Thank you 2016 for great moments!
The Iceland and the Canary Islands trip have been an amazing time.
Let´s keep on rockin 2017.
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Thank you 2016 for great moments!
The Iceland and the Canary Islands trip have been an amazing time.
Let´s keep on rockin 2017.

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12min.me - das Netzwerk-Event in Rostock seit 12 Monaten
Im Juni 2015 haben wir das erste 12min.me Event in Rostock veranstalten. Damals noch mit einem überschaubaren Teilnehmerkreis, haben wir mittlerweile einen tollen Zulauf. Natürlich ist dies auch bedingt durch die grandiosen Speaker, die bereits ihre Botschaft in 12 Minuten auf den Punkt gebracht haben.
Hier gibt es die Video-Zusammenfassungen vom Videoredakteur Bert Scharffenberg.
#12minHRO 07.01.2016 / Ignite Talks Jahresauftakt
#12minHRO 12.05.2016 / Ignite Talks
#12minHRO 06.07.2016 / Beach Special Warnemünde
#12minSUN 11.08.2016 / neues Format zum Thema Tourismus
Verpasse kein Event und tritt in Rostock größte Meetup-Gruppe ein https://www.meetup.com/12minHRO/
Der Videoredakteur Bert Scharffenberg hat die Impressionen vom Startup Marketing Pitch am 14.12.2015 im E-Werk in einem Video festgehalten. Viel Spaß beim anschauen. Besten Dank an alle Startups, den Marketing Club Rostock und die Teilnehmer.
Es war ein toller Abend mit Startups aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern sowie mit Mitgliedern des Marketing Clubs Rostock. Die Aufbruchstimmung in MV lebt!
ASIA TRIP 2015 9 countries in 10 weeks
18th of January - 31st of March 2015
QATAR I THAILAND I CAMBODIA I VIETNAM I LAO I MALAYSIA I SINGAPORE I INDONESIA I CHINA
Before I am going to recall my travels through Asia I would like to describe briefly mymotivation for this trip.
I have alreadyseen something of the great diversity that the world offers during my previoustravels. But there is even more and therefore I wanted to discover the Asianregion after my master´s degree. I was particularly interested to experiencethe dynamic of that region and to get some kind of culture shock.
Doha, Qatar
On the 18thof January I started my adventure with the flight to Qatar. After my arrival inDoha in the deep of the night my kind couch surfing host picked me up from the airport. When we went through the city I could already guess the rapid progress of the desert country. This impression was confirmed in the following days when I saw several modern buildings that were virtually built overnight in recent years.
Apparently, sports play a particular role in Qatar. Many European football clubs spend their pre-season training during the wintertime there because of the professional sports grounds. However, another type of sport has been in the spotlight during my stay – handball. Three brand-new gymnasiums were built for the 24th world championship. The biggest one is the Lusail Multipurpose Hall that provides seats for 15.000 spectators. Moreover, it was also the venue of the game between Germany and Denmark. Due to my sympathies with the Scandinavians from my study time in Denmark I was okay with the draw between both teams. Nevertheless, the empty seats were not that nice to see. But I assume that an Asian country also needs time to arise the interest for a sport that is actually dominated by European teams.
It will be interesting if the emirate might become a sporting nation. You can already feel that anticipation of the football world championship in 2022. For example the construction of the main stadium and a metro system run at full blast.
You might wonder why they are doing are these efforts if they still make billions from their oil resources?
The government is aware of the fact that these resources will be at an end one day. Thus, they have defined the vision 2030. Until this year the added value of Qatar shall be independent from the oil business. Instead, they want to have a knowledge-based economy. This reorientation requires entrepreneurial thinking and acting in several fields. Consequently, initiatives like the business incubator of the Qatar University and the local Entrepreneurship Center of the College of the North Atlantic, which I have visited, might elementary contribute to that. This can be for instance related to efforts that throw light on failure. Particularly in the Middle East failure means the losing your face. As a consequence, the vast majority of young people prefer activities as employed persons. And these jobs are often also financed or at least subsidized by the government.
