Startup Camp

2020

About Journey Positions Cohorts Apply Polaroid Photograph

About The Program

Building a company is hard. There’s no syllabus to guide you, mid-terms to gauge your progress, or cram sessions the night before the final exam. Building a company takes continuous effort, prioritization, and conviction. Along the way, you might not know if you’re studying financial management or for a data structures exam. Sound crazy? It is, but you’re ready to dive into the deep end and learn to swim after.
At the end of the summer, with grit and self-motivation, you will be able to point to specific, high-impact solutions that did not exist in the world until you put them there.

13 Weeks, 1 City, Your Startup

What You’ll Be Doing

Meet Your Teammates

Meet others at the crossroads of entrepreneurship, engineering, and design to celebrate new ideas and sow real change. Together, we will seize the richest opportunities, join heads to tackle some really tough problems, and create impactful and useful apps.

Image of Laptop, Notebook, Pencil, and Chart

Past Cohorts

Starting with our first cohort in 2015, we have supported the curious and daring in their attempt to build something meaningful from the ground up. Since that time, we have raised the bar for the program each year by accepting even more exceptional, diverse candidates. Past cohorts include students from top universities from across the country and beyond. Our dedication to continuous improvement of our approach and process has led to a better experience for our associates as well as better products.

Questions?

Some of the questions we hear most often and their answers:

The Fulcrum Labs Startup Camp consists of four roles: Engineering, User Experience, Graphic and Product Design. All outstanding, eligible to work*, undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a college or university, studying related fields are eligible to apply.

Engineering—Open to anyone studying computer science/engineering or with experience in software development.
UX—Open to anyone studying user experience or those with significant experience and knowledge of the discipline. Also open to those enrolled in Human Computer Interaction or related degree programs.
Graphic—Open to anyone studying graphic design or those with significant experience and knowledge of the discipline.
Product—This role is open to all entrepreneurial-minded individuals who have a passion to create and to make an impact. This is for future CEOs.

*If you are a foreign student enrolled in a US school, you should be eligible to work under a CPT visa. Please check with your school.

Today! Applications for the Startup Camp are currently being accepted. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

To accommodate the academic calendars of as many top tier schools as possible, Startup Camp runs two sections. The first section is, generally, for students who attend universities whose academic calendar operates on a semester system and the second section is, generally, for students who attend universities whose academic calendar operates on a quarter system.

Section 1 begins on 5/18/20 and ends on 8/14/20.
Section 2 begins on 6/22/20 and ends on 9/18/20.

Startup Camp takes place in the heart of downtown Chicago.

Yes. Compensation is very competitive and commensurate with experience.

Yes. Startup Camp associates are provided housing for the duration of the program in the heart of downtown Chicago near all the amenities and attractions one could expect.

Each year, we receive a very large number of applications. While we would like to accept all exceptional applicants, we limit the number of Startup Camp associates to provide the best opportunity for impact and learning during the summer. As you can see from our past cohorts, we have grown each year to our current size of 7 teams each cohort. We expect to accept a similar number this year depending on applicant pool.