Professionals from across industries come to judge, mentor, and connect to students.
Cash prizes, bragging rights, and portfolio reviews from the best of the best.
Challenge your abilities in competition. Learn skills & collaborate with new people.
Arnold Hall Theatre (Training Rooms Main Building
ATLANTA)
Kickoff is the introduction to StartUp. It provides an overview of what the week will be and reveals what this year’s theme is!
We encourage you to set up time to meet with your mentor at least two times throughout the week!
ONLINE
Teams will check in by presenting their work in progress to a group of mentors. Midpoint is stretched over two days to accommodate the volume of student teams.
Zoom Link
Semi-finals will consist of 5 virtual judging rooms, occuring on the same day. Give your pitch your all! Don't foget to check the deliverables to see what is due!
SCAD MoA (DMC Theatre ATLANTA)
Finals judging will take place in-person at the SCAD MOA. Finalists will be announced in the theatre, so be prepared to pitch! You never know who will win.
SCAD Beach (DMC Theatre ATLANTA)
You’ve made it so far! Grab merch, make friends, meet the judges, and more! Join us and celebrate a hard, rewarding week of design and innovation. Come join us as we announce the StartUp 2023 winners and celebrate a hard, rewarding week of design and innovation.
Arnold Hall Theatre (Training Rooms Main Building
ATLANTA)
Kickoff is the introduction to StartUp. It provides an overview of what the week will be and reveals what this year’s theme is!
We encourage you to set up time to meet with your team at least two times throughout the week.
ONLINE
Teams will check in by presenting their work in progress to a group of mentors. Midpoint is stretched over two days to accommodate the volume of student teams.
Trustees Theatre (DMC Theatre ATLANTA)
Semi-finals will consist of 5 virtual judging rooms, occuring on the same day, and Finals consist of 5 teams; the top from each semi-final room.
Trustees Theatre (DMC Theatre ATLANTA)
You’ve made it so fa!. Come join us as we announce the StartUp 2023 winners and celebrate a hard, rewarding week of design and innovation.
Sessions is FLUX’s collaboration across campus and industry to create the best resource of design learning content SCAD has ever seen.
8 years ago, StartUp was founded in SCAD Hong Kong between a small group of 15 students. Today, StartUp is a multi-campus design competition that is created by students, for students.
Grab your friends from across majors and create a dream team! Wait for the theme to drop at Kickoff and create your best project yet.
When are sign ups?
Sign ups are OPEN! Sign
up solo or grab your friends!
What do I need to
participate?
Just you and your teams’ (if you have one!) student info: SCAD student ID numbers,
SCAD emails, majors, and year. There is no experience needed to participate. It’s optional, but we also
recommend adding your portfolio and resume so we can send it off to our industry guests!
Do I need a team to sign up?
Nope! You can sign up alone, and we’ll
group you together with other solos! StartUp is a fantastic way to work with other majors. If you find a team
after signing up individually, no worries! Send a message over to scadstartup@gmail.com and we’ll take care of
you.
Want to contact us?
Feel free to reach out at any
time and we'll get back to you ASAP!
Email: scadstartup@gmail.com
Instagram: @scadstartup
How many students
on a team?
3-5 students per team.
Who is eligible to
sign up?
Savannah, Atlanta, and SCADnow students.
Is
StartUp 2023 on-ground?
Kickoff and Finals are going to be hosted in-person at Arnold Hall and
the SCAD Museum of Art, respectively. Atlanta students will have simultaneous hosts in the Training Rooms and
DMC Theatre.
What’s the theme?
You’ll see
;)
Is StartUp earlier this year?
Yes! StartUp is
happening from Friday of WEEK 3 to Friday of WEEK 4.