I assume that Qatar is not able to make the change happen on its own. You can see this for example at the new buildings that are mainly built by Indians and Nepalese. However, the main question is if they can attract know-how from abroad in order to tackle their ambitious endeavor.
Bangkok, Thailand
After my stopover in the emirate I continued my trip to South East Asia on the 24th of January. The next day I arrived in Bangkok. This megacity of Thailand is definitely a contrast to my first destination. I was especially impressed by the business acumen of the local people there. Regardless of whether they are Tuk-Tuk drivers, street vendors, custom tailors or backyard mechanics it seems that almost everybody is an entrepreneur there. Furthermore, this engagement to sell their product or service and to negotiate the best possible price is also necessary to make a living in such countries.
In addition to that, I had discussions with foreign entrepreneurs in Thailand as well. And they said that the markets in South East Asia are still in the beginning and growing fast. Before Rocket Internet entered those markets in 2012 there was nothing like e-commerce in the countries. In the meantime many more entrepreneurs are there to get a slice of the cake. For instance, I have also visited the office and had lunch with the founders of Ask Hanuman and Alpha Founders. They are Germans as well and decided to start their businesses in Bangkok in order to tackle the emerging markets in South East Asia.
Cambodia
After I have seen many temples in Bangkok I decided to continue my travels to Cambodia on the 30.1. My first step there was Siem Reap, which is the town close to the famous temple complex of Angkor. I explored these temples within two days. By doing so, I could mostly escape from the stream of visitors. However, during the sunrise behind Angkor Wat I noticed how many people visit this impressive building every day. This rush of visitors has been mainly induced by the movie “Tomb Raider” which has been filmed among other places there. Moreover, I was also excited about the interaction of the nature and some buildings. Some of them would have been collapsed if the giant roots had not stabilized the temple buildings.
My second destination in Cambodia was the capital Phnom Penh. There I have visited the former prison S-21 which is a museum about the genocide today. In addition to that I went to the Killing Fields. It is very difficult to imagine the condition under which hundreds of thousands people lost their life during the Red Khmer regime. When I went through the mass graves I saw clothes and bones that still appear out of the ground especially after rain. What is especially bad is that this genocide could be kept secret for such a long time. When high-level visitors from abroad came to Cambodia during that time the regime presented them a peaceful and thus totally wrong picture of the country.
With these diverse impressions from Cambodia I went to the next country.
Vietnam
I was already familiar with the many motorbikes that characterize the traffic in Bangkok. But when I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon) I saw even more of those two-wheeled vehicles. Cars are the minority there. I got the advice before that I should cross the street step by step and the motorbikes would then drive around me. Following this behavior I got used to the traffic quite soon.
One of my highlights in the south of Vietnam was the visit of the Cu Chi tunnels. These show a sophisticated system, which the Vietnamese have built for the Vietnam War. Whole underground villages were established where they slept, cooked and lived for sometimes several month in a row. Today a shooting range is placed on that area as well. So when I walked trough the forest where the tunnels are it felt authentic somehow.
Saigon has been the starting point for my trip up to the north of Vietnam. On that way I made stopovers at smaller towns like Dalat, Nha Trang, Hoian and Hue before I arrived the capital Hanoi on the 14th of February. I did excursions to the Halong Bay and the village Sapa from there.
In the beginning I wrote that I want to experience a culture shock. Although this description is probably overstated I could this impressive insights in the highlands which are in the very north of Vietnam. I spent one day with people from the minority tribe called “Hmong”. Started in Sapa we trekked for a few hours in the mountains before we reached the house of our local guide “Mu”. Several generations live together in her family house that is made out of wood. We had lunch there together with the whole family. After we finished the pets (cat, chicken, dog) came to eat the leftovers from the ground. It was fascinating how those people manage their life. This probably requires more creativity and ability to adapt than the life in big cities. Our guide underlined this fact because she is not able to read or write English. She just learnt it from listening and speaking because it is necessary to earn some money from those guiding tours.
