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Swin-Biz-Rockstar 2025 is a global-scale competition designed to challenge young minds across high schools and universities to develop mobile app and website or technology-driven startups that solve real-world problems. This season embraces Swinburne’s vision of “people and technology working together for a better world”, bringing together talent from diverse backgrounds to co-create scalable, impactful digital businesses.
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Board of Advisors

Other industry experts and business lecturers

Mr. Bobby Liu

Touchstone Partners director, EIR

Dr. Sazali Johari

Director of BLOCK 71 (SEA) and Ecosystem Development at NUS Enterprise (National University of Singapore

Dr. Hyeon Yeo

Professor of AI Business Transformation Program,
KAIST, South Korea

Mr. Masami Negishi

JICA Expert

Mr. Jimmy Pham

Founder and CEO of KOTO

Mr. Maarten Tak

CEO of Causasui, Belgium

Dr. Gordon Campbell

Marketing professor, Swinburne University of Technology Australia

Dr. Hoang Viet Ha

Director of Swinburne
Vietnam

Benefits

Additional benefit packages

Mentorship from entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and academics

Hands-on project-based learning

Entrepreneurship training sessions from Swinburne University of Technology Australia and Swinburne Vietnam

Cash prizes, international recognition, startup incubation options

Certificates endorsed individually for the top 30 teams and the finalists

Prizes

Champion award

50 million VND (3000 AUD)

First runner-up award

25 million VND (1500 AUD)

Second runner-up award

10 million VND (600 AUD)

Aspiring star award

5 million VND (300 AUD) x 2 prizes

Best audience award

5 million VND (300 AUD)

Members of the top teams in the final round will receive registration fee reduction of max 50% from AIESEC (the global youth organization with 40,000 members in more than 120 countries) when applying for internships in foreign countries

Receiving support from Swinburne business lab and Swinburne Innovation Space for implementing the entrepreneurial ideas and contacting potential investors

Swin-Biz-Rockstar Season 5

- Theme: Develop a mobile app or web-based business solution or a tech-embedded solution
- Core Objective: Combine innovation, industry relevance, and social impact using digital technologies.
- Alignment: Leverages Swinburne's strengths in entrepreneurship, design thinking, and consulting-based education.
- Global Showcase: Final presentation to international judges and investors.
- Language: English


Competition Overview

This competition:
- Uses real-world consulting methodology and design thinking as its backbone.
- Offers structured coaching, industry mentorship, and hands-on business model validation.
- Encourages social enterprise thinking and technology for impact.


Philosophical and Academic Foundation

Each team will:
- Identify a pressing real-world problem
- Conduct industry/market analysis.
- Develop a mobile app or website solution or technology-embedded solution
- Create a business proposal that should include:
+ Problem analysis
+ Value proposition
+ Stakeholder map
+ MVP concept
+ Revenue model & go-to-market plan
+ Risk identification

Competition Tracks & Format

Timeline

Participants

Group of 4 to 6 members, aged from 15 to 25, who are:

Note: 
Teams’ entrepreneurial ideas must have not been awarded any prizes in the final rounds of worldwide, nationwide, or regional entrepreneurial or innovative idea contests.
In each team, there must be at least 2 team members who are currently studying in a university.

Undergraduate student groups who are currently enrolled in a university in Vietnam or foreign countries

Students of Swinburne University of Technology

High school students

Submission

 A written proposal (more than 2 pages)
Optional submission (you may want to add this with your written proposal): A video of less than 10-minute pitch
Proposal submission: Via email to swinbiz@fe.edu.vn
Deadline of proposal submission: September 28, 2025
Proposal submission after September 28 will have to pay fee of 100 USD/project

Swinburne Innovation Space (80 Duy Tan, Cau Giay, Hanoi)

CONTACT

Facebook.com/Swin.bizrockstar
swinbiz@fe.edu.vn