Many of the interested founders present already had their own ideas or have already founded a business, while others are still considering whether self-employment is the right path for them. In the course of three half-day workshops, the participants of the programme deal with all the steps on the way to founding a company: from positioning to market strategy, financial planning, marketing and basics in the area of law and taxes to the right time for founding a company.
They are accompanied by management consultant Hildegard Kuch-Kuthe and business coach Manuela Orlowitsch. The Founders Journey at Neu-Ulm University provides access to many other offers related to start-up coaching. And as with the first round of workshops, the project receives support from the Institute for Education and Languages Ulm.
Project leader Prof. Dr. Julia Künkele is particularly pleased about a new element of the mentoring programme, which started with a first round of workshops in autumn and winter 2021: "For the second round, we were able to recruit female founders as "role models" who themselves have foreign roots and share their experiences."
Three such "role models" were present at the Founders' Café and reported on their own motivation and the most important lessons they learned in implementing their business ideas. Dr Delphine Bradt Colin, founder of the IT company minQi, Olivera Mola, owner of the hair salon OM Hair Company, and naturopath Leyla Kursun, who founded her own practice in Ulm, were guests at the Founders' Café. "Role models" will again be present at the upcoming workshops.
Text: Dorothee Barsch, InnoSÜD
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