After I went through Vietnam I went from Hanoi to Luang Prabang in Lao by plane on the 21.2.
Lao
The fifth country during my trip had a certain charm. I had the feeling that clocks tick more slowly there. However, the people are really friendly and open-minded.
Furthermore, I became a fan of the night markets in South East Asia. Every evening they redesigned the main street of Luang Prabang into a market with a diverse offer of food, clothes and handmade accessories. Besides these cultural highlights I also wanted to experience the nature again. Hence, I went to an elephant camp for two days. I spent several hours with these beautiful animals when I rode on them, took a bath together and brought them to an island where they stay overnight. And all these directly at the wonderful scenery of the Mekong river.
This nice view I had again at my next stop towards the South of Lao. Vang Vieng became famous as party destination what mainly relates to the so called “tubing”. So I went down the river on a tube and during the ride you can make stops on shore. There you can play volleyball or dance for example on the ground between the river on the one side and the mountains on the other.
Afterwards I did a brief stopover in the capital of Lao, Vientiane. You can spend even more time in this beautiful country for sure. But I decided to go to Thailand again.
Thailand
More precisely, I went to Chiang Mai, which is located in the north of Thailand. In the second largest city of the country they have a great night market at the weekend as well. It is the biggest I have seen during my whole trip.
In addition to that, I had another great experience near Chiang Mai - the longest zipline of Thailand. This is taut above a valley and the ride was amazing. Round about two hours I moved hand over hand along a rope there in the rain forest.
On the next day I flew to Bangkok for two days again. Before my parents started their cruise from there I showed them some of the sights in the city.
Kuala Lumpur
Meanwhile it was already March and I went from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur with Air Asia. The landmark of the Malaysian capital are the Petronas Twin towers. Constructions started in the early 1990s and they opened this extraordinary building in 1999. It is still one of the highest towers in the world. Besides this pioneering architecture it is exemplary how many religions live peaceful together in that city.
Singapore
Only a few hours from Kuala Lumpur by train Singapore is located. I have already heard many good things about this country so I finally went there on the 7th of March. After I found an accommodation there I reached Marina Bay in the dark. The lighted towers of the financial district, the giant wheel “Singapore Flyer”, the landmark “Merlion”, the Art Science Museum and of course the Marina Bay Sands hotel brought me some nice views and hours in the evening. Singapore is deemed to be the cleanest and most safety city in the world. However, I have to say that I have felt unsafe during my whole travels in South East Asia.
It is quite easy to recognize that Singapore is a hub of the established financial industry. Moreover, I also wanted to get some insights into the up-and-coming startup scene. So I went to the Block 79. This new building houses a co-working space (bash) that has been opened recently before my visit. Consequently, the vibrant life inside the space was still missing but nevertheless I had some interesting discussions. For example, Startupbootcamp is organizing an own accelerator program just for FinTech Startups. The matchmaking with established players of the local banking industry stands to reason. Moreover, I have heard some opinions that the startup scene in Singapore is hyped. However, I think that the future years will show if this is a great place to start your business and then expand it to South East Asia.
After my exciting time in Singapore I decided to go to Indonesia in the short run.
Indonesia
I knew that my plane would arrive quite late in Bali. Nevertheless, I did not book an accommodation before because the search always worked locally before. And somehow I also like this kind of challenge. However, the possibility already emerged on the flight. I met three other guys who accidentally still had a free bed in their booked hotel. So I joined them and in the end we travel together for 10 days.
In Bali we did surfing in Kuta, river rafting as well as trekking to the volcano Mt. Batur (1717m) near Ubud. Especially the latter was so amazing. We went up the volcano in the night so that we could see the sunrise from there. The view when the sun comes up behind the mountain while clouds still cover the valley was unbelievable. We had another great experience when we cooked eggs and bananas in the still active volcano for our breakfast.
