3 days, 3 steps, 1 goal: We develop your business idea with you - from the idea over the concept to the final business plan!

Who is invited?
Founders, Entrepreneurs and Managers of Established Companies

Cost?
3 days incl. Materials, Beverages and Lunch for 150€

When?
June 01 - June 03, 2015

Where?  
Mafinex Gründerzentrum
Room B3
Julius-Hatry-Straße 1
68163 Mannheim

Target and mindset: We help you with the basics you need to successfully create your business.
'Getting things done' is our motto! 

Day 1
Intro – Startup-Strategie – What does That mean? - Product – Customer Needs– Market
Day 2
Competitors - USP - Managing Teams - Market Entry / Strategy and Organisation
Day 3
Realization Planning - Financial Planning and Chances/Risks
Finalization Business Plan
Feedback Loops
Presentation

Content and Tools
We introduce different tools you can apply after the workshop and we will provide individual Feedback:

• Check-up for Business Model Development (Value Proposition, Business Model, Customer Interviews)
• Basics of Market and Competitive Analysis
• Development of Marketing- and Sales-Strategy
• Basics of Agile Project Management
• Finance and Cashflow-Planning
• SWOT-Basic

Who should have special interest in our workshop?
The workshop is for people that are currently in or right before the founding phase of their company or venture.
Contentwise th workshup is focussed on businessses from the fields of  IT, Energy, Technology oder innovative Services.

Reserve your ticket now!

Our experience exchange will focus on 'Innovation' and will take place on April 21, 2015 at 5 p.m.

Following the slogan "learning from the best" our guest speaker Dr. Tamara Carleton will offer some great insights into the founding culture of Silicon Valley. She is lecturer at Stanford University and founding member and CEO of the Innovation Leadership Board, a globally leading institution of strategic innovation processes.

The 'Valley' is generating massive loads of new business ideas. On a regular basis new products and business models from California revolutionize the global information technology market.

But where are all these ideas coming from?

What distinguishes the bay area from other regions in the world?

In her talk Dr. Tamara Carleton will offer us some insights into the thoughts and actions of Silicon Valley. She will offer methodologies for the systematic generation of innovations to get the hang of the creative chaos Participation is free.

The event is taking place at the Graduate School Rhein-Neckar at the MAFINEX technology centre.
Because the number of tickets is limited please register via mail or phone until April 13, 2015:

Phone: 0621 150 207 0
Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

http://www.gsrn.de/5633/the-silicon-valley-spirit-kreativitaet-mit-system/ 

A solidly defined Business Plan is important for the sucess of a company. Trends and developments can only be noticed if there is enough professional planning. Furthermore, Business Plans guide the funding and scoring of a company.  

This keynote will tell you how to:
- create a sucessful Business Plan and avoid the most common mistakes.
- work with your business plan and use it for analyses.
- creating rolling horizons out of your first business plan.

PLEASE NOT THAT IT WILL BE HELD IN GERMAN!

The Referent will be:
Dipl.-Kfm. Matthias Gross, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

Organizer:
MAFINEX Gründerverbund Entrepreneur Rhein Neckar e.V. in cooperation with PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

Registration:

Participation will be free of charge. Please register via mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until October 3 .

The Startup Lounge is back - and it's going to meet the Entrepreneurship Club this time: On Tuesday, 2nd of September, we would like to start the new month with all founders, entrepreneurship enthusiasts, nerds, geeks, Investors and self-employed in the Rhein-Neckar Region. This time Dr. Claudia Rabe, managing director of the MAFINEX-Technologiezentrums, will provide some insights about the founding centers in Mannheim and about working space offers for startups.

When? Tuesday, September 2nd, 7 pm

Where? Moustache-Bar, Beilstraße 4, 68159 Mannheim

Please register until the 29th of August at:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-tuesday-entrepreneurship-party-im-september-dienstag-2-september-2014-ab-19-uhr-moustache-tickets-12702113363

For most high-tech ventures, it is not easy  to get funding while they are at an early stage. The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has become one of the most important funding source for seed phase startups. It offers up to 500.000 Euros in from of an open partnership combined with a subordinated loan.

For all those who want to get into a conversation with the HTGF, bwcon will offer a HTGF consultation day at the 16th of September 2014, which will take place at the MAFINEX-Technologiezentrum in Mannheim. During this event, investment managers of the HTGF founder team will be available for personal consultation interviews of 45 minutes. The goals will be an assessment of the business ideas an their adequacy for a HTGF funding as well as an identification of the need for support. Furthermore, other investment fonds can appear as side investors.

The target groups of the event are:

• Teams of founders or researchers in the pre-founding phase. They will be able to discuss their need for development until they will be ready for receiving funding.

• Founding teams that are searching for seed funding.

If you are interested in getting an appointment, please fill out the attached onepager and send it until August 29th to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A participation will be free of charge.

Making good use of intellectual property can raise ones earnings significantly – however, due to bad medial information transfer most decision-makers lack the expertise to handle the matter properly.

This talk by Matthias Zahn (Peter Bittner und Partner, European Patent Attorneys) will empower founders and managers of all branches to make the most out of their IP. To do that, Mr. Zahn will clear out the most common preconceptions and give practical hints - check out the attached program to learn more.

Please note that the talk will be held in German language. The location will be MAFINEX Technologiezentrum, Room B3.

Participants are requested to enroll by sending a mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. of the MAFINEX Gründerverbund until January 13^th (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Many founders choose a GmbH or an UG as their type of enterprise when founding a business and then function as CEO themselves. In most cases, the reason for this is the desire to avoid personal liability. However, especially from their position as CEO of a GmbH or an UG, liability risks in various other fields emerge. Such fields are for instance the fields of criminal law and the law of taxation.

Jochen Lorsbach, lawyer at the council of Morsbach & Sommer, will hold a presentation addressing this precious subject. The lecture will not only focus on the presentation of potential risks, but also show possible solutions and organizational measures to limit the personal liability of CEO's. Further, Mr. Morsbach will talk about insurance opportunities of general liabilities.

The event will take place on November 18th, 5.30 pm at the MAFINEX Technology Center in Mannheim. Please feel free to join this interesting event, which will also leave room for questions and discussion after the presentation.

The MAFINEX is hosting its 5th Open Innovation Forum on October 15, 2013. The topic will be 'InnovationLab - Open Innovation in a safe environment' and the talk will be held by Dr. Martin Raditsch.

Mr. Raditsch is the CEO of the InnovationLab GmbH in Heidelberg since 2011, one of our partners. After finishing his doctoral research in the subject of molecular biology at the Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg, Mr. Raditsch worked for BASF in the field of life science for several years. 

Please refer to our event page for more information and the registration procedure.

"Innovation management in SMEs" - is the topic of Univ. Prof. Dr. Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl's talk in the context of the 4th Mannheim Open Innovation Forum on Tuesday, April 30. The talk will begin at 6pm and the venue is the MAFINEX technology center.

Prof. Weissenberger-Eibl is head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe. In addition, she is head of the the Department of Innovation Management at the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Management (EnTechnon), which is part of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT.

The event series organized by the Gründerverbund, the MAFINEX e.V. and the Department of Economic and structural development of the city of Mannheim fosters idea exchange and exchange of experiences between industry and science. The topics are all about innovation and technology and refer to trends, developments and current issues.

Subsequent to the lecture, there will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss while snacks and beverages will be provided. .

Date: Tuesday, 30 April, 6pm
Location: MAFINEX Technology Centre, Julius-Hatry-Strasse 1, 68163 Mannheim

Find more information here: 

http://www.mannheim.de/presse/4-mannheimer-open-innovation-forum