Lectures & Seminars

Offered by EnTechnon (Institute for Entrepreneurship, Technology Management and Innovation)—a core partner in the KIT FORGE network—this academic service brings structured entrepreneurship education directly to the entire startup community at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

The goal of academic entrepreneurship education at KIT is to familiarize students with the scientific findings of the entrepreneurship discipline and to enable them to successfully develop and realize their own business ideas. Within the framework of our courses, we impart technical, social and personal entrepreneurial skills. Our goal is to prepare students in the best possible way for an entrepreneurial activity within or outside an established organization. Our teaching is research-based and practice-oriented.

As an integral part of the module Entrepreneurship (Master), the lecture provides the basis and gives an overview of important theoretical concepts and empirical evidence. Current case studies and practical experiences of successful founders underline the theoretical and empirical contents. In order to operate a company on a long-term basis, important specialist knowledge is also of decisive importance. The contents of the lecture therefore include the basics of Opportunity Recognition and Business Modeling as well as an introduction to Entrepreneurial Marketing and Leadership. Customer-centric development methods, the lean start-up approach and methods for technology-oriented innovation will be presented. 

Future founders must be able to develop and manage resources such as financial and human capital, infrastructure and intellectual property. Further aspects relate to the establishment of an organisation and the financing of one's own project.