This series of workshops is part of a nationwide
Entrepreneurship Program and is organized by the
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the University Medical Center
of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and
the Life Science Center Mainz –
in cooperation with the partner institutions of the
GeneNovate network and the Rhine-Main universities.
During this entrepreneurship workshop program, you can further develop your research into a possible business idea or continue working on an existing concrete idea. You have the opportunity to (further) develop your entrepreneurship skills and are supported by excellent mentors and speakers.
A total of six practice-oriented face-to-face workshops (10 am - 4 pm each) will take place once a month from January to June 2025. The individual topics can be found below. At the end of June, there will be a big final event in Mainz with all partner institutions and participants.
Where? Directly at Mainz main station: Universitätsmedizin Station West, Binger Straße 14-16, 55122 Mainz.
Target group: Postdocs, doctoral students and Master-students from the fields of medicine, life sciences, biotechnology, bioinformatics and materials science who already have a concrete business idea or would like to explore the topic of entrepreneurship in greater depth.
The workshops are also open to (junior) scientists from external institutions, in particular scientists from Rhine-Main universities.
Workshop language: English
Workshop 1 // January 22, 2025: Introduction to Entrepreneurship; changing the healthcare industry; creating & presenting pitch decks
Workshop 2 // February 12, 2025: Value proposotions & Business Model Canvas; IP protection & management (operational & strategic)
Workshop 3 // March 12, 2025: Analyze your market; create your business model; build your business case
Workshop 4 // April 9, 2025: Regulation; develop your product/solution; go-to-market: understand and win customers
Workshop 5 // May 7, 2025: Legal foundations for start-ups; team management; project management; establish and manage partnerships
Workshop 6 // June 4, 2025: Financing and funding; Investor discussions & negotiations; exit options and strategic value
Final event // June 26, 2025: Pitching; Networking
GeneNovate Investors' Day // June 27, 2025 in Berlin
Please send your application from now until December 10, 2024 at the latest to:
entrepreneurship-program@uni-mainz.de
We need the following documents and information from you:
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A short CV about your scientific career / work / research
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If you already have a business idea, you are welcome to briefly describe it to us – however, this is not mandatory
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max. ½ DIN A4-page letter of motivation stating why you are interested in the workshop program
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And very important: Please expressly agree to the temporary storage of your data for the duration of the workshop program in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR. To do this, please download our information on data protection here, sign it and send it to us with the rest of your documents.
Please note that we will not be able to consider your application without your consent!
If you have any questions about the workshop program, please send an
e-mail to our contact persons in the right-hand column of this website