During the stay in Ubud I also went to the quite famous co-working space “Hubud” there. The location which is a bamboo house and offers a view to rice terraces is already so nice. But what was even more inspiring was the spirit of the community there. People are really open-minded and happy to share their knowledge. For example I enjoyed a workshop about human design that was given by a passionate Australian girl who is working in that co-working space.
After the nice time in Bali the three guys and me went to the Gili Islands by a fast boat. This is a group of islands where only bicycles and horse wagons are used available for transportation. And I especially felt in love with one of the islands – Gili Air. My bungalow was just a few meters away from the beach. Bamboo cottages were located there from where you could enjoy the turquoise water and the sunset. Moreover, we have partied barefoot at the beach with great electronic beats one night. After these memorable days and more activities like snorkeling continuing my trip was even harder this time.
However, after the beautiful nature in Indonesia I wanted to get the contrast again. Thus, I started my journey to Hong Kong on the 24.3. with overnight stay at the airport of Singapore.
China
Hong Kong is a city that combines tradition and modernity or east meets west. One the one hand the office buildings as skyscrapers and on the other hand local shops and restaurants. Moreover, I had that feeling that there was a sense of excitement and anticipation. That kind of dynamic I was looking forward.
This feeling was even more present when I made a trip to Shenzhen (mainland China). It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world and when I arrived my accommodation I noticed that it is also a great place to do business. I met budding entrepreneurs from the US there who want to produce some goods with Chinese manufacturer. Afterwards they both want to start crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter to enter the US market. Followed by these insights and further talks with Chinese people on the train I got the feeling that the gold-digger atmosphere is still present in China. Moreover, it is not only a good manufacturing base. The middle class is increasing as well and consequently the domestic market is also interesting.
Another trip from Hong Kong I did to the special administration region Macau. It is often called the Eastern Las Vegas. Indeed, there are hotels that look similar to the ones in the gambling oasis in Nevada. But in addition to that Macau also offers some historic buildings from the Portuguese colonial era. For example I went to the Ruins of St. Paul and to the citadel “Fortaleza do Monte” before I took the ferry to Hong Kong in the evening.
Eventually, time has passed so quickly and I was already on the plane back home in the evening of the 30th of March.
All in all, my entire trip has been a great mix of nature, culture and the dynamic of cities. I had unbelievable moments, gathered a lot of beautiful impressions and met many great people.
These influences from 10 weeks of traveling were educational and insightful as well. Hence, I am absolutely thankful for every second of my trip and each penny I spent was totally worth it.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE TRIP?
- Don´t be afraid of uncertainty. Go for it and make decision on the way.
Since I have only booked the flight to Qatar and Bangkok before, I have started my trip with some uncertainty. Of course I had a rough route in my mind but I did not want to schedule where I have to be at what date. Moreover, I recognized that you cannot organize everything in advance. Instead, situational behavior is required quite often.
The journey has been the destination. And some opportunities I could not have make use of it if I had planned everything before.
- Leave your comfort zone regularly.
The uncertainty meant also to leave my comfort zone, which I wanted to do on purpose. I believe that if you want to personally grow you have to escape from the familiar environment. As a consequence, I always decided to change my location when I am familiar the one where I have stayed at that moment. The more often I changed the city the easier it got after a while to adapt to new environments.
And of course I had moments where my trip was not smoothly. For example when it seemed that all accommodations are occupied. But if I did not want to sleep under the bridge I had to take the initiative in order to find a solution. In the end I always found one.
- Get inspired from travels and make something out of it.
Traveling might be a source of inspiration. The opportunities and ideas are literally lying on the streets. Often you only have to adapt and develop a business idea out of them. Consequently, it is always important to walk the world with open eyes.
I have captured some of the great moments on Instagram and Flickr.
After this journey I have been to destinations in more than 40 countries in the world.
I really really appreciate the diverse impressions I could already experience in the first quarter-century of my life.
THANK YOU LIFE!
My Year 2014
It was a great year with inspiring moments. Some of them are captured in the following pictures.
Thanks a lot for the great people I met and spent time with in 2014!
February: Organized the Copenhagen Entrepreneurship Tour
March: Visitor and exhibitor with Stadtgestöber at Cebit in Hannover
March: Participated in the Start Summit in St. Gallen (Switzerland)
April: Richard Branson has visited my University (SDU) in Odense
May: Represented the startup scene of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at Best of Both in Berlin
June: Won with Vipstaer the Pitch-Award of the MVpreneur Day
August: Shuttled the CEO of Stihl during the event "Business meets Hanse Sail"
November: Went to the #cnight in Berlin with Max from Advocado
November: Defended my master thesis at the University of Southern Denmark
November: Robert Dahl talked about his story of Karls at our ECR event

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„Pilot through the chaos for learning enterprising leadership“
After I have heard already some stories about “Kaospilots” and based on the fact that they are well known in Denmark as a unique school for entrepreneurs I had to see it myself. The name may sound chaotic and probably their education approach is uncommon as well but probably that is much better compared to conventional universities. The difference already becomes clear by considering the application procedure for Kaospilots. Within that you will miss any question about grades from your previous life. Instead it is all about your personality. You get questions like what is your dream, what role would you like to take up within an organization and why. If you passed this you will participate in a 3-days workshop where you work on a problem-solving case study. The focus during this team work is especially on project leadership and taking different perspectives. Consequently 36 people will be chosen who are contributing a great diversity and who are going to be the next Kaospilots.
After the team is formed, the 3-years program of fun and many great experiences can starts. By doing so, the first year is mainly characterized by knowledge transfer and inspiration. Therefore speakers from all over the world are coming to Kaospilots and sharing their experiences. However the basic approach “learning by doing” is still present. Hence they have to go out to find a company, do research and write a business plan for them. By doing so they are analyzing the ecosystem of the company as well as the internal situation. The associated understanding of that bird´s eye perspective is the reason why I also argued before that every student who is related to business administration and economics should write a business plan in his studies. The second year of the Kaospilot-program comes along with a great experience called “the outpost”. Thereby the students are going abroad for example to Columbia, San Francisco or Cape Town. The purpose is to obtain intercultural competencies during they work on projects with local companies. Subsequently the study concludes in the third year with a final project. Thereby the students have to find a client for a project where they can work on it. That shows again that the main responsibility rests with the students. This was underpinned when we went to a workshop room where the students let their creativity run free and brainstormed for a future master program. The whole room was featured with post-its, writings on windows, white-boards and so on. You could almost feel how the ideas and creativity flowed. And that mindset is what we need today:
When there is something you don´t like, just change it!
By doing so, this way of thinking must be already taught in schools and universities. The appropriate slogan should be: “Take charge of your own education!” Fortunately this approach has also impressed the government who is partly funding the school. That openness would be also desirable for politicians in other countries.
This pioneering role of Kaospilot in educating future entrepreneurs and managing directors open the minds and encourages people to jump into new challenges. In addition to that learning, you also get used to the differences and diversity of people. On the one hand we need of course mavericks but on the other hand they also must be flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
To sum it up: Just grab the chance!
And last but not least thanks to Siri for the great insights into Kaospilot
Profits are to business as breathing to life: Breathing is essential to life, but is not the purpose for living. Similarly, profits are essential for the existence of the corporation, but they are not the reason for its existence.
Sharing ideas is crucial
In most cases your idea is not unique and therefore quite worthless. The value comes from the will to make something out of the idea. This associated persistence makes the difference between an idea that becomes successful and that which won´t be. The development from an idea to a business is a rocky road and comes along with several ups and downs. Hence you should inspire others in the way that they want to support you in fulfilling your vision. You have to get clear about that you cannot realize it on your own. Otherwise you probably don´t think big enough. And if others prefer to copy your idea, you did not convince them that you are the right person to realize it. Otherwise they would have asked to join you and develop it together. If you keep your idea secret you do not really believe in yourself. So come up with an idea that meets your passion and consequently you will be able to captivate others.
