Workshops
Workshops are designed for hands-on learning and focused skill development within smaller, interactive groups.
Beyond the main stage, START Summit 2026 workshops offer hands-on learning and practical insights through interactive sessions with experienced founders, investors, and operators. In smaller, focused groups, participants dive deeper into relevant startup topics, gain actionable frameworks, and exchange ideas directly with experts and peers from across Europe’s startup ecosystem.
Deeper connections
Smaller groups, higher signal, real conversations
Curated formats
Workshops tailored to the key skills founders need.
Access to decision-makers
Investors, founders, partners in non-stage settings
Local ecosystem immersion
Across St. Gallen, beyond the main venue
Workshops Catalogue
Explore all side events and exclusive experiences. More events to be announced.

Fundraising, Decoded - A hands-on guide to raising venture capital
This hands-on workshop breaks down the fundraising process from a VC’s perspective and gives founders practical tools to position their startup, tell a compelling story, and run an efficient fundraising process.

Why data-driven B2B sales is the only path for founder-led growth
Based on insights from 150+ B2B SaaS and AI startups, this session reveals why the instincts that help founders reach $1M ARR often break at scale

Plan, Pitch, Close – a guide to fundraising
Ready to take your startup idea to the next level? In this session, you’ll get a clear overview of the different types of financing available throughout a company’s life cycle - from the first idea to scaling up.

IP as a value driver: Securing competitive advantages
This workshop explores how startups can secure patent ownership and strategically use intellectual property to protect their core innovations.

Why the Best Product Doesn’t Win, but the Best People Strategy Does
In this high energy masterclass, we challenge one simple question: What truly wins the market - the product, the pitch, or the people behind it?

Employee Participation Schemes for Start-ups - Legal & Tax Insights
In this practical workshop, Patric Eggler and Cedric Fischer from Wenger Vieli’s Start-up Desk will share legal and tax insights on how to design and implement employee equity plans in Switzerland.

Intellectual Property in a nutshell - An IP crash course with focus on patents and business
The workshop provides initial insights into the topic of intellectual property and a basic understanding of the big picture, especially for founders of start-ups and people considering founding a start-up.

Legal Clinic by Osborne Clarke
Discuss your most pressing legal questions at our Legal Clinic! Book your slot now for 20 minutes of focused straight talk with our experts – no fluff or buzzwords.

Product-Market-Fit
Product-Market-Fit makes or breaks a start-up. Get a strategic tool and framework to achieve PMF and engage with a founder about their specific journey.

Pitch it. Sell it. Win it.
A practical workshop on how to turn qualified leads into revenue through effective direct marketing, structured outreach, and hands-on sales pitching.

Could you survive a crisis? - Protect your brand´s reputation in a crisis simulation
In this session, we´ll arm you with a crisis communication playbook, so you know what to prepare, what to do, and what to say when your brand's reputation is under fire.

AI-Driven Outbound Sales: Boosting Efficiency and Results at Scale
Learn from real-world case studies showing 3-10x pipeline growth through AI-powered prospecting, personalized outreach, and automated follow-up.

Don’t Regulate Us. Empower Us.
This round table invites students, founders, startups and investors into an open and focused dialogue on how European policy directly impacts scaling, capital access and global competitiveness.

The Do's and Die's of Founder Led Sales
In our session we will enable you to ‘stay away’ from the deadly mines and navigate the complexities of applied Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies to succeed in the art of founder-led sales.

Time to grow, not to bookkeep – Effiziente Geschäftsprozesse für Startups
Learn how to streamline invoicing, accounting, and business processes with smart digital tools so you can spend less time on administration and more time building your startup.

Tell Your Story or Die Trying: PR groundwork for startups and investors
Participants will leave with a practical framework for building a PR playbook that supports long-term credibility, visibility and growth.

Unf*k advertising: rebuilding the global adtech
Join our workshop to try yourself building a business solution that will help mobile users monetize their time and attention better
https://events.startglobal.org/public/d9ad6fee-87c0-4227-91c8-1e1592720b5b
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