Sabering champagne in honour of Yes!Delft Students’ 10 year anniversary

In collaboration with the local bars, Yes!Delft Students will celebrate the start of its anniversary week on the Beestenmarkt. During the event that will be led by Frits Huffnagel – the man behind the IAmsterdam logo – there will be an attempt to break the world record in sabering champagne. “This attempt has its roots in an important Yes!Delft tradition. If you are celebrating something, you ring a bell in the central hall. You then stand on a crate, tell everyone your news and saber a bottle of champagne. Wouter Robers will attempt the world record. He has trained for a year and even works out with weights,” explains Verhoog.

During the Nyenrode workshop, you can learn useful skills for starting a business. “It’s an easy way to come into contact with Yes!Delft,” says Slot. Apart from a meal, attendees can join four workshops on branding, acquisition and scrum. Sign up for this day on Facebook.

The annual Entrepreneurship Day Delft starts with an exhibition of start-ups that have now grown into large companies. The day ends at a start-up playground. In between, there is a symposium where you can hear stories by entrepreneurs who are in various phases of their businesses. Examples will come from start-ups through to successful companies such as Swapfiets and Deliveroo.

Anyone who enjoys a challenge has come to the right place. This hackathon will have students poring over case studies from different companies for 24 hours. During the race, the organisation will encourage students with energy drinks (max. two!), yoga and a mini-cinema projecting series on a large screen. And if you get sleepy, you can take a nap in one of the KarTents accompanied by Somnox, the sleep robot that is apparently very popular among the Kardashians.

The anniversary week will be closed with a festival that takes its inspiration from important entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs, Beyoncé and Elon Musk. The fact that Mechnificent celebrated a party at the same location (Lijm&Cultuur) the day before will not take the shine off the evening. “With performances by Yung Felix, The Boy Next Door and TU Delft’s favourite, Bas Nederkoorn, we have an even stronger line-up,” says Verhoog.

With the tagline ‘Start-up from the bottom, now we’re here’, this promises to be party that will make Drake jealous. Tickets cost EUR 12.29 and are available online.