Die Eiche ist ihres Glückes Schmied
"Die größte Eiche in einem Wald ist nicht nur deshalb die größte, weil sie aus der kräftigsten Eichel stammt, sondern auch deshalb, weil ihr kein anderer Baum die Sonne genommen hat, weil die Erde tief und nährstoffreich ist, weil kein Hase den Schößling gemümmelt und kein Forstarbeiter den jungen Baum vorzeitig gefällt hat." (Malcom Gladwell in Überflieger - Warum manche Menschen erfolgreich sind und andere nicht)
Erfolg ist sicher auch eine Frage von Glück, aber dieses erarbeiten man sich auch zu einem gewissen Grade. Glück allein lässt noch keinen Erfolg vom Himmel fallen.
“Breed the entrepreneurs of tomorrow”
On the 21st of November it was time again to deep into the entrepreneurial scene of Denmark. After we met at the Co-Working space IdeaHouse where students in Odense can work on their projects we started our trip with the bus to Fredericia. This was the venue of the Danish Entrepreneurship Award 2013, which was the biggest event during the Global Entrepreneurship Week in Denmark.
I can just agree with that because I haven´t even seen such event in Germany. Around 5.000 people came on this day to the huge fair hall. The most impressive thing was that the majority of these participants were primary-school, high school and university students. Some of them presented their ideas on fair stands or pitched it in front of a jury and an audience. The best projects were awarded with 10.000 DKK (ca. 1.300 EUR) and cheers in the closing event. But before, there were also inspiring workshops and speeches. For instance Maja Frankel, who is the Scandinavian Director of Ashoka, told something about social entrepreneurship. By doing so she emphasized the need of changemakers who recognize the small and big challenges in our world. This is important because we need innovative systems changing solutions to the world´s urgent social problems. And a social entrepreneur focuses on the social impact rather than economic profit. An example of this is the team around the project “1 million” who also won one of the prizes. They want to collect 1 million cans and bottles from public buildings and events. In the following they support charity projects and increase the awareness for recycling. Another entrepreneur that really impressed me was Fraser Doherty. In the age of 14 he founded SuperJam. He basically produced sugar-free jam which is now, 10 years later, sold a million times in the UK, Japan, Russia etc. This success story brought him the Global Student Entrepreneur of The Year Award in 2007, where he outperformed with such a “simple” product mainly more sophisticated technologies. His key message was that something that can start as a hobby or passion can become something amazing big. Thereby the most important thing is persistency and a mentor who supports you during up and downs.
All in all I really appreciate the efforts of the Danish educational system to bring students together with entrepreneurship in such an early level. From my perspective this is the right way to breed future entrepreneurs and I make a wish that we will have such an event in Germany soon as well. It made clear that our national organization of university entrepreneurs (Gründermagnet) is absolutely necessary to integrate entrepreneurship step by step into the German educational system.

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Auch wenn es noch viel Aufklärungsarbeit zu tun gibt, freue ich mich doch sehr, dass sich bereits ambitionierte Teams und Projekte im Rahmen des Entrepreneurs Club Rostock formiert haben. Daher werden wir uns auch weiter für eine florierende Gründungslandschaft in MV einsetzen.
Der gekochte Frosch
"Wirft man einen Frosch in sehr heißes Wasser, wird er schnellstmöglich versuchen wieder herauszukommen. Aber was passiert, wenn man einen Frosch in lauwarmes Wasser setzt und die Temperatur ganz allmählich erhöht? Er gibt alle Anzeichen des Wohlgefühls von sich und beginnt bei lebendigem Leibe zu kochen, ohne es zu merken. Er nimmt die für ihn bedrohliche allmähliche Veränderungen seiner Umwelt nicht wahr." (Dirk Baecker in Postheroisches Management)
Die Frage ist folglich wie können Unternehmen allmähliche Veränderungen ihrer Umwelt identifizieren und entsprechend agieren?
