30.06.2021 – We were delighted to have Dr. Thomas Müller and Christopher Leifeld as guest lecturers in our bachelor course “Technology-oriented Entrepreneurship” with insightful talks on entrepreneurship — “Background Knowledge on Founding and Growing StartUps” and “Data Analytics and New Ways to deliver the Unexpected”.
24.06.2021 – In June, five team members of our TIE Institute, with a number of eight presentations, participated in the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2021. This conference, usually hosted in the U.S., was held virtually this year. Overall, more than 580 participants from 41 different countries discussed current challenges in the field of Entrepreneurship research.
16.06.2021 – As part of our lecture "Technology and Innovation Management", our students were happy to welcome Dr. Fabian Stich as guest speaker, who is Ex-CEO of MyDays/Jochen Schweizer. The students were able to gain various insights into how important and challenging brand building and scaling up a company from a startup towards a more established firm can be. During the guest lecture, Dr. Stich vividly described how important a failure culture is to promote innovation, and why each company should invest wisely in brand building. In the end, our students had time to ask Dr. Stich questions about his work. A big thank you to Dr. Fabian Stich for his time and commitment to offer us this interesting insight!
07.06.2021 – As part of our lecture "Technology and Innovation Management", our students were happy to welcome Dr. Oliver Burger as guest speaker, who is an Investment Manager at evolutiq GmbH. The students were able to gain various insights into the investment management practice of evolutiq GmbH, which pursues long-term investments in medium-sized companies with promising growth potential. During the guest lecture, Dr. Burger vividly described how dimedis GmbH - one of evolutiq’s portfolio companies - took Covid-19 as a starting point for product innovation. In the end, our students had time to ask Dr. Burger questions about his work. A big thank you to Dr. Oliver Burger for his time and commitment to offer us this interesting insight!
30.05.2021 – Chairs of Technology & Management and Innovation Management work together in the Institute of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TIE Institute)