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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.

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Venus International Women Award 2025 for Dr. Katherina Kuschel

We at EnTechnon celebrate the remarkable achievement of our colleague Katherina Kuschel Ph.D., who has been honoured with the Venus International Women Award (VIWA) 2025 in the category of Outstanding Woman Researcher in Women Entrepreneurship.

 

This prestigious recognition highlights Dr. Kuschel’s significant contributions to the study of women’s entrepreneurship, particularly in understanding the challenges women “techpreneurs” face, such as access to funding, team formation, and the bi-directional impact of family life on business growth.

 

Dr. Kuschel has been invited as a Keynote Speaker at the VIWA 2025 Conference, which took place on March 1, 2025, in Chennai, India. During her keynote address, she shared data supporting the silent growing trend of “Midlife Entrepreneurs”, and the implications for society and policy.

 

Congratulations Katherina!

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Courses in summer semester 2025

In summer semester 2025, EnTechnon will once again host numerous interesting courses on the topic of "Entrepreneurial thinking and action".

 

In addition to the Entrepreneurship lecture by Prof. Terzidis, the following seminars are offered:

Master:
* Startup Experience
* Joint Entrepreneurship School
* Entrepreneurship Research
* Design Thinking
* Business Planning for Founders (with a new focus on the dynamic world of startup finance)

Bachelor:
* Entrepreneurship Basics
* SIL LaunchLab

 

Further information can be found here, registration for most seminars is possible until 02.04.2025 in the WIWI portal.

Lectures and seminars in SoSe 2025
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Wolfgang Grenke Entrepreneurship Scholarships

New opportunities for young researchers at KIT


Young researchers at KIT will have new funding opportunities in the future. KIT has now concluded a framework agreement with the sponsor and entrepreneur Wolfgang Grenke on scholarships for doctoral students and young researchers in the field of entrepreneurship.


The "Wolfgang Grenke Entrepreneurship Scholarships" will be set up at the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Technology Management and Innovation at KIT (EnTechnon) and can be awarded with immediate effect.

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Social Innovation Venturing

Improving teaching for students and making it fit for the future is an ongoing process. In WS23-24 to SS24, the EnTechnon team had the opportunity to test how social innovations can best be anchored in entrepreneurship teaching via a BMBF-funded project.

The SIV - Social Innovation Venturing project successfully demonstrated that not only technical but also social challenges can be addressed by integrating social and ecological aspects. As part of last year's Student Innovation Lab, there was an increased focus on enabling students to develop sustainable and socially responsible innovations. The prototypical implementation of the SIV concept at SIL through access to a strong network of social actors and targeted workshops demonstrated that social innovation and technological progress are not mutually exclusive.

For all those interested, the insights of all funded projects as well as practical methods and tools are available here.

Many thanks to the BMBF for the funding!

 

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upCAT Alumni wins KIT NEULAND Gründerpitch

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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