Science & Startups Academy

Science & Startups offers a variety of practice-oriented workshops for founders with the goal of acquiring new skills and expanding their capabilities.

Please select your appropriate incubation phase and check for upcoming workshops

Validation (Month 1 – 4 of incubation)
Investor Readiness (Month 5 – 6 of incubation)
Access to Business / Access to Finance (Month 7 – 12 of incubation)

Choose your phase:

Validation

Investor Readiness

Access to Business / Access to Finance

Validation

Month 1 – 4 of incubation

General

From business idea to business model (as the basis for a financial plan)

Held by
Olaf Stichtenoth

09.09.2024

Advanced

Validation

Developing Systemic Perspectives and Strategic Roadmaps

Held by
Serena Bonomi

10.09.2024

Advanced

Finance/ Legal

Startup Insurance Guide: what I as a founder truly need

Held by
Romy Tenbieg, Nicolas Gain, Teal Insurance Broker GmbH

16.09.2024

Basic

Validation

Building personas - focus on what your customers really want

Held by
Rob Manzano

18.09.2024

Advanced

Legal

Company Foundation (GmbH) - Legal Aspects

Held by
Dr. Ingo Schneider

08.10.2024

Basic

General

Team Dynamics – The Ins and Outs for Productive Team Work

Held by
Konstanze Bittmann

24.10.2024

Advanced

Marketing/ Finance

Pricing for Startups and Revenue Stream

Held by
Simone de Ruosi

30.10.2024

Advanced

Validation

Sustainable Business Models

Held by
Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer; Dr. Karina Cagarman; Dr. Kristina Fajga; Charleen von Kolpinski

05.11.2024

Basic

Company Foundation (GmbH) - Legal Aspects

Held by
Dr. Ingo Schneider

14.11.2024

Basic

Validation

Strategic Product Evolution: Turning product vision into strategy and roadmap

Held by
Ken Knoll

15.11.2024

Advanced

Project Management

Expert Consultation on Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Held by
Charleen von Kolpinski (Department of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management, TU Berlin), Dr Kristina Fajga (CfE, TU Berlin)

19.11.2024

Basic

Validation

Value Centric UX for Startups: Human & Value Centered Design Workshop (1/3)

Held by
Veronica Hoth

20.11.2024

Basic

General

Let's talk about conflict! Basics of conflict management for founding teams

Held by
Rebecca Meyer, Anna Dick, Status Flow

22.11.2024

Advanced

Validation/ General

Sustainable Business Models

Held by
Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer; Dr. Karina Cagarman; Dr. Kristina Fajga; Charleen von Kolpinski

26.11.2024

Basic

Validation

Value Centric UX for Startups: Prototyping & Usability Testing Workshop (2/3)

Held by
Veronica Hoth

27.11.2024

Basic

Validation

Value Centric UX for Startups: Consultation on Design & Test Results (3/3)

Held by
Veronica Hoth

04.12.2024

Basic

Project Management

Expert Consultation on Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Held by
Charleen von Kolpinski (Department of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management, TU Berlin), Dr Kristina Fajga (CfE, TU Berlin)

17.12.2024

Basic

Investor Readiness

Month 5 – 6 of incubation

Finance

Why you have the wrong idea about fundraising

Held by
Christian Bacher

04.07.2024

Advanced

Finance

Sparkasse for Startups

Held by
Robert Schwanke

10.07.2024

Advanced

Finance/ Legal

Investor Readiness

Held by
Olaf Joeressen; Ingo Schneider

22.07.2024

Advanced

Marketing/ Finance

Convincing decision-makers

Held by
Hans-Lothar Busch

28.11.2024

Advanced

Finance

Fundraising for Startups - Part 1

Held by
Tim Weiss

03.12.2024

Advanced

Finance

Fundraising for Startups - Part 2

Held by
Tim Weiss

05.12.2024

Advanced

Marketing/ Finance

Pitch Training

Held by
Klaus Kammermeier

09.12.2024

Advanced

Marketing/ Finance

Pitch Training

Held by
Klaus Kammermeier

30.01.2025

Advanced

Access to Business / Access to Finance

Month 7 – 12 of incubation

Legal

Commercial Law

Held by
Jacqueline Öztürk

02.07.2024

Advanced

Marketing

Consultative Selling: Cultivating Curiosity, Building Habits, and Leveraging AI for Growth

Held by
Michel Gagnon

09.07.2024

Advanced

General

Hiring Strategy

Held by
Katrin Müller

07.08.2024

Basic

Legal

VSOP Scheme for founders and employees

Held by
Dana Alpar

13.08.2024

Basic

Marketing/ Finance

Sales Strategy – find your first customer

Held by
Ben Huss

05.09.2024

Advanced

Marketing

Branding 101: Unlock the Power of Branding: Beyond the Logo and Name

Held by
Katharina Heinrich

12.09.2024

Advanced

Legal

Social security – what startups should know? (Techniker Krankenkasse)

Held by
Susanne Korndörfer, Elke Miriam Viola, Milos Borjanovic

23.09.2024

Basic

Marketing

Social Media 101: Beyond the Click, Unleash the Power of Social Media

Held by
Katharina Heinrich

24.09.2024

Advanced

Legal

Employment law basics for startups

Held by
Dr. Alexander Raif,

26.09.2024

Basic

Marketing/ Finance

B2B Business Development - how to find, pitch and close your customers & partners?

Held by
Christoph Baier

10.10.2024

Advanced

Finance

Public Funding for Startups

Held by
Gerd Blutke, Mona Meyer zu Kniendorf, Mandy Schwausch, Christian Stigler

04.11.2024

Advanced

Marketing

B2B Marketing Success for Startups

Held by
Niklas Laasch

11.11.2024

Basic

General

GDPR for Start-ups

Held by
Samuel Solberg

12.11.2024

Basic

General

What’s My Leadership USP (Unique SuperPower) and How Can I Use It?

Held by
Sarah Needham

19.11.2024

Advanced

Marketing

Scaling a Small User Base: Efficient Data Analysis and User Research for Startups

Held by
Falco Huhold

11.12.2024

Basic