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The Chair of Entrepreneurship and Technology Management pursues the goal of enabling people to act as responsible entrepreneurs. Here you will find our current events as well as general information about us, our work and our partners.
Entrepreneurship
Business Planning
Design Thinking
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Business Models
Ecosystems
Entrepreneurship Education
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upCAT
Coaching for Innovation Projects

You are an international or national start-up and have an idea in the field of Cyber Security? Or you have already founded a company and you find the German market exciting? But you are not sure how to go about it?
Then join the digital Soft Landing Cyber Security bootcamp of the KIT-Gründerschmiede!
Date and time: 12-14th of July 2022 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (CET)
Location: online event
Language: English
Registration: is required
Program details and registration
Have you ever dreamed of your own startup? Have you ever been curious about realizing your own product idea? – Then, the Student Innovation Lab is your place to go!
Be part of this unique Master course in which you you will experience the complete startup process from ideation and prototyping to pitching in front of potential investors. Wrapped around a lecture, a seminar and work in one of four high-tech innovation labs covering 2 terms, 15 ECTS (Economics: 18 ECTS) are awarded and are complemented with entrepreneurial and technical knowledge and experience.
Applications are now open until August 31. Visit www.kit-sil.de for more information and to apply.
Apply now!
We are looking for a motivated student assistant to support our EnTechnon team in the area of education.
You can find the most important information in the job advertisement.
Please contact us, we are looking forward to you.

Design Thinking is a user-centric approach for innovation projects.
In the Service Design Thinking program, students from internationally renowned universities employ the Desing Thinking methodology within the SUGAR Network!
Excited to innovate? Check out our website and register for the information event!
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Do you want to develop innovative solutions for the “Grand Challenges” and create impactful and innovative products?
Apply now for the Summer School Edition of the EPICUR Entrepreneurial Lab in Thessaloniki, Greece (5.-9.9.2022)!
More information on the EPICUR Inter-University Campus.
Information and registration

A successful and exciting round of KIT's own Accelerator Program upCAT is coming to an end - on July 20 from 4-6 p.m. the virtual Demo Day will take place!
In addition to presentations of the upCAT participants you will see pitches from student teams of the KIT Sustainable Innovation Challenge. (Go to ARRTI to learn more about this Challenge and the program of the Academy for Responsible Research, Teaching, and Innovation).
Registration and more information

The startup catavis, which participated in our upCAT accelerator in 2020, could convince at the KIT NEULAND Gründerpitch and won the 1st place. Additionally, they were awarded by the viewers with the audience award.
Congratulations to Sandra Kröll, Dr. Patrick Bitterwolf and Dr. Ahmed Zoheir!
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With the "BaseComp" project of EnTechnon, KIT was selected together with 16 other universities from a total of 69 applicants to further develop Entrepreneurship Education at universities.
The funding program "Entrepreneurial Skills - Anchoring Entrepreneurial Skills in University Teaching" is a joint program of the Stifterverband with the Dieter Schwarz Foundation and Campus Founders in cooperation with Allianz SE.
For further information concerning the program see Stifterverbands für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.
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