"Creators are always one step in front" Participating in the Creators' Talk in Copenhagen 8-11-2013
Since I am studying in Denmark I had to get in closer contact with the national association of university entrepreneurs "Gate to Create". Therefore I went to their event "Creators' Talk" to continue some first talks, to discuss common goals and activities and of course to get inspired by the Danish entrepreneurial scene. First of all it was good to see that we are not alone with our problems in Germany regarding entrepreneurial education. Even though that entrepreneurship is taught to more and more students (increase between 2009-2012 from 98.000 to 150.000) in Denmark it is still a minority (12.5%) of all students. However there is an organization, called Dansk Industri, which is pushing the politics to implement entrepreneurship in education by also using cases from small firms as well as role models. That partner of Gate to Create that also provided the location for the event has recognized the need for entrepreneurship because in Denmark are relatively less startups or they closing after a short time period. I think that is a similar starting point compared to Germany. Therefore it makes sense to strengthen the exchange between Gründermagnet and Gate to Create and also to include the other Nordic countries like Finland and Sweden. Consequently we could also organize an annual event that is always changing between these countries. But that cannot be enough of course. We need a continuous communication. Therefore we want to implement a platform where we can share best practices and work on common projects (e.g. get funding for traveling to visit each other). In any case I believe that the 40 people who are working in Gate to Create and the 9 local initiatives are doing a great job so that the cooperation will be a big benefit. One example could be an international team matching because the guys from Stardust DTU are mainly engineers and they are really looking for business people. So that is a call to all business students in Germany to get up! That this can be successful one serial entrepreneur, who is still a (business) student, demonstrated in his speech. Some years ago he just wrote to a professor if he can make a business out of his patents. Of course it took some time to convince him that a guy in the beginning of the 20ies can do that, but now they raised over 40 mDKK (5.4 Mio. EUR) and won an international cleantech award. That is just one example that it is always worth just to do something. More inspiring comments by the speakers I want to share with you briefly in the following: Michael Lodberg (Founder of Fixerum) "The main thing of social entrepreneurship is to listen to the people who have the problems." "Everybody wants development, but nobody is willing to change." "Don't be afraid of making failure. Failure makes innovation." Pernille Ravn (Co-founder of Charles&Raven) "Call people but before know what you want from them" "Why am I doing what I am doing?" "What am I going to do to reach my goals?" "The limits of our language are the limits of our world." "Launch a prototype as fast as you can and don't make it perfect in the first step." Mads Løntoft (Co-founder of Abeo) "There is no right timing for doing. Don't wait until you get your university degree. Do it now!" "Less is more. It is great when a technology can be applied in several ways, but you have to focus on one in the beginning." "Less: Let's think about it. - More: Let's decide it." Michael Pluszek (Co-starter of Baresso) "Everything in the universe is about energy." "The biggest obstacle is in your head. So convince yourself!" "Go out and sell and then create it!" "I believe that everybody has a gift inside with what he or she can inspire others."
"Why does your organization exist?" "People don´t buy what you do it, they buy why you do it." The Golden Circle is a great tool to figure out the purpose and believe of your business.
Auf in die dritte Gründerzeit! Für den Fortschritt von Deutschland!

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Um für die Zukunft gewappnet zu sein, braucht MV mehr Leute mit Unternehmergeist. Daher möchten wir insbesondere noch mehr Studenten die Möglichkeiten einer Selbständigkeit aufzeigen.
Das 21. Jahrhundert braucht “Changemakers” – Besuch bei den Knowmads in Amsterdam
Bilden die herkömmlichen Universitäten wirklich für die zukünftigen Herausforderungen aus? Diese Frage ist sicher umstritten, aber eins ist in jedem Fall klar: Wir brauchen Menschen, die aus ihren Denkschemata ausbrechen und neuartige Lösungen für vorher noch nicht da gewesene Problemstellungen entwickeln. Diesen Ansatz verfolgen auch die Knowmads, eine in Amsterdam ansässige International Business School. Ich war für ein paar Tage vor Ort und besuchte Kim, welcher in Rostock Medizin studierte und jetzt selber ein Knowmad ist. Im Folgenden erhaltet ihr Eindrücke aus einer einzigartigen Entrepreneur-Schmiede.
