Target group

Bachelor stundents from all Berlin universities can participate in this interdisciplinary General Professional Preparation (GPP) course. The wide-ranging composition of the participant group with participants from social and arts studies and STEM subjects creates a wide spectrum of foundation ideas with dynamic, interdisciplinary and dedicated teams. 

Contents and learning objectives

The knowledge that the students gather during the course of the theoretical phase can be directly applied in the practical phase in an action- and problem-oriented way, considering that the resulting products and services are to be offered on the free market. The course is designed as a so-called interdisciplinary "blended learning"-setting. Academic topics from the area of Entrepreneurship Education are combined with topics from partners from the practical area and from guest speakers. The topics are then critically reflected upon during the practical phase through the use of coaching. 

Procedure

The competition commences with a two-day workshop comprising creativity techniques, idea finding and the development of business ideas. After a theoretical validation and a practical design, the five-week practical phase begins for the teams with issuance of a symbolic seed capital of 5 € and the assignment of a mentor from the business field. During two exchange events, the teams present their current work status in a plenum and give and receive feedback. Depending on the achieved business success, selected teams then compete for the endowed prize money, which is awarded by a jury of business representatives.

Contact

In case you're interested, you're welcome to fill out this form for being noted as an interested person (not to be used for enrolling for the course!).

Schedule for the summer semester 2021

Date	Event	Time
19.04.	Opening session	12pm - 2pm
19.04.-02.05.	Ideation and team building Online course modules: Value Proposition & Customer Segments	independently in teams
03.05.	Target groups, marketing & sales Online course modules: Customer Relations & Channels	12pm - 2pm
10.05.	Prototyping	12pm - 2pm
11.05-30.05.	Business model development Online course modules: Revenue Streams, Cost Structure, Key Activities, Key Resources, Key Partners	independently in teams
17.05.	Individual feedback meetings, optional	arranged individually
24.05.	Online exchange session	12pm - 2pm
25.05.-10.06.	Kickoff meeting with business mentors	independently in teams
31.05./01.06.	Pitching techniques and storytelling workshop	arranged individually
10.06.	Deadline video pitches	-
14.06.-19.06.	Selling and voting window	independently in teams
21.06.	Virtual awards ceremony	12pm - 2pm
04.07.	Deadline Funpreneur summary	-

Further information

Online course catalogue of the Freie Universität Berlin

Cooperations and supporters

This course is coordinated by the Gersch Chair of Business Administration. It is conducted with renowned partners from practical fields and a circle of supporters from the IHK Berlin, Wirtschaftsjunioren Berlin e.V. and the FU Profund Innovation. 

Contact person: 

Natalie Mahlert 
Chair of Business Administration, Prof. Dr. Martin Gersch
E-mail: natalie.mahlert@fu-berlin.de
Phone: 030 838 65984

We are proud to be sponsored by: