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Mentoring

  • Organizer: KIT FORGE
  • Audience: Students, Researchers, Founders
  • Language: German, English
  • Cost: Free of charge

The right mentor at the right time can fundamentally transform a startup's trajectory. KIT FORGE connects founders and aspiring entrepreneurs with experienced mentors—seasoned professionals who know the path and are eager to share their insights, expertise, and industry knowledge. Matching is tailored individually, taking into account the venture's domain, current developmental stage, and founder personality. 

To ensure a productive relationship from day one, KIT FORGE offers a structured, guided mentoring program. Expectations are aligned early, interactions are purposefully structured, and both parties gain clarity on goals, roles, and mutual commitments throughout the process.

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Thomas Neumann

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Thomas Neumann
Spokesman of KIT FORGE, Head of Entrepreneurship Services & Sharholdings (IRM-ESS)
t.neumann@kit.edu LinkedIn

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I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.