About

3 Day Startup (3DS) was founded in 2008 at The University of Texas at Austin. Originally a student organization, 3 Day Startup is now a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The program has expanded to schools including, Harvard, MIT, WHU, Peking University, and other top tier universities in North America, South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa.

3DS teaches entrepreneurial skills to university students in an extreme hands-on environment. In addition to supporting budding entrepreneurs, 3DS programs cultivate entrepreneurial communities that contribute to the growth of entrepreneurship ecosystems in the regions surrounding these university programs. This proven program provides students the tools they need to start successful companies.

To date, more than 54 companies have come out of 3DS to collectively raise $18 million in investor capital and 27 have been accepted to prestigious incubators and accelerators such as Y Combinator, TechStars, and TechStars.