{"id":2397,"date":"2023-09-13T15:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startupinitiative.maxplanckfoundation.org\/?page_id=2397"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:36:46","slug":"start-up-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/startupinitiative.maxplanckfoundation.org\/en\/start-up-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Start-up School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2397\" class=\"elementor elementor-2397 elementor-1783\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60a080da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60a080da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5eff4437\" data-id=\"5eff4437\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef8d3c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ef8d3c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fad41ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fad41ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Start-up Initiative<\/h4><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Science<\/h1><p>The Start-up Journey of the MAXpreneurs Initiative consists of the phases: Science, Ideation, Pre-Founding and Start-up &amp; Scale-up. In the early <strong>science phase<\/strong> of a potential start-up, we would like to introduce you as a scientist to the world of entrepreneurship.<\/p><ul><li>Do you have a scientific insight and want to identify, develop and evaluate its transfer potential?<\/li><li>Would you like to have access to scientists who have taken this step before you? Do you have no or little start-up knowledge and\/or want to develop potential use cases of your idea?<\/li><\/ul><p>Then join us at our <strong>MPF Start-up School<\/strong>!<\/p><p>Together with about 10 other interested scientists of the MPG you will go through one of our structured programs offered five times a year.<\/p><h4><strong>What do we do for you at the MPF Start-up School?<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Our goal is to strengthen your motivation by introducing you to inspiring role models and their spin-off stories and by participating in exclusive discussion panels.<\/li><li>We help you to raise your agile skills to a new level and to check and test your scientific project for its transfer potential.<\/li><li>We will also introduce you to the founding players within the Max Planck Society and raise your awareness of the processes involved in founding a company, such as IP generation and project financing, at an early stage.<\/li><li>We also impart basic knowledge and methods in:<ul><li><strong>Agile Methods: <\/strong>How can I use creative tools such as design thinking, idea generation and business modeling on the way from the initial idea to the potential business model?<\/li><li><strong>Communication<\/strong>: How do I present my idea outside the scientific community in a targeted way?<\/li><li><strong>Application Scenario &amp; customer definition<\/strong>: How do I develop a solution that is both convincing from the user&#8217;s point of view and market and product-oriented? How do I identify potential markets and define initial customers?<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>After completing the training, you will receive a certificate and, if you wish, we will be delighted to accompany you to the next offer: <a href=\"https:\/\/startupinitiative.maxplanckfoundation.org\/en\/start-up-academy\/\">MPF Founders Lab<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>The Max Planck Foundation supports your participation by covering your travel expenses.<\/strong><\/p><p>The following events are planned for 2026:<\/p><ul><li>25-27 February 2026, MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion, M\u00fclheim an der Ruhr (in cooperation with the koala network) Registration closed.<\/li><li>15-17 April 2026, MPI for Intelligent Systems, T\u00fcbingen (in cooperation with Cyber Valley) <strong>Waiting list<\/strong><\/li><li>03-05 June 2026, MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden<\/li><li>02-04 September 2026, MPI for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main<\/li><li>04-06 November 2026, MPI for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart (in cooperation with Cyber Valley)<\/li><\/ul><h3><span style=\"color: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.03em;\">Registration<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.03em;\">I hereby register bindingly for participation in the <\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.03em;\">MPF Start-up School:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b4a685 elementor-button-align-stretch elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"3b4a685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;33&quot;,&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;N\\u00e4chster&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Voriger&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" 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