Take your future into your own hands!
Starting a business means shaping the future!
Do you want to make a real impact and finally take control of your own future?
By founding your own startup, you gain the unique opportunity to fully realize your talents, ideas, and vision – and to truly make a difference.
Four reasons to become an entrepreneur
Starting your own startup offers you many personal opportunities:
Reason 1: Autonomy & Independence
Du entscheidest,You decide
- what you work on,
- how you work,
- and who you work with.
Instead of pursuing someone else’s goals, you turn your own ideas into reality.
Flexible working hours, the freedom to shape your own strategy, and working according to your own vision are all part of the journey.
Reason 2: Innovation & Societal Impact
As a founder, you bring real solutions to real-world problems.
You actively help shape the economy and society of tomorrow by developing new technologies, services, or business models and by setting creative impulses.
Reason 3: Personal Growth & Lifelong Learning
Starting a business is a true growth journey:
- you acquire essential entrepreneurial skills,
- develop strong problem-solving abilities,
- and learn how to navigate uncertainty and challenges.
Along the way, you build a valuable network within the startup and innovation ecosystem.
Reason 4: Financial Opportunities & Growth Potential
Starting a business gives you the opportunity to shape your income independently over the long term.
Unlike traditional employment, entrepreneurship allows you to fully leverage your potential and build lasting financial independence.
Take the Founder Check!
Discover your entrepreneurial potential and find out where your strengths lie – evidence-based, practical, and grounded in research.
- Identify your personality type
- Analyze 15 entrepreneurial competencies
- Receive a structured, easy-to-understand evaluation
- Developed with psychological research and practical relevance
For you if you want to start a business, are exploring your direction, or want to further develop your skills in a targeted way.
What motivates others to start a business
Discover our success stories and learn why starting a business is worth it.
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Ideastream: Shaping the future without innovation barriers
Turning initial ideas into viable business models and making innovation accessible to many—that is exactly what Ideastream is about. The startup is rethinking innovation development from the ground up. With their AI-powered software, the founders aim to empower people to systematically develop ideas and translate […]
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LAHA: Laser instead of loudspeakers – How a start-up is rethinking hearing
With LAHA – Laser Hearing Aids, Nina-Marie Burmeister and Larissa Schatteburg are working on a technology that aims to fundamentally change the way we hear. Emerging from a scientific discovery, their start-up combines cutting-edge research, medical technology, and entrepreneurship. In this interview, they talk about […]
Mehr lesenReady to start your own venture?
We support you on your personal start-up journey – from the first idea to a successful market entry. Talk to us about your project – online or at the Innovation Center.
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Startup Management (6 CP)
Erarbeite dir anhand praxisnaher Fallstudien zentrale Startup-Skills.
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