VXL UP - Hack the Local Mindset
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What if your craziest business idea is actually worth building?
On 16 October, we’re bringing together people from around Ostrobothnia who have ideas that are a little too big, a little too weird, or perhaps simply a little too early.
We’ll meet at Glasbruket for an evening where we leave “reasonable” at the door and see what happens when we actually start building those ideas we might normally hesitate to say out loud.
It could be a completely new business. A product. A new sport. (Did you know that tag is now a professional sport? Google World Chase Tag®.) A concept nobody here has seen before. Or something that sounds completely insane, until someone starts building it.
Hack. Test. Tinker. Think biiiiigger. Until midnight!
⏱️ Schedule
16:00 Doors open
17:00 The countdown starts
19:00 Food delivery
00:00 The countdown hits zero
7 hours of intense hacking, building and experimentation!
🤹♂️ Teams
We encourage you to form a team of 2-3 people, but you can also take on a challenge solo.
🛤️ The Main Challenge Tracks
THE UNANNOUNCEABLE 🫣
Build the business nobody would dare announce here.
Develop a business idea so ambitious, unexpected or absurd that you’d hesitate to tell your neighbours. A global institute for silence? A completely new sport born here? A business solving a problem nobody admits having? Think beyond what feels “reasonable” locally.
MAKE AMBITION CONTAGIOUS 🦠
Turn hidden ambitions into shared opportunities.
What if people could say the things they normally keep to themselves and immediately find others who want to help make them happen? Create a way for people to share ambitions, ideas and dreams, and make it easy for others to contribute skills, contacts, resources or simply a first push.
ANTI-TRACK: GARAGE TO GLORY 🛠️
Take the Ostrobothnian mindset and make it magnificent.
We build things. We fix things. We know someone who knows someone. We make do with what we have. We start in the garage, workshop or shed, and figure the rest out along the way. So what happens if we take that down-to-earth, hands-on, “let’s just build it” mentality and turn it into something extraordinary? No massive budget. No waiting.
Build the first version with what you have, then imagine how far it could go.
🥇 Main Prize
TBD
🛠️ Tools available
We will provide a set of tools for both software and hardware-based ideas!
You can of course use whatever you want, but these are available at the event!
Your creative mind
Your laptop
100 Lovable Credits (thank you Lovable 💚)
Neurosity Crown (Devkit available)
Flashforge 3D-printer (Slicer available)
XREAL AR-glasses (Devkit available)
DoBot Magician robot (Devkit available)
🍜 Food & Snacks (included)
You can pick something from the menu of Victoria (Pizza), and MOA (Asian cuisine), and we will have it delivered to the venue.
And of course, there will be snacks, and you can also bring your own to take you though the night!
🧖 If you like sauna & jacuzzi
As the event is organized at Playa del Vexala, Glasbruket, there will be a jacuzzi and a sauna. Surprisingly good to get the ideas flowing. There is also a crisp October ocean at the beach if you need to cool down!
🥱 Accommodation
There are some bedrooms in the house, so if it’s tricky to find a ride home, you may be able to stay overnight until the next morning.
😎 No pressure, though!
This is about fun, crazy ideas and the people behind them. Bring an idea, a half-formed thought, or just an open mind. Meet others who think a little differently, build something together and see where it takes you.
There will be a winner, but no pressure to compete. The real prize is the energy, connections and “wait… what if we actually did this?” moments. Come curious, come have fun. Come make something happen!
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🇪🇺 The event is organized by The Northborne – Accelerating Bold Futures from Remote Beginnings project. The Northborne project is an Interreg Aurora project co-funded by the European Union. Region Västernorrland and the Regional Council of Lapland also act as funding partners. The project partners are Centria TKI, BizMaker, Coompanion, and Nykarleby Innovation Center r.f.