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Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2014 Review

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2014 Review

Last week, 33 participants from  the University of Mannheim and other universities in the Rhein-Neckar area participated in our Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. During the kickoff-event at Tuesday evening (21.10), introduction session were held for the participants as well as the local key actors in the entrepreneurship area. Institutions  like the MAFINEX 
Gründerverbund Entrepreneur
Rhein-Neckar e.V., the Heidelberg Startup Partners or the Technologiezentrum Ludwigshafen offered a concise overview of the various local support opportunities for founders and people who think about becoming one. The following Startup Lounge with free drinks (powered by Osborne Clarke) brought a relaxed conclusion to the first evening.

The second day started at Thursday morning with the topic „human centered innovation“. Hendrik Dahlhaus gave a great introduction and left the participants with an apetite for a further examination of the topic. Subsequently, Thomas Prexl from the Heidelberg Startup Partners held an exciting and entertaining presentation about the topic "Market Research".

Two insights into the world of finance were provided by Marc Langner from Leonardo Venture who spoke about VCs and Alexander Ernst from the Mannheim Business Angels Network who gave valuable information about the topic "Business Angels".

The keynote of Michael Altendorf, co-founder of Adtelligence, was considered as a special highlight by many participants. The presentation of Robert Koning, founding consultant and Business Angel, was also cherished for explaining the Business Model Canvas with the “cow approach” in a very charming manner. The founder panel focussing on HR was the conclusion of the second day. It was well received by the participants, especially because of the lively exhibitions of anecdotes from the daily rountine of startup founders. 

On the last day (25.10.), marketing strategy  as well as rather formal topics like the choice of a legal form and taxes were processed. Dr. Tilo Jung and Stefan Baumann gave some competent and suspenseful introductions. After that, some fresh air was brought in by the pitches from the Junior Accelerator participants. They were all at a high level of innovativeness and professionalism - a great conclusion to this year's Bootcamp, which left many participants with a "let's do it!"-feeling.

 

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Sponsors

  • University of Mannheim
  • Institut für Mittelstandsforschung
  • Gründerverbund
  • ESF
  • Europäische Union
  • Baden-Württemberg - Ministerium für Finanzen und Wirtschaft
  • Absolventum