The joint Executive MBA-Program in innovation and business creation from HHL and Technical University of Munich has been conducted for several years already with big success (e.g. captchaad - winner of the 2009 enable2start competition of Financial Times Germany, is one of the many startups that generated out of this program).
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In November, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (pws) partner Dr. Arno Wilfert came to HHL for an Entrepreneurship Roundtable and presented an update on the private equity industry and the pwc-apporach to Due Diligences.
One of the key drivers for the entrepreneurial spirit at HHL is the frequent interaction with startup founders. The Startup Career Fair offers an optimal possibility to network with entrepreneurs and to get an update on internship and career opportunities with young growth companies. In the first week of the new classes in September, entrepreneurs [...]
HHL is organizing the 3. HHL Startup Career Fair. 4 startup companies are invited on campus to present students from the M.Sc. and MBA programs with their offerings and career opportunities.
In recent years, doing internships or starting a career with a startup company has become a popular option among HHL students. Furthermore, the direct [...]
Financial Times Germany hosts a yearly entrepreneurship competition called enable2start. Finalists and winners receive big media attention plus financial as well as non-financial awards. The event, organized together with HHL partner UnternehmerTUM and with HHL honorary Professor Dr. Burkhard Schwenker in the jury, is a must for every serious [...]
The team around Prof. Faltin arranges the Entrepreneurship Summit 2010 on Nov 6. Last year over 900 entrepreneurship-interesteed students and academics, founders and investors joined up in Berlin for this event.
Concurrently, the summit runs a competition for the most creative business model – if you are interested to [...]
The Entrepreneurs Organization is a community of successful entrepreneurs aimed on fostering each others development. For younger startups, the organization has been hosting the Accelerator program (German version here) for a couple of years which aims on helping the participants to grow over 1 Mio $ in yearly revenue. For [...]
Founder Institute is an entrepreneurship education format which focuses on young entrepreneurs and startups. Over a period of several months, participants meet regularly on Fridays to receive lectures and to engage into discussions. Lecturers are actually called coaches and primarily also have own entrepreneurial experience. Deadline for the first series in Berlin [...]
Current HHL student Christian Klemenz chose to move to Silicon Valley for his compulsory internship. From there he organized the first “Startup School Entrepreneurship Day: Germany Meets Silicon Valley” via his employer Supercool School. Foerderland features this project in a recent interview.
Karlsruhe based initiative Cyberforum is hosting a pitching event for startups in the digital and mobile business. 12 teams will be invited to present their ideas in front of an expert jury, including HHL alumnus Lukasz Gadowski. Deadline for application is Sep. 10.
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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.
