Starting a Business
Entrepreneurship Center/Startup Office
Are you interested in starting a business? Are you planning to launch your own company, perhaps even while you’re still in university?
Then stop by the Entrepreneurship Center/Startup Office at Hochschule Offenburg and get expert advice.
Services Offered by the Entrepreneurship Center/Startup Office
Advice for New Business Owners
Since June 2012, the Entrepreneurship Center/Startup Office at Hochschule Offenburg has been advising and supporting students, staff, lecturers, and professors in starting their own businesses. The Startup Coordinator, Prorector Prof. Dr. Thomas Breyer-Mayländer, and the Director of the Entrepreneurship Center/Startup Office, Wolf-H. Blochowitz, are available to help aspiring entrepreneurs on their path to professional independence with any questions regarding self-employment and starting a business, such as:
What does starting a business actually mean?
How can/should I prepare?
How do I reach my customers?
Business vs. Liberal Professions
Basic knowledge of taxes
The Experts:
provide practical tips on all phases of starting a business
help you decide whether starting a business is the right choice for you
connect you with experts (Chamber of Industry and Commerce, TPO, etc.)
provide information on federal and Baden-Württemberg state funding programs
Appointment: by appointment
Contact Experts
Hochschule Offenburg is a member of the Campus Technologies Oberrhein (CTO) startup network. CTO is a regional funding organization that supports innovative startup projects at the University of Freiburg and the universities of Furtwangen and Offenburg.
Hochschule Offenburg is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Offenburg Technology Park (TPO). The Offenburg Technology Park has been helping young companies get started since 1987. There, young entrepreneurs exchange ideas with other startup founders and have access to a proven system of consulting services.
The Career Center at Hochschule Offenburg offers workshops, seminars, and lectures on entrepreneurship during the academic term.
Basic counseling, consultation hours, individual and team coaching
Open office hours every Wednesday from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the OGFLab, 2nd floor of the blue Steinbeis building
Zoom office hours every Monday and Friday from 3:00–3:45 p.m.
Additionally: by appointment
Other Programs Offered by Hochschule Offenburg
OGFLab: The OGFLab serves as a launchpad for starting a business at the University. It is a coworking space, makerspace, and incubator.
Entrepreneurship Chair: As part of the Entrepreneurship Chair, there are various programs focused on entrepreneurship
Career Center
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