Looking at the development from mainly technology-driven innovation during industrialization towards application and idea-based approaches today, Dominik provides an overview of the role and importance of startup and tech ecosystems worldwide. He points out their influence in fostering new businesses and where to position our regional startup ecosystem.

The Rheingau Start-up Prize We are looking for you with your innovative and extraordinary ideas and business models. Are you a student, alumni or employee of the Hochschule Geisenheim University or the EBS University for Business and Law? Or are you someone from the Rheingau-Taunus district, who has an idea to deal with ecology-, innovation-, […]

Sustainable business usually has something to do with impact: We expect business models to have a positive impact on environmental development and social stability. But how does "ethics" play into this, when everything is so far clear? What do we need to communicate in the team so that we share the same values and perspectives? […]

Every start-up is always experiencing change which can be challenging for the team. In this session you will learn how teams in start-up work. When you grow as a start-up you always has to expand your team. Learn how to look for matching team members and what kind of competencies successful start-ups need. Philip Travers […]

Have you ever wondered: Why there haven’t been so many women establishing their businesses? What features distinguish female founders from their male counterparts? How female traits can positively influence the international business scene? How to turn female characteristics traditionally perceived as drawbacks, into a source of strength? How women entrepreneurs can stay on top of […]

For the 3rd time, the winners of the Rheingau Start-up Award (RGP22) will be sent to the finals within the framework of a large pitch event and honored directly afterwards. For the first time - after two years under the sign of Corona - the final of the RGP22 is to take place in a […]

This impulse of serves two purposes: 1)Put the non-lawyer's perspective on law and legal issues in proportion. Law is a tool to enable business - here of a start-up. 2) Discuss legal instruments for debt funding the business. The impulse will discuss tools for rasising debt at opposed to equity, like lending from banks, specialized […]

Learnings from my transition from therapist to start-up founder: Sally Schulze will give an overview over leadership styles from a social-psychological and scientific perspective and link them directly to the leadership behaviors that she and her team implemented at MentalStark.

Collaborating with established players is an important step for startups to successfully position their own business models, but it isn't always easy. To help, we will share insights learned from an innovation project of the Deutsche Bundesbank & neusinger. We will explore questions such as how you manage to work on solutions together and transparently, […]

Since 2015 there is a fixed date for musicians with a desire for stage experience: On every third Thursday of the month, the Afterwork Jam Session takes place in the rooms of the Gründungsfabrik Rheingau @ Waas'sche Fabrik starting at 6 pm. As in the good Rheingau Riesling sparkling wine, there are countless sound pearls […]

Collaborating with established players is an important step for startups to successfully position their own business models, but it isn't always easy. To help, we will share insights learned from an innovation project of the Deutsche Bundesbank & neusinger. We will explore questions such as how you manage to work on solutions together and transparently, […]

In this lecture, you will learn the basics of business modelling, including common frameworks. We will focus on business model characteristics for AI startups and explore opportunities for creating new business models by integrating third-party AI tools like ChatGPT into your business solution. The lecture will culminate in a final exercise where we will develop […]