Jedes halbe Jahr kommen ca. 12 neue Kreativköpfe unterschiedlichster Fachrichtungen und Herkunft zu den Knowmads, um einen Unterschied in der Welt auszumachen. Sie wollen dafür Fähigkeiten und nicht Fakten erlernen, wie es anderswo oft der Fall ist. Das Ziel der Schule ist es dabei eine Umgebung zu schaffen, die es den Teilnehmern ermöglicht ihre Träume zu verwirklichen. Die Ausbildung ist dabei auf aktives Lernen ausgerichtet, denn sie glauben an die “Power of Doing”. Ein wesentlicher Bestandteil ist dabei die Zusammenarbeit und die gegenseitige Unterstützung. Dieses Gemeinschaftsgefühl verspürt man bereits am Montagmorgen, denn jede Woche beginnt mit einem gemeinsamen “Monday Lunch”. Dabei setzen sich bereits erste Brainstorming-Sessions sowie interessante Diskussionen in Gang. Im Anschluss geht es zum sogenannten “Check-In”. Dafür bilden alle einen Kreis und berichten über anstehende Events, suchen nach Mitstreitern für Projekte oder toben sich in teambildenden Übungen etwas aus. Danach löst sich der Kreis auf, Gruppen finden sich zusammen und gehen eigenen Projekten nach. Jeder weiß jedoch um die Stärken des Anderen, sodass bei aufkommenden Fragen und Problemstellungen oftmals der entsprechende Helfer schnell gefunden ist. Es erweckt den Eindruck eines großen Co-Working Space, wo jeder sich gegenseitig unterstützt, um an Projekten gemeinsam zu wachsen.
Vielleicht fragt ihr euch wo denn die klassischen Vorlesungen entsprechend einer Business School sind. Diese gibt es schlichtweg nicht. Stattdessen werden externe Speaker eingeladen. So gab es während meines Aufenthaltes beispielsweise einen Workshop von Birgitt Williams (International Business Consultant & Executive Coach) zum Thema “Developing a Culture of Leadership”. Die dabei interaktiv praktizierte Wissensvermittlung förderte insbesondere das Bewusstsein für die eigenen Führungsfähigkeiten. Natürlich kann dies nicht auf Knopfdruck und mit einem Workshop erlernt werden. Stattdessen soll das 1-jährige Programm bei den Knowmads auch vielmehr einen lebenslangen Lernprozess in Gang setzen. Diese 2010 ins Leben gerufene Initiative gilt als eine der führenden Schools für Social Entrepreneurship in Europa. Das beweist einmal mehr, dass ein Umdenken bezüglich des konventionellen Bildungssystems notwendig ist. Dies trifft genau den Kern des ECR und daher hoffen wir noch viele kreative und visionäre Studenten anzuziehen, die in unserer Region etwas bewegen und sich selbstverwirklichen wollen. Dieser Aufruf geht übrigens auch an die Frauen. Denn diese können ebenso ihre Passion durch Entrepreneurship finden. Das wurde bei einem Abstecher ins Amsterdamer Office von Fab Design deutlich. 15 ausschließlich weibliche Mitarbeiterinnen versprühten einen wirklich kreativen Spirit, was sicherlich auch zum Erfolg von Fab in der jüngeren Vergangenheit beigetragen hat. Kurz und knapp: Sei dir bewusst, welchen Fußabdruck du hinterlassen möchtest und lerne und handle dementsprechend aktiv. Die passive Wissensaufnahme durch Vorlesungen wird dir wohl kaum die Fähigkeiten für die heutigen Herausforderungen vermitteln.