Last week nine teams of the startup accelerator Gründungsgarage presented their final pitches at a truly special venue overlooking Graz from the rooftop of the WKO Steiermark.

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In January, students had the chance to participate in our institute‘s seminar „Technology Management“. In the one week course held by Michael Rachinger and Roland Winkler, participants learned about the basic concepts of managing technologies, competed in practical challenges, and worked on real-life cases. [Link]

Reinhard Haberfellner verstarb im Jänner 2020 im 78. Lebensjahr. Er war Gründer des UFO-Insituts und über drei Jahrzehnte ordentlicher Professor für Unternehmungs- führung und Organisation an der TU Graz und darüber hinaus von 1987 bis 1989 Rektor unserer Universität. Link zum Nachruf

We are proud to announce that Michael Fruhwirth presented the paper "Discovering Business Models of Data Marketplaces" at this year's Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - one of the world's leading conferences on management information systems and system sciences. [Link]

We had a great excursion to one of Austria's largest road tunnels, the newly renovated ASFINAG Gleinalmtunnel.

We have seen the surveillance system, the ventilation system, the emergency system and many other parts of the tunnel infrastructure.

Five entrepreneurs have joined our panel discussion about "motivation and experience as a founder".

These inspiring leaders have shared with us insights about their entrepreneurial journey, parts of their knowledge and experience.

Stefanie Horvath ist eine der Powerfrauen in der Grazer Günderszene. Genau deshalb war sie auch dieses Jahr wieder in der LV Unternehmungsgründung als Rednerin zu Gast und hat viele Inputs aus der Praxis als Leader und Gründerin mitgebracht. Sie hat die Moshbit GmbH, Studo und Female Founders South mitgegründet.

During the Design Thinking workshop of this week's course on Entrepreneurship, students were challenged to redesign the gift-giving experience. This method, as proposed by Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford focuses on the steps empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test.

Are you struggling with disruptive business models, digitalization, and innovative business solutions?

The institute's Business Model Lab just oppened helping you design, innovate and develop your business model. Link!