Unternehmer-Hochschule
Current M.Sc. students Nicola Marie Rabba, Thies Dibbern, Friedemann Seith and Janes Grotelüschen won the regional qualification round of the KPMG International Case Competition in Berlin. We keep our fingers crossed for the national qualification round held from March 9-11, 2012 in Berlin, and for the final on April 18-20, 2012 in Hong Kong.
http://www.kpmg.de/careers/6642.htm
As last year, several teams of HHL students participated in the regional sessions of Germany’s biggest case study competition EXIST priME Cup. We did not win the trophy this time, but one team made it to the big finals in Berlin: Denis Ranke, Hannes Koch and Wilhelm Strehl from the MBA program successfully represented HHL at the competition.
http://www.exist-primecup.de/
Another possibility to promote HHL and its entrepreneurial activities was the PAUA day, a gathering of portfolio entrepreneurs of investor Paua ventures. Here, the focus lay on the differences between a lean startup approach and a well-funded one – and a discussion on success factors for startups.
Social entrepreneurship company Coffee-Circle from HHL-alumnus Martin Elwert secured a substantial financing round from Tengelmann E-Commerce. Below please find a link to an interview with the founders on their new investor.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/?p=51815
http://www.gruenderszene.de/interviews/coffee-circle-tengelmann-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coffee-circle-tengelmann-2
A graduate from the HHL-TUM Executive MBA in Innovation Management, Catharina von Delden (founder of UnserAller) was featured in a video interview on Gründerszene.
http://www.gruenderszene.de/interviews/found-her-catharina-van-delden?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=found-her-catharina-van-delden
HHL-alumnus Sandro Günther and his company Werbeboten Media developed a new revenue model for starlett Daniela Katzenberger aka “Katze”. The company, specialized on content management systems for corporate pages in Facebook, now offers a Facebook application taht enables users to link to affiliate websited from their own page.
http://www.wuv.de/nachrichten/digital/facebook_daniela_katzenberger_als_einkaufsberaterin
HHL-alumnus Tobias Zimmer reached the runner up position at the DurchSTARTER competition 2011 in Lower Saxony. This prize is awarded to founders who have realized their business idea with a great deal of dedication and extraordinary ambition, and who can therefore be considered a role model for future founders. Check the video on their business here: http://www.hannover.1730sat1.de/aktuell.html?&cHash=e26efd36b880d4971710ed2c3c26c3b4&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=14&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=83275
HHL-alumnus Chris Muhr was recently promoted to global head of sales for Groupon, the widely discussed company that made the Samwer brothers billionairs. Earlier Chris co-founded Citydeal UK and ecareer.
http://www.gruenderszene.de/news/groupon-christoph-muhr-christian-heitmeyer-allyouneed24.business
Here, you can find a short video of Chris how he communicates the merger between Citydeal and Groupon.
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=119627881403089
In a survey to find the best startups and investors of the past decade, a total number of eight HHL startups were nominated. They are:
Category Startup-Oldtimer of the decade (3 of 25):
Spreadshirt: http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/unternehmen/spreadshirt
Trivago: http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/unternehmen/trivago
Unister: http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/unternehmen/unister
Category Startup-Youngtimer of the decade (2 of 25):
MisterSpex: http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/unternehmen/mister-spex
Plinga: http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/unternehmen/plinga
Founder of the decade (1 of 25):
Lukasz Gadowski: http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/koepfe/lukasz-gadowski
Investor of the decade (all where HHL graduates are either founders or in the top management team):
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investors: http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/investoren/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments
Team Europe Ventures: http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/investoren/team-europe-ventures
The list would be much longer if we would include all the startups where HHL graduates joined later in the Top Management or were instrumental as early stage investors. The full overview on all nominations can be found with the link below. In the end, non-HHL startups received the awards, still being nominated already is highly impressive. Congratulations! And also congrats to HHL-alumna Julia Derndinger who was part of the jury that chose the winners.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2011/12/16/start-up-des-jahres-2011-diese-jury-kuert-den-sieger/
http://www.themenportal.de/wirtschaft/gruenderszene-ehrt-die-startups-gruender-und-investoren-des-jahrzehnts-62450
In October, HHL together with EnergieCity Leipzig, Aufbauwerk Leipzig GmbH and ZTS-Zentrum also conducted a workshop on the process to develop a valid business model out of a technical idea.
http://www.presse-artikel.org/2011/workshop-von-der-neuen-technischen-idee-zum-erfolgreichen-geschaeftsmodell-am-28-oktober-2011-in-leipzig-72973/
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