 young talents at isolutions AG in Bern, tackling real-world challenges for MGG, a sustainable clothing brand, through design thinking and innovative solutions.

We hosted two online sessions with over 30 students from Tomas Bata University, diving deeper into the challenges faced by the founders when setting up their companies.

Proud to support our partners with their "Connecting Education with Business" conference in Zvolen.

As learning partners, we support students with resources, mentorship, and real-world case studies that reflect today’s business needs.

Every year we sponsor the BataOpen tournament in Switzerland to foster leadership and healthy competition among the next generation of leaders.

The winners will advance to the National Finals with the chance to represent the Czech Republic at the European Finals in Catania, Sicily!

Online session with the top students from Tomas Bata University in Zlín and the founder of Freshlabels, Jakub Veselsky.

We are happy to be Learning Partners of H-Farm college and actively support their Bachelor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

We hosted students at H-FARM’s scenic campus near Venice for a hands-on learning experience focused on “Managing Business Projects in Fast-Changing Competitive Landscapes.”

Award Nights of the Youngpreneurs.org teams from Bern and Biel. We congratulate the winning teams Osmority, Tyave and Youngjobs!

The event hosted more than 500 participants, moving between free lectures, workshops, panel discussions, and of course... the competition!

Our Director Thomas Archer Bata welcoming the students on the latest startup competition.