A family business study that the chair of strategic management and organization with Prof. Torsten Wulf recently published received large media attention. In the study, which the chair conducted together with the Munich-based family business organization Alphazirkel, Torsten Wulf looked at the impact the financial crisis had on the [...]
Venture Capitalist and business builder Team Europe Ventures (TEV) started Sponsorpay, an innovative online monetization service for the online gaming and applications. Interesting idea that HHL-alumni Lukasz Gadowski and Pawel Chudzinski are pushing here – with a lot of potential. Read more here [...]
Techchrunch is one of the most reputed magazine in the start-up and tech-innovation sphere. Besides many other activities they regularely organize saught after entrepreneurship events throughout the world. Recently. Techcrunch had a feature on HHL-alumnus Lukasz Gadowski and named him "Germany’s Mr. Startup". Read more about this here and [...]
Must-go event if you are interested in E-Commerce: The live shopping days on 27./28.1.2010, organized by Exciting Commerce.
Online optician Misterspex from HHL alumnus Dirk Graber recently announced that they were able to grow their revenues by 1200% in the last year despite the financial crisis. The company now employs 35 employees and probably needs to find bigger offices soon. Read more here and
HHL-Alumna Julia Derndinger will be in the jury for the election of the "German Startup of the year", organized by industry information portal deutsche-startups.de. The jury brings together some of the smartest minds of the startup scene. Read more here.
Online travel portal trivago.de from HHL-alumni Rolf Schrömgens, Malte Siewert and Peter Vinnemeier has been nominated for the Start Award of "most innovative company". Keep my fingers crossed for you! Read more here.
This is a nice footage taken from Business Insider on the problems that incumbent companies face in the light of competing with start-ups.
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Welcome to the blog on Entrepreneurship@HHL. This is a news collection about startups from HHL, entrepreneurial activities at the school and genereal tidbits which might be of interest for founders.
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Did you know?
In its "European Business Schools 2009" ranking the Financial Times ranked HHL's full-time MBA Program No. 1 in Germany and No. 34 in Europe.
HHL graduates have also started over 120 businesses! They have been financed by Earlybird, Apax, Grazia Equity, Wellington, Holtzbrinck and many others.
Earned recognitions include the Wirtschaftswoche Startup of the year, KfW-Gründerchampion, Weconomy winner, Venture Lounge winner, RedHerring Top 100 winner.
