Female Founders Academy
Empowering Female Founders - a cooperation project with the Universities of Bayreuth and Mannheim
Would you like to create your own future and to realise your ideas? Can you imagine founding a company?
Our Female Founders Academy is aimed at female students and academic staff from all disciplines who are interested in the topic of start-ups. Together with inspiring female founders and mentors, we want to discover and develop your entrepreneurial potential.
Why should you participate in the next Female Founders Academy?
- Develop your own business idea - from developing the idea over prototyping to finding a suitable business model
- Learn from interdisciplinary team- and projectwork
- School your solution-oriented way of thinking
- Experience self-efficacy
- Enjoy a lot of fun and new people
- Get a certificate and credits for your participation (in consultation with the respective chairs)
Female Founders Academy 2024
The Female Founders Academy 2024 has already taken place - we would like to thank all participants.
*With the formation of the new cabinet on December 8, 2021, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy was renamed the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.
Participating chairs and institutes
- Institute for Applied Ethics in Business, Education and Training, University of Passau (Prof. Dr. Bernhard Bleyer)
- Chair of Human Resource Management and Intrapreneurship, University of Bayreuth (Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Isidor)
- Chair of International Management and Social Entrepreneurship, University of Passau (Prof. Dr. Suleika Bort)
- Institute and Chair for SME Research and Entrepreneurship, University of Mannheim (Prof. Dr. Michael Woywode)
The Female Founders Academy took place in Bayreuth from April 18, 2023 - April 21, 2023.
What do our participants say?
"My skills in terms of teamwork, organization and communication were strengthened by the Female Founders Academy and I was able to practice these skills without any pressure."
"The Female Founders Academy was the perfect opportunity for us to network with other female founders and mentors, to be inspired by them and to learn new things. The program has strengthened and encouraged us to start our own company in the future."
"The Female Founders Academy was very valuable for me to network with like-minded female students and to receive individual coaching on the start-up path - this contributed a lot to my entrepreneurial mindset and strengthened my self-confidence as a female founder!"
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