Join our Start-up School and acquire the fundamentals of entrepreneurship – in one week

The Start-up School is the perfect start into your entrepreneurial journey. Five days full of  workshops and teamwork with experts from the start-up ecosystem provide you with the tools and know-how you need to start your own company.

No prior knowledge is required to take part.

Teamwork is key

We’ll cover the essential steps at the beginning of the start-up process: Idea generation, testing and further refinement, commercialization and pitching. You benefit most by working on specific ideas in a team for hands-on learning and to implement the input in practice.

That’s why we form teams at the beginning of the week who work together on a project throughout the Start-up School. Therefore, you can

• Share an idea of yours and find team members
• Join without an idea and find a team
• Join as an existing team

Most important is that you are open – either to join a team or to invite others to your team. Even if you can’t work on your own idea you still benefit more from learning and working in the team than spending the week as a solopreneur.

Not just for your own company

Think and act like an entrepreneur – this is not just key for your own company. Employers are looking for talents who drive innovation. An entrepreneurial mindset, effective teamwork and start-up tools like the Lean Canvas are essential for innovation at larger companies as well. So taking part in the Start-up School is a great credential for your application in all innovative environments.

Date

• 26th-30th August 2024 (Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4/5 p.m.)
• Registration: closed

Due to the high number of registrations we closed the registration early, as we have only 20 seats available.

For a compact introduction to entrepreneurship and the start-up world we recommend to consider taking part in the Startup Olympics (15th-17th Nov. 2024), an event GUIDE organised in cooperation with the Essen Economic Development Agency.  Members of the UDE can participate with the discount code "GUIDE-UDE" for 9 € instead of 29 €.

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What to expect

• Working on ideas with like-minded people in a team
• Networking during lunch break and in between the sessions
• Free lunch, snacks & drinks
• Methods for generating and evaluating ideas
• Tools for checking and refining the problem-solution fit
• Impulses for marketing & sales
• Support with the creation of an initial pitch deck as part of a pitch training course
• Apply newly acquired knowledge directly
• Centificate of participation