“Enable Entrepreneurship!”

Entrepreneurship has been a cornerstone of the education program at HHL for many years. With over 120 Start-ups founded by HHL-graduates we are one of the premier breeding grounds for future entrepreneurs in Germany. Prominent examples are the “Wirtschaftswoche Gründer des Jahres” Suncoal Industries, “KfW Gründerchampion” Gollmann Kommissioniersysteme or multiple award winner Spreadshirt.com.

With our three-pillar model for the entrepreneurship program we aim to enable entrepreneurs in the development of their businesses. These pillars are the Education program, an intensive Coaching offering and a vibrant Network of supportive Entrepreneurs. We also keep in close contact with entrepreneurial activities at HHL and involve interested stakeholders via our blog and the regular HHL-Entrepreneurship Newsletter.

Key figures:
- Start of Entrepreneurship activities at HHL: 1992
- Different courses taught (2008): 7 in the M.Sc., 4 in the MBA program
- # of Start-ups since 1995: > 120
- # of awards and recognitions since 1995: > 35
- Entrepreneurs doing guest lectures (per year): >10

Awards and investors of HHL start-ups:
HHL start-ups have received multiple awards for their activities. Some examples are:
- Wirtschaftswoche Gründer des Jahres
- KfW-Gründerchampion
- Internet Business World best start-up
- Winner RedHerring European Top 100 award
- HP Business Vision award
- Winner Weconomy award
- Entrepreneur of the year
- Winner futuresax business plan competition
- Winner ubg s-beteiligungen award for best start-up
- “Best Market” Prize at global Moot Corp business plan competition at Texas/Austin
- Winner INCAE/ MIT Media Lab business plan competition
- Winner German founders competition
- Winner futureSax business plan competition
- Venture Lounge Winner

HHL start-ups are embedded in an active entrepreneurial network. Also investors regularly are convinced of the high calibre of HHL start-up ideas and start-up teams. Among the institutions that have invested in HHL start-ups are:
- Accel Partners (http://www.accel.com/)
- Apax (http://www.apax.com)
- Bauer Media (http://www.hbv.de)
- Earlybird (http://ww.earlybird.com)
- European Founders Fund (http://www.europeanfounders.com/)
- Grazia Equity (http://www.grazia.com)
- Hasso Plattner Ventures (www.hp-ventures.com/)
- High Tech Gründerfonds (http://www.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de)
- High Tech Gründerfonds Sachsen
- Hubert Burda Media (www.burda.de/)
- Index Ventures (http://www.indexventures.com/)
- Kennet Partners (http://www.kennet.com)
- Madsack Medialab (http://www.madsackmedialab.de/)
- Neuhaus Partners (http://www.technonord.de/)
- Team Europe Ventures (http://www.teameurope.net/)
- Wellington (http://www.wellington.de/)

If you want more information on the program and its offerings, you can also check one of these sources: HHL entrepreneurship, Chair for Strategic Management and OrganizationFeel free to contact us anytime if you consider to study entrepreneurship at HHL or want to build an own business with our support. Your main contact would be myself, Stephan Stubner.