How To Build A Zero Risk Startup

​Starting a Business Without Unnecessary Risk

​This session introduces the Zero Risk Methodology, a practical approach that can help students start building a business alongside their studies, without taking on avoidable personal, financial, or career risk.

​You'll learn how to move from ideas to real-world experimentation, validate demand early, and make progress, while keeping future options open. The session focuses on practical decision-making rather than theory or pitch-deck culture, and is based on the framework presented in the bestseller book Zero Risk Startup.

​What you will learn:

• ​How to start a venture in a structured, low-risk way

• ​How to test ideas and assumptions through small, practical experiments

• ​Common early-stage mistakes that increase risk unnecessarily

• ​How to build momentum, skills, and confidence alongside academic commitments

​Speaker
Paulo Andrez is President Emeritus of European Business Angels Network (EBAN) and the author of Zero Risk Startup. He has worked extensively with founders, investors, and innovation ecosystems across Europe, the UK, and internationally.