A week full of founder topics - the HNU Founders Week

In the week starting 4 October 2021, the newly established Founders Space, which is located opposite Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (HNU) in John-F-Kennedy-Strasse 5-7, will host a variety of events on the topic of founding. In addition, the HNU start-up teams will be present and will introduce themselves and their projects. The events will be accompanied by a musical and culinary programme. Interested parties can register for all events at www.hnu.de/founders-week. In some cases, the number of participants is limited due to current Corona guidelines.

Founders Week starts on Monday, 4 October 2021: Representatives from business and politics - including Neu-Ulm's mayor Katrin Albsteiger - will open the Founders Space from 12 to 2 p.m. together with HNU members. Interested parties can register for the event at martin.schwarz@hnu.de. From 2 p.m., Markus Hummel aka Letterbube (also known as Backbube on Instagram) will embellish the interior walls of the new space and offer a workshop on handlettering. From 4 to 5 p.m., the innovative Bavarian start-up culture will meet South American companies online. The project is being carried out with the support of StartupSÜD. From 6 pm, the Neu-Ulm neighbourhood will get its money's worth at Wiley. Under the motto "Meet the Spaces" (for neighbours of the Innovations and Founders Space), the Founders Team opens the doors and invites you to discover, eat and listen to music.

30,000 euros in KickStart funding: winning the Founders Pitch on 5 October is worthwhile

Founders have to be able to sell themselves. That's why Tuesday, 5 October, kicks off with a pitch training workshop where participants learn how to wow their audience. The 14th InnoSÜD Founders' Lunch with Andreas Torka, Vice President Research, Development and Innovation from Wieland, will take place over lunch. Together, the participants will talk about sustainability and new technologies. From 6 p.m., everything will revolve around a Kick Start grant of 30,000 euros. At the Founders Pitch, the HNU start-ups will compete for the best rating from the jury. Seats on site are limited, an additional zoom stream will be set up.

The strategic application of social media is the focus of the workshop on 6 October from 9 am. At lunchtime, the Institute for Entrepreneurship at HNU invites you to lunch. Students will present their results of a current Design Thinking Challenge and members of the Institute will introduce themselves. The International Founders Talk, which is held online, will also begin at 1 pm. This time it is about start-up ecosystems in Chile. The two connected speakers are the head of the Free State of Bavaria's representative office for South America Pamela Valdivia and representatives of the Chilean start-up Strong by Form. The start-up has developed a sustainable lightweight construction technology for wood with which it wants to revolutionise the market.

Exciting career: the founder of Jack Wolfskin in conversation

On Thursday, 7 October, Ulrich Dausien, the founder of Jack Wolfskin, will give a keynote speech about his remarkable founding career, his experiences as a manager and report on the projects he is currently working on. For the finale of Founders Week, the StartupSÜD event The Triangle will take place from 6 pm. This time the theme is outdoor. The participating start-ups are Unbound, Plasticfree Peaks and MyCabin. Spectators have the opportunity to reward their favourite pitch with an audience prize of 500 euros. Afterwards, the winner will have the chance to pitch for the official TRIANGLE PRIZE alongside an established start-up and Jack Wolfskin.

About StartupSÜD

StartupSÜD is the joint project of the regional universities of Biberach, Neu-Ulm, the University of Ulm and the Ulm University of Technology, which aims to identify and strengthen the entrepreneurial potential of regional talent.

Founders Week is an event of the StartUpLab@FH project at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the "Research at Universities of Applied Sciences" programme (measure "StartUpLab@FH", funding code 13 FH021SU8).