{"id":3256,"date":"2024-10-12T19:28:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startupinitiative.maxplanckfoundation.org\/?page_id=3256"},"modified":"2026-08-04T07:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:57:29","slug":"start-up-academy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/startupinitiative.maxplanckfoundation.org\/en\/start-up-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3256\" class=\"elementor elementor-3256 elementor-3200\" 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-af93e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af93e2a\" 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;\">MPF Start-up Initiative<\/h4><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Founders Lab<\/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>Are you inspired for a potential spin-off and want to qualify yourself to actually go down the path?<\/li><li>Would you like to know which methodology you can use to develop a potential business model for your project, obtain initial customer feedback and plan your market entry?<\/li><li>Would you like to develop a process tailored to your need for working your spin-off and be supported by experienced mentors?<\/li><\/ul><p>Become part of our <strong>MPF Founders Lab<\/strong>!<\/p><p>In our <strong>online program<\/strong>, you (and your potential team) will go through various qualification workshops that are essential for a successful start-up:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Start-up Essentials:<\/strong> Get to know tips &amp; tricks for your path to a spin-off in germany.<\/li><li><strong>Start-up Funding:<\/strong> Get to know everything about MAX!mize and EXIST.<\/li><li><strong>MPF Business Model Canvas:<\/strong> Develop a potential business model using the Business Model Canvas technique.<\/li><li><strong>Lead Customer:<\/strong> Learn how to generate customer feedback and conduct successful interviews.<\/li><li><strong>Market &amp; Competitor Analysis:<\/strong> Get to know initial (AI-based) methods which you can use to analyze your potential business environment.<\/li><li><strong>Start-up Process:<\/strong> Define and visualize your individual start-up process.<\/li><\/ul><p>Through these workshops, we lay the foundation for your project and prepare you in the best possible way for the next steps towards your spin-off.<\/p><p>The content is taught over period of <strong>four weeks<\/strong> on <strong>Tuesdays from 16.00-18.00 and Fridays from 14.00-16.00.<\/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-eca3208 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"eca3208\" 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-41b2388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"41b2388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"zf_div_tYj1EqiPikGzUzObljJlMjiUuNpqN5lDNDYbqK71Xp8\">\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function() {\ntry{\nvar f = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n \nvar ifrmSrc = 'https:\/\/forms.zohopublic.eu\/maxplanck1\/form\/FoundersLab\/formperma\/tYj1EqiPikGzUzObljJlMjiUuNpqN5lDNDYbqK71Xp8?zf_lang=en&zf_rszfm=1';\n \n \n        try{\nif ( typeof ZFAdvLead != \"undefined\" && typeof zfutm_zfAdvLead != \"undefined\" ) {\nfor( var prmIdx = 0 ; prmIdx < ZFAdvLead.utmPNameArr.length ; prmIdx ++ ) {\n    var utmPm = ZFAdvLead.utmPNameArr[ prmIdx ];\n    utmPm = ( ZFAdvLead.isSameDomian && ( ZFAdvLead.utmcustPNameArr.indexOf(utmPm) == -1 ) ) ? 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