Station 2 - Entrepreneurial Skills Advanced Courses
Station two offers the opportunity to deepen the content covered in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Basics course. There are two modules to choose from, which alternate each semester.
Wintersemester 2025/2026
Innovation Management
Wednesdays, 1-5 pm, Start: October 29, 2025
Dates: 29.10.25, 05.11.25, 12.11.25, 19.11.25, 26.11.25, 03.12.25
The module enables students to strategically understand, plan and practically implement innovation processes. They learn to systematically transform creative ideas into marketable products, services or business models. At the same time, they develop entrepreneurial thinking, problem-solving skills and an understanding of the diverse framework conditions for successful innovation.
It provides students with basic and advanced skills in the development and management of innovation processes - both in the context of entrepreneurship (start-ups) and intrapreneurship (innovation within existing organizations).
The Scientist Entrepreneur Course
5-7 pm, Start: January 14, 2025
Dates: 14.1.26, 15.1.26, 21.1.26, 3.2.26, 11.2.26, 25.2.26
Participants are grouped in founder teams to develop a viable and compelling business model. Each founder team will receive a current research article about an invention or discovery in the field of life sciences or health tech as a basis for its business idea. With the knowledge gained during the lectures, teams will finally present their business idea in front of a critical audience (peers and lecturers).
Participants will learn the basics of intellectual property, innovation, and economic value creation from academic research results. To this end we will introduce Alexander Osterwalder´s business model and value proposition canvas in the context of a life science start-up. Participants will also learn the life science investors mindset and the importance of de-risking a biotech asset. The teams will get to know the crucial components of a pitch presentation, which is not only an essential skill for start-ups but also in other industry settings and even in everyday life.
Summer Semester 2025
Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship
The module aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of social entrepreneurship as an innovative approach to solving social challenges. They learn to systematically analyze social and ecological problems, develop creative and sustainable business models and combine entrepreneurial thinking with impact.