Garage Labs Initiatives

Together with passionate fellow students and mentors participants will experience how to turn ideas into reality. On their journey they will learn from failure, work collaboratively and unleash their entrepreneurial capacities. Interdisciplinary teams from the fields of agriculture, natural sciences and business will have the potential to shape the future and tackle global challenges.

Prerequisites:
Every student studying in Hohenheim can take part. To facilitate the power of interdisciplinarity, participants from all three faculties of the University (agriculture, natural and economic science) are welcome. Participants can either develop their own idea or join a team with an existing idea. External teams are also allowed if at least one team member is enrolled in Hohenheim.

Learning Outcomes:
The Hohenheim Startup Garage encourages the development of an entrepreneurial mindset. Participants are able to identify problems and develop solutions to these. Therefore, they learn to follow the entrepreneurial process that helps them to think solution-oriented and customer-centric. The need to pitch in front of people and defend an idea/concept strengthen the soft skills of each participant.

Teaching Methodology:
The Startup Garage is an interactive format. It follows a flipped-classroom approach with a mixture of theoretical knowledge, workshops, games and challenges. Students will learn some theory and have to apply it practically in various different ways.

Companies have been involved in the initiative: Mentors from different fields/companies will speed up participants’ learning. These entrepreneurs are ready to connect with participants and share their experiences. Further, teams are connected with companies if it delivers valuable insights or